Mississippi Mud Black & Tan

Brewed by Matt Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Utica, New York USA

Pour is a black with a large tan head. Aroma is roastey and somewhat nutty. Flavor is very watery with some malty mess. Finish is again watery and not very good. I would not call this a porter by any means. Cool jug contanier though.

Hehehheh, from Utica NY! Big monolithic looking nifty unique jug container, a quart like no other! Really gives the impression of being like one of those xxx jugs you see in cartoons. Big brown pour, seems filtered, at least at first. Aroma of chocolate or carob is ever present and at times, it borders on the smell of handsoap. The first taste is rather pleasant, not extremely bitter and it seems much like a dark lager or a serene schartzbier. Chocolaty flavor carries over from the aroma. Much better than I imagined, for some reason. Good tingly carbonation is gamely apparent. Rather agreeable all round and the alky content is not too evident. Seems to come across like a cheap beer…with amicable manners. No hint of hop in this brew. Some roasty toasty hints in there but again, not on the bitter side. I would say this has the civility of darker low alky beers from the old country. Good quality finish for a lager lover, no annoying medicinal linger. I liked this cheapdark beer. One of the better porters I’ve encountered. Rather charming!

Awesome 32 oz. Jug! great taste, especially for how cheap it was. Smooth and a nice after taste.

Brownish amber, roasted malts, nutty, caramel , little hops, little dark chocolate. A nice blend.

32 oz jug from the Utah State Store. Pours a dark amber color with a very thick beige head into a Guinness glass. The aroma is nutty, much like a brown ale or mild ale; some toasted malts and caramel. The flavor is mild and nice; lots of toasted malts, caramel, buttery flavors, chestnuts, a good hop finish that is slightly bitter and fades to sweet malts. Easy to drink and not bad. Yeah, the jar is cool to buy once. After that the price would discourage me.

They say you can’t judge a book by its cover. Same apparently applies to beer bottles (except FFF!). Porter flavors are almost impossible to discern, except in the head. More like a weak amber, really, both in appearance and flavor.

Brownish amber color. Thin head. Bland sweet carmel flavor. Thin body. This is listed as a porter, but is too lame to be in this category.

Caveat that bottle has been around for a while. Pours reddish black with a mild head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is all sweet, caramel malts...not complex, but pleasant nevertheless. Flavor is primarily caramel malts, but there is a slight bit of bitterness mixed in there as well. Borders on watery on the palate, but highly drinkable nevertheless. Does not drink like a porter...reminds me more of a vienna or an amber ale. All this being said, it is a one-dimensional beer, but it did taste good and surprised me somewhat. One bonus point on ’overall’ for the bottle!