Mississippi Mud Black & Tan

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

qt. bottle. Odd aroma, but it has some chocolate, and arguably roasted malt and grassy hop. Nice dark amber color with a beige head that stayed awhile. A bit thin bodied, and the carbonation is not strong, but has a bit of a bite. The flavor is malty, probably a bit nutty, and there seems to be a very low sour note. The finish is not quite dry, and there is roasted malt, but not a great deal of bitter, if any. Still think there’s a sour note, but maybe it’s hop. The finish isn’t really complicated, just hard for me to pin down bitter with the malt/sour? thing. Finally it all seems to end with a bit of nut. Better than many things.

Never a good sign when you have to twist off the cap. Poured a dark amber with a very large frothy head. Pleasant, sweet chocolate aroma with some nut hints. Flavor is very much a roasted chocolate and coffee with some dirt taste too. The finish is pretty bad. It’s very light and nutty and bitter--the dirt flavor is very intense in the finish. Not something that screams to be drank. The bottle is also as lame of a gimmick as the sour-mash they sell in a Mason Jar. Started decent, finished horrible.

I, along with many others, saw the handsome quart bottle and gave this beer a chance. It is extremely watery and really lacks on the flavor. There is, however, a hint of espresso and roasted malts, but it truly does not live up to its name. Watery and Mild.

Poured a clear deep amber color with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of mild roast and a hint of coffee over sweet caramel malt. The flavor was malty with some roast and light coffee. Light bodied.

Initial taste is pretty good, there’s a bit of coffee, chocolate taste to it followed by an immediate slightly bitter/metallic aftertaste. I expected this beer to be big and thick with a name like Mud. What I got was a watery beer with a bad aftertaste. Not great. I won’t be getting another.

Took a little road trip down to Kentucky on the Harley and stopped in Bowling Green at the Greewood liquor store. An impressive selection but the only thing there I hadn’t had was this stuff. Jug was a nice gimmick and probably the only thing notable about this beer. And the jug wasn’t a real ceramic jug. It poured a chestnut color with a small tan head that was too embarrassed to stick around. Some yeast, malt, and suet in the nose. Weak and watery. Definite drain pour. I give it a 3 overall for the jug.

Date: 05/05/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Yankee Go Home!

clear dark brown, frothy dirty white head, lots of drippy lace, light sweet nutty chocolate aroma, sweet chocolate flavor, balanced with light bitterness,

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Unimpressed. The bottle is fantastic, and I like black and tans, but this just didn’t do it - too watery.