Long Trail Brewmaster Series Imperial Porter

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

Pours dark brown/black with a huge lingering frothy tan head. Roasted and chocolate malts beautifully dominate the nose with a pine undertone. The taste is similar to the aroma with the addition of espresso, dark fruit, tobacco. The hops are a little more pronounced. Medium-full bodied, smooth, and moderate carbonation. A very enjoyable sipper.

On draught. Black pour with a thick light brown frothy head. Aroma of chocolate and licorice. Great full bodied taste of cereal and oats, roasted malt and chocolate with a slight burn in the finish. Great find at a little hole in the wall restaurant.

Bottle 650 ml
Appearance: light haze on dark brown plain. Mid plus fine creamy crown. Gourmet top with fine lace.
Nose: frontal citric hops , light dryness of alcohol , brown malt , slightly nutty , hint of vanilla at end.7+
Flavor/Palate : complex: blend of roasted nuts , chocolate with wet hops , alcohol ,citrus. Good American Porter. Neatly balanced.

22 oz bomber. Pours a dark cola with a medium sized light brown head. Aroma of toasted malts, bitter chocolate and barley. Taste of toasted malts, bitter chocolate, barley and a touch of burnt sugar.

Bottle. Pours near black with a lasting beige head. Roasted malt with some dark chocolate and a little bit of hops. Nice roasty malt flavor with some chocolate a hint of smoke, and some nice bettering hops floating on top. Pretty good.

Bomber. Poured rather clear, deep brown with a well-retained cap of beige head. The aroma picked up toasty semi-sweet chocolate, coffee, and lesser molasses with sour metallic and coffee undertones.. baker’s chocolate on the final impression.. just OK. The flavor found more well-roasted (almost charred) coffee and molasses than anything else.. green coffee bitterness and sourness surrounded.. lots of char, more sourness, and residual sugars on the finish. Medium-bodied and grainy on the palate with some off-putting sourness.. not bad, but it didn’t fully come together.

Well done LT. Black colored beer with a tan head. Aroma was strong hops with a oranage, leather, wax, funk to it. Taste was a citrus hop and roasted malt bitter punch. after taste lingers and reminds one of crayola crayons. thicker texture. oneof the best I have had from Long Trail. Will have to try more from the Brewmaster Series.

Recent bottle. Surprisingly good IP by this brewery. Black colour, enormous head with big brown lace. Malts are roasted. Taste is hoppy, and that carries you through a voyage of hoppiness, of roast, a little mollasses. Taste is citrus, minority of wood chips. Average mouthfeel.