Middle Ages 12th Anniversary Imperial Porter

Brewed by Middle Ages Brewing
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Syracuse, New York USA

(draft @ The Old Toad - Rochester, NY) Dark black pour with not much foam. Aroma is rich and roasty with lots of coffee and burnt malts. Some dark fruits hiding in there as well. Flavor is very rich, dark, and bitter. Lots of coffee flavors at the beginning with a malty and roasty middle and a lightly sweet and very toasty finish. Flavors at the end are bubblegum and licorice. Very tasty.

Draught at Barcade. Black with a thin beige head. Aroma of roasty malts (Italian roast coffee) with some dried pit-fruit notes. Roasty chocolate and coffee malt flavor with some charred-leaf smokiness and a slight pruney tartness. Picked up on some black licorice and even bubblegum flavors after a while. Smooth palate with fine carbonation. Pretty good "Impy" porter.

On tap at the brewery. Middle Ages is not as of yet lacking by the departure of Tim Burton the number 2 brewmaster. This is a great porter. Full mouthfeel, with a porter taste, followed in the finish of coffee and choclate. Smooth. The aroma is mollasses licorice. Dark with some white head.

Tap @ Pizza Plant. Very dark brown, a hint of ruby shines through. Nose is lots of cocoa, some chalk, faint dark fruits. Flavor is cocoa, plum, light butterscotch, somewhat dusty malt.

Tap. Black body, small head, not much nose. May have been an old keg; somewhat cardboardy and burnt flavor; inappropriate esters early in glass (went away or were overshadowed by the burnt flavors).

sweet aroma that i cant put my finger on. beautiful looking beer with a lace that stays throughout. the body of the beer tastes of burnt oats. Great beer all around, one of the best i have had

Growler from the brewery: Chocolateand roast aromas with a bit of licorice; malty and chocolately with an musty finish; dark fruit notes; well balanced and somewhat alcoholic. Nice.

From a growler bought at the brewery. Big tan head and an opaque black body. The rich, burnt malt flavor comes through first. The hops come in slowly to provide a balance to the initial sweetness. Full-bodied flavor with a silky smooth mouth feel. As strong as a good stout. The head lasted till the bottom of the pour.