Midnight Sun Arctic Rhino Coffee Porter

Brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Anchorage, Alaska USA

Skol Vikings Jason! Anyway, this beer pours to a black cola body with a thin tan head. The aroma is extract coffee and extremely coffee laden. Some dark malts. The flavor is chocolate-coffee and not very complex. The beer is very drinkable, however, even with the simplicity it has. The palate is medium bodied and has that acetic coffee bitterness.

Bottled thanks to Blake! Poured a clear, rather black with a creamy cap of medium beige head. Aroma picked up mostly coffee with a medium roast and a long appeal to it.. really not much more in there, but I like coffee. Flavor had a lighter roast than the nose that rode all the way through.. medium-bodied up front, a bit lighter in the middle, and a bit heavier at the finish... some dark chocolates and coffee bitterness in there as well... rather one-dimensional, but quite tasty! Medium-bodied with moderate coffee bitterness and solid balance. Solid stuff all-around. Thanks Blake! (except for the being a vikings fan crap) :)

Bomber courtesy of Jess. Baggage-aged for 3 weeks. Poured dark brown with good-sized tan head. Aroma is all roasted coffee, with some chocolate thrown in there. Taste was more of the same, very roasty flavor, though not to the point of being burnt and overly bitter. Some acidity in there with the carbonation, yet the palate was somewhat light. A very sessionable beer to say the least and I’m glad I got to try something from this brewery.

Bomber. Tick marks say brewed first week of February. Beer is almost opaque, very dark motor oil brown with a small, beige, frothy/creamy, quickly diminishing but mostly lasting head. Scant and fragile lacing.<P>First impression on the nose is like a microbrewery tour; lots of moderately/heavily worty malt. Otherwise supported with a moderate note of dark chocolate; Hoppy with a moderate herbal resin note; Trace notes of pepper, tiny flashes of licorice.<P>The flavor is light/moderately sweet, light/moderately acidic, moderately bitter with a long, lightly acidic, lightly sweet, light/moderately bitter finish.<P>The body is medium, the texture is watery and the carbonation is soft/lively.<P>Nothing wrong, but not magical. Over-roasted beans just add more roasted character to the off over-roasted malts that reduce this a big dose of char.

22 oz bottle. Pours a dark black, a thick brown head, which walks away quickly. Aroma and flavor of smokey, roasted malt, espresso, and chocolate. Sweet roasted maltiness. I really enjoy the flavor and aroma, but I am a bit dissapppointed in the light to watery mouthfeel. It is a bit distracting, but still a decent porter.

Bottle. Roasty aroma which is burnt charcoal and espresso. The coffee is a bit lighter in the flavor though, which makes it very easy drinking. Nice balance.

Bottle at Barcade tasting. Deep dark brown in color with a little off white head. Peanut butter malty aroma. Caramel notes. Peanut butter flavor. Toffee nutty caramel notes. Medium bodied. Light hop character. Finish is malty. Sweet tasting. Decent.

Bottle (mini caffeine beer tasting). Head is initially average sized, frothy, brown, mostly lasting. Body is black. Aroma is moderately malty (roasted grain, coffee, dark chocolate), lightly hoppy (grapefruit), with a note of minerals. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Decent, but not that special.