Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter

Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Cleveland, Ohio USA

Smells of coffee and chocolate. Looks dark with a small head. Tastes like chocolate, coffee, with a hint of citrus. All of this with a smooth malt finish. A very good porter.

On tap at the Map Room. This opaque black ale poured with a fluffy tan head and coffee aroma. There is a very mellow roasted malt flavor with a smooth bitter finish. Very tasty.

Bottle. Pours deep ruby brown with a beige head. Roasted aroma with chocolate and and orangy citric hops. Smooth body. Chocolate malt and a bit of a roasted flavor, with sweet fruity orange and a nice hoppy and roasted bitter finish. Very well balanced.

Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter is a dark brown ale with a red-orange hue and a beige head that has some oily bubbles on it. It fades to a leathery film and leaves nice lacing on the glass. It has a roasty chocolate armoa that’s sweetened with malt. It is full bodied with a light finish. It leaves the mouth a bit chalky. It has a roasty flavor with good balance. The hops seems almost minty. There is a note of coffee and the whole flavor is quite dry, unlike the aroma. Nice!

draft at maproom.... took me awhile to get to this but glad i finally did..... dark semi-transparent brown pour with a moderate light brown head.... aroma of roasted malt and chocolate notes. a generally sweet profile.... roasted malt abd bitter chocolate flavors with a nice balance of sweet and bitter. really drinkable.

Thanks to Crizay for this. Pours dark brown, red highlights, with a light tan head that lasts a while. Aroma is...off? I get a bit of coffee, dark rye, cocoa, but there’s something really off. It might be oxidation, diacetyl, or a lethal combination of both, but it’s the dominant feature. Taste is less affected, and there’s nice dark chocolate, coffee, rye, roasted almonds and a pleasing astringency, but there’s too much weird buttery sherry poking through. Finishes great with a nutty roasted coffee bean and dark chocolate flavor. Medium bodied and fairly creamy. Could be nice, but something weird happened here.

On tap @ Coles Buffalo NY. Along with Smutty my go to porter. Rather shocked I have not rated this yet. Pours a deep dark brownish black. Aroma is full of roasted malts, slight bitterness, some chocolate. Nice fuller mouthfeel. Great porter

@ the tasting session by Joes. A dark red/brown colored beer, with a small beige head. An aroma of dark fruits like prune, dates and raisins. The taste of dark roasted malts, dried dark fruits. It’s dry bitter. The aftertaste is also dry bitter. A very good beer.