Michigan Brewing Peninsula Porter

Brewed by Michigan Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Webberville, Michigan USA

Bottle from sample pack, poured dark, dark ruby when held up to a light, a off-white head appeared momentarily, nutty, chocolate, roasted malt fragrances, roasted malt and light chocolate taste, lots of carbonation, dry on the palate, small hop bite, faint coffee ground taste, the flavor did not meet the expections of the aroma, the aroma was very good but the flavor fell short.

12 oz bottle via ogglethorp (thanks!). Pours a dark brown/almost black with an above average beige head. Nose is very roasty/smoky. Taste starts sweet, then the roasted malts kick in with a mostly coffee bite, and a little chocolate. Also some citrus hops are there in the finish. Finish/aftertaste is a bit bitter. Moderate carbonation. Light body.An almost average porter.

Bottle. Pours a clear dark brown, with a small beige colored head. Aroma is faint chocolate, dark roasted malts. Flavor is of roasted malt, coffee, and chocolate. Palate is light to medium, moderately carbonated, bitter finish. Average.

Bottle from Friar Tucks in Champaign. Pours deep brown/ black with a diminishing tan head. Faint aroma of chocolate, dark roast, and very faint licorice. Flavor of mild roast coffee, caramel, and chocolate. Very close to brown porter territory in texture. Finish is watery, and has a mild bitterness and earthy burnt graininess that lingers. Not worth revisiting for my tastes.

Pourd dark brown with a red tinge. Large head. Didnt look too thick for a porter and the taste matched. Very nice ’light’ porter with hints of toasted chocolate and coffee. Smooth drinking. A nice beer.

From a 12 oz. bottle with no freshness date. Poured a ruby hued dark brown with a nice looking rocky, creamy head, fair amount of ringed laced sticking. Aromas of fruity esters and roasted chocolate malts with a hint of coffee. Good even carbonation and a crisp, velvety smooth medium-light bodied mouthfeel. Tastes of roasted chocolate and coffee malts, a light, tartly sweet dark fruitiness, a touch of roasted barley grains towards the end and a chocolate malty finish with a lingering fruitiness. Easy, smooth drinking porter at an affordable price, well worth trying.

This poured a deep mahogany body with a two-fingered, creamy tan head. Nice aroma, dark caramel with a splash of chocolate, some roasted barley, and a sip of coffee. The flavor’s a subdued sweet malt with a hit of smoke and a burnt woodiness that gets a bit harsh near the finish. That harshness means I probably won’t be revisiting this brew any time soon.

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Pours a nearly opaque dark brown with a lightly-lacing thin tan head. Aroma has some pleasant sweet earthy caramel and roasty smoke notes with a touch of dark chocolate. Body starts with some bittersweet earthy malt, revealing some metallic cherry flavors that are really out of place. The finish is smokier with some lingering burnt roasted maltiness. Not really sure what is going on with this one, but I don’t think I like it.