Long Trail Brewmaster Series Imperial Porter

Brewed by Long Trail Brewery
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Bridgewater Corners, Vermont USA

On tap Long Trail Brewery Bridgewater Corners, VT. Black color with Coffee colored head. Piney hoppy aroma. Hoppy start, sweet chocolate middle with notes of brown sugar, followed by hoppy bitterness. This is a great beer that Long Trail should make all the time. Easily the best product from Long Trail I’ve ever had.

Bottle From Canals. Wow I am impressed. Percfect brown pour with soilid lacing and a two finger tan head. The aroma of hops really surprised me, fresh aroma, chocolate and grassy. Mild coffee flavor with hint of burnt roast and hop. Really blended to perfection. Probably one of the best porters I ever had !

Bottle split with Pwn3d, PJ, and RYGUY. This pours a dark dark coca cola body with a small chocolate brown head. The aroma is surprisingly hoppy. The flavor is amazing - great hops, smooth roasty & smokey finish that is subtle underneath the hop flavor. Best porter I’ve sampled, hands down.

Bottle split with JRedmond, Big Guy, and the Ryapist. This will be my second brewmaster series and I must say is significantly better than the Coffee Stout - which was good! I am not much of a Porter guy and this sucker really worked me over. Totally made me rethink the way I view the style. Delicious roasted malts with spice pine hop. Insanely approachable palate, bubbly and inviting. The hops really opened up this bad boy

bottle from vtafro, thanks man! pours a dark brown with a decent tan head, nice lace, just want to drink it. Hoppy! unexpected, but a nice crisp citrusy hopiness to this one. complements the coffee, cream, and bitter cocoa perfeclty. this is an awesome beer. really nice hoppiness to it. way better than expected. creamy mouthfeel. really nice beer.

bottle courtesy of daknole, thanks again homie! pours a thick dark brown/black with a very nice medium brown head that has very nice retention. nose has heavy notes of roasty, bitter coffee complimented my those of sweet, toasted malt. just the slightest touches of hops and wood are present. nice well rounded taste, tons of smoke, coffee, cocoa, a lil chicory, nice. body and palate are grear, that nice full creamy mouthfeel upfront, vanishing to a light body in back with a tad more dryness coming out. long trail has yet to disappoint!

The nose is earthy, leafy hops, roasted coffee, hint of dark chocolate. the appearance is deep brown, tan head, reddish tinge when held up to the light. The flavor is chocolate, sweet cream, coffee, slight pine, excellent. The muthfeel is appropriately thick and creamy. The finish is piney, resiny hop bittering, nice clean finish. Excellent beer overall. This is a style I never see enough of.

Bottle (thanks zathrus13 aka Jeff) : Deep brown with ruby highlights topped by a beige creamy head that left excellent lace. Nose detects molasses, bakers chocolate, slight plum, grapefruit, piney and resiny along with slightly herbal hops. There are sublime notes of coffee, walnut, bready, rye, roasted and charred malts too. The taste is initially twangy fruit and sweet nutty malt supported by coffee and hop powered bitterness. Spicy components of liquorice and rye in addition to some constant chocolate covered espresso beans. The mouth feel is smooth and mildly aggressive and lively, a tad astringent and chalky. Overall, I am quite impressed with this hoppy Impy Strong porter.