Lancaster Shoo-Fly Porter

Brewed by Lancaster Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA

Sampler, at Lancaster location. Pours a clear very dark brown body with a small light brown head. Nice chocolate malt and molassas nose, it really does remind me of Shoo-fly pie. The flavor is molassas dominated with a great balance between the sweet malt and the bitterness from the molasses. Some roasted malt, coffee and just a little bit of hops showing up late in the finish. Th mouthfeel is great, not overly full or sticky like I was expecting, with soft fizzy carbonation. This was the hit of the bunch for me, wish I would have gotten a growler of it to go.

Growler from Craft Ale. Pours deep brown with nose of dark roasty malt, dark choc, some rauchy notes. Tastes roasty dark malty predominantly, with definite cherred rauchy malt notes, some cacao, fig, blackberry, and a smooth palate, never going sweet but staying roasty, rauchym, and blackberryish. Very nice.

On draft at Capones. Pours a dark cola with ruby red tints and a creamy medium sized beige head. Aroma of malts, faint chocolate and a touch of molasses. Taste is malty with hints of chocolate and a touch of molasses.

Draught at Capones: Aroma of birch, malts, molasses, and celery. Poured dark brown/ruby in color with a large, dense, creamy, light brown/tan head that diminished but lasted throughout. Clear. Not sparkling. Excellent lacing. Flavor is lightly sweet. Tastes of chocolate, malts, light roasting, molasses, slight tobacco, and light piney hops. Medium body. Dry, chalky texture. Average carbonation. Malty, chocolate and molasses finish is dry.

On tap at Capones. Poured a dark brown color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of chocloate, lighter roastiness, and caramel. Tastes of chocolate, molasses, roast, and caramel. Some lacing left on the glass.

From the tap poured brown with a small head. Sweet malty flavor with a quick finish.

Brewed in the USA....... Cask night at the General Sutter Inn. Black in color with a small foamy tan head. Aroma of mild chocolate, malts and caramel. Taste has a roasted caramel flavor with some coffee notes at the finish. Mouthfeel is kind of dry, but enjoyable. I wish there was a more vigorous attempt at the molasses taste.

Draft sampler at Bully’s Restaurant & Pub, Columbia, PA...dark brown in color, beige head...mild scents of chocolate, toffee...flavor of chocolate, some coffee, brown sugar, vanilla...on the dry side, somewhat of a thin mouthfeel...I guess since I’ve actually had shoo-fly pie I expected something a bit more sweet and robust, but this was still pretty good, standard Porter...went down fast...their Milk Stout is better.