Mill Street Coffee Porter

Brewed by Mill St. Brewery
Style: Porter
Toronto, Canada

This is the best coffee porter I’ve had. Quebec has Unibroue, Ontario has Mill St. great beer. This rating a a rare one.

A great porter. I love the strong taste of coffee and dark chocolate in the after taste.

Intense espresso(double?) nose. Deep brown, hint of red at the edges, negligible toffee head. Wonderful espresso flavoured offerring. Superbly balanced, dry and oh so satisfying. Marvelous. Brewmaster Michael Duggan has created the epitome of the style!

Equipment: Small stubby bottle served at cellar temp in a water goblet. Appearance: Inky black topped by a smallish dark brown head that doesn’t retain so well, nor does it leave much in the way of lacing. Aroma: Coffee rules the nose here. Nice aromas of dark roasted coffee. Slight whiffs of burnt caramel sugars. Very little hopping. Flavor: Robust taste of dark coffee with maybe a little sugar added, but not enough to make it syrupy sweet. Palate: Robustly medium bodied with lingering bitter coffee aftertastes. Overall: Rather drinkable if you make sure that it is had about the same time as you might have your last cup of coffee for the day. There must have been a crapload of caffeine in this as I was up all night with the spilches. Went great with the creme brule with Grand Marinier flavoring.

Colour is a beautiful deep brown with slight ruby hints and a nice mocha head. Full aroma of coffee and toasted malt. Great mouthfeel, perhaps a touch thin, but with a nice creamy backbone. The coffee flavour is rich and fresh (they use beans roasted by Balzac's Coffee House right around the corner from the brewery), and is perfectly balanced with the chocolatey malt, rolling into a hint of hop bitterness in the finish.

Bottle. Strong mocha aroma. Solid black with an off colour tan head. Outstanding roasted taste. Burnt coffee flavours aswell. Bitter nutty finish. Outstanding, by far the best beer I sampled in Ontario.

355ml bottle. pours black (light doesnt penatrate it) with a tiny beige head. aromas are all about the coffee. flavours start with beautiful bitter coffee giving way to a semi-sweet chocolate finish. get better as it warms. great stuff from mill street.

Amazing how much flavor and smell gets packed into such a light crisp beer. My only complaint is that the smell keeps attacking you rather than enveloping and inviting you. Thank you Daknole.