Midnight Sun Oak Aged Imperial Chocolate Pumpkin Porter

Brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Anchorage, Alaska USA

Thanks AgentSteve. Poured very black, smooth, chocolate, pumpkin, little coffee, little spice, little dark fruits.

First of all a big thanks to Hannont for this awesome 22oz bottle, 2009 vintage! Pours black with a smallish tan head that falls away very quick leaving a thin solid layer of tan foam cover the beer. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, pumpkin, spice and oak. Flavor is very much the same, roasted malt, chocolate and pumpkin are up front, vanilla, oak and bitter sweet chocolate in the finish. This is a very complex smooth drinking beer, everything just seems to be going right with this one. I love it! This is exactly what a pumpkin beer should be all about and the oak aging just seals the deal for me. awesome!

Thanks to Hannont for this awesome bottle! Pours deep brown with a thin tan head. Wonderful spice, clove, pumpkin and subtle oak flavors. Same in the well rounded, well blended flavor with a nice woody finish. Smooth on the palate.

Bottle 65cl.
[ Courtesy of cgarvieuk ]. Clear dark black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, pumpkin, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, chocolate notes. Flavor is light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, and a varm alcoholic finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20091030]

22 oz bottle. Pours a dark brown, almost black, body with a fleeting fizzy light brown head that remained as a thin ring. The nose is just beautiful. Says it right there in the name: Chocolate, pumpkin, and oak all blending seamlessly. Great subtle spices play off of the chocolate malt really well. Just a little bit of oakiness. Beautiful complex and softly subtle flavor, the cocoa powder and pumpkin lead the way, but the nutmeg and clove work wonders on the back end. Very light on the oak, just a subtle raw wood taste on the finish before the cocoa powder comes on and lingers forever. Medium bodied with one of the softest textures that I can remember. Perfect gentle carbonation. This is just s beautiful beer.

Bomber courtesy Seabass. Pours a very dark chocolate brown color with a tight, small foamy tan colored head that leaves a sudsy wash behind on the glass. The aroma shows a dry cocoa malt mase with pumpkin flesh, oak, vanilla, along with some cinnamon and nutmeg spices. The flavor follows the same lines with the semi-sweet chocolate and pumpkin flesh proving to be a perfect match. The vanilla and oak notes bring everything together with some bitter chocolate adding further depth. The nutmeg , cinnamon, and clove spices are subtle throughout, which allows the rich chocolate pumpkin flavors to come through. Medium bodied and ultra smooth with a creamy mouthfeel and balanced carbonation. This one finishes with the dry cocoa and spices on the backend. This is what a pumpkin beer should be. The oak aging really adds to the flavors of this one. Awesome beer.

October ‘09 O-Town Throwdown, courtesy of BA trade. Pours dark brown, off-white head. Aroma of pumpkin, chocolate, spices; nutmeg, and bready, hints of oak. Flavor, lots of pumpkin, now this is my idea of a pumpkin beer, chocolate malts with hints of bitterness.The barrel is present with a nice oak palate. Bready malts, medium carbonation, some spices; nutmeg, hints of cinnamon. Everything about this beer is so well balanced. Tasty!