Mississippi Mud Black & Tan

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

Bottled in a big-ass hillbilly jug. Dark amber with a medium-sized white, frothy head that is mostly diminishing. Cereal grains, alcohol, sourdough bread aroma. Stale bread flavor through and through and mildly sour with some lightly roasty malt and honey. Very stale. Watery, thin palate with low carbonation.

Combine an average to bad pilsner, with an average to bad porter and what do you get? Apparently you get the Mississippi Mud Black and Tan. It pours a beautiful chestnut brown color with a large, creamy beige head that leaves good lacing. This is were the superlatives end. Aroma is moderately malty with a little of the roastiness I expect in a porter and some of the soapiness I expect in a pilsner and decent floral hop notes - passable. However the flavor is just downright bad, metallic, soapy and a little bit of a burnt taste mixed in with a corn finish. Light body and little carbonation. I saved the bottle for maple syrup and poured out the rest of the beer.

Bottle--Well the bottle’s cool, but the beer is average to a touch below average. Amber color with mostly a lager taste.

Forgot to rate this. Never poured it out of the jug so no idea on appearance. Hint of roast, but dominated by the lager taste, which is bad. It’s poorly balanced. If you’ve ever messed up making a black and tan with 2 average beers, you get Mississippi Mud.

pours light reddish brown with a small off white head, aroma of chocolate and carmel and some roasted malts. the taste was of a little weak carmel and spices and a little watery, a dissapointment and a slightly better than average beer.

The cool bottle almost goes without saying... that earned it an extra point for appearance with me. Wonderful stout/porter aroma... unfortunately this is pretty much where it ends with this beer. Flavor was disappointing and lacking. Oh well... it was a must have for my bottle collection.

ceramic bottle.. Poured a light brown color with a medium lasting head. Aroma was light but did have a bit of caramel, malt and hops.. Flavor was just as you would expect with a pilsner and porter mix. had a light roasted flavor with a pilsner bitterness.. Some caramel and floral hops as well.. Light bodied with good carbonation.

Slightly floral aroma with hints of caramel. Pours red/brown with a lasting thin white head. Pretty bland in the flavour department, nothing really stands out. I was expecting a strong taste.