Midnight Sun T.R.E.A.T. Imperial Chocolate Pumpkin Porter

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

All the roasty, chocolate goodness without the acrid and mouth-puckering bitterness so often found in spiced dark beers. Pours with an espresso-crema-like head and jet-black body gives web like lacing around the edge of the glass. Very well balanced flavors of cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg aka the pumpkin spices with the surprising addition of cocoa nibs and pumpkin. A relatively full-bodied beer I’m happy to see the low IBUS, relatively high ABV and ever so slight flavor of actual pumpkin. It’s in the initial nose and later more powerfully in the aftertaste..kinda like a hint of toasted pumpkin seeds, you’ll see... Thanks to Doug from Malt & Vine for the recommendation. Prost!

Pours black with a tan head that retains very well and leaves good lacing behind. Smells of cinnamon, charcoal, pumpkin pie, chocolate, and clove. Chocolate, pumpkin pie, cloves, nutmeg, caramel, brown sugar, and a touch of ginger. A touch less than medium body and lighter than medium carbonation. This is a really tasty and fun beer, wish I could get this more regularly. Thanks to AKBelgianBeast for the bottle.

22 oz. bottle - thanks to my main man AKBelgianBeast for this one; 2007 vintage; wowzers, so incredibly tasty that i almost can’t believe i shared this one with others!! haha, just kidding of course; dark brown with soft, thick texture; soapy head brings out rich aromas of chocolate, roasted malts and pumpkin spice; very roasty and pumpkin is a calming addition that sits there softly, while providing a very welcome mix to the flavors and spice as a complement; chocolate is dominate and the pumpkin ends up more like roasted pumpkin seeds; and we can all remember from our childhood how tasty baked pumpkin seeds are; so smooth and a perfectly constructed beer; i hope that MS does something with the base chocolate porter; maybe my fav porter, fav pumpkin and fav chocolate beer all rolled into one; just divine; can’t wait for the 2008 batch!!

Tasted at 2008 Woodshop hosted by cquiroga. Wow. Great aroma with lots of pumpkin and some chocolate. One of my favorites tonight. Mellowed perfectly with age. Smooth creamy mouthfeel.

22 of the 07. Thanks, SuzyGreenberg! What a total score! Opaque black. Towering, surging, moussy tan head. Nice sheeting lace, but its appearance is brief. Coffee, chocolate, and pumpkin on the nose. Creamy medium body, woolly carb. Nice sweet pie spice, pumpkin, chocolate, and coffee on the mid-palate, in that order. Every flavor is distinct and well-manifested, but in harmony with all the others. It’s actually tough to focus on any one of them because they’re all so forward and pleasantly so. Long spicy chocolate finish. Wow. Astonishing.

22oz bottle, 7.8% ABV, 30IBUs, Vintage 2007. Pours dark brown. Big pumpkin pie aroma. nice spice. Chocolate - pumpkin. Flavor is rich squash flavors. Great character. Finishes with chocolate. I just love pumpkin beers.

From a 22oz Bottle. Mostly transparent, fudgey dark brown colored pour with a thick head of creamy tan. Wonderfully complex, pumpkin pie nose that brings out elements of ginger and nutmeg spice among a rich toffee malt base. If anything, the ginger is a smidgen strong for my liking, but I find myself especially sensitive to this brewing ingredient and this is definitely on the more conservative end of the ginger beer spectrum. Freshly baked pecan pie, brown sugar, and a light chocolate nougat malt richness in the middle. Medium bodied, lightly carbonated mouthfeel with a creamy texture. Flavors of chocolate fudge up front, rich and silky, softened by a smooth vanilla toffee character. Nutmeg, cinnimon, and ginger spice clearly visible, but soft and accenting, melding perfectly with the ample malt base. Perfect palate - silky smooth texture with an incredible malt base and superb pumpkin pie spice balance and clean execution.

22oz bottle. Thanks again to HopHead84 for the tasting. Pours dark brown/black with a thin, light brown head, some lace. Smells spicy and sweet, chocolatey with some slight pumpkin. Tastes spicy and pumpkiny with good chocolate and roasted malt flavors. Lots of pumpkin but not overwhelming. Full body, somewhat syrupy, smooth carbonation.