Pearl Street Smokin Hemp Porter

Brewed by Pearl Street Brewery
Style: Porter
La Crosse, Wisconsin USA

On draught during the Great Taste of Midwest 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin. Pours an opaque dark brown colored brew with a creamy off-white head that has some nice retention and spotty lacing. Aroma of smoked wood, toasted dark malt, a hint of Scottish peat and some flowery hops. Taste is medium to full bodied, light in carbonation with flavors of smoked pork, toasted dark malt, some light vegetable and some earthy spice. Finish has a nice balance of bitterness and roasted dark malt with a lingering like smoked wood that slowly disappears. Could be listed as a Rauchbier though its perceptual character.