Sprecher Generation Porter

Brewed by Sprecher Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Glendale, Wisconsin USA

Pours an opaque black with a medium, fizzy, tan head.Light body with medium carbonation. Aroma dominated by raspberries. Tastes conspicuously of sweet raspberries, chocolate, caramel, some malts, and coffee. Rather fruity for my preference but this is a decent beer overall.

Bottle picked up at the brewery a few weeks ago. Dark brown (almost black pour), medium carbonation with a sour raspberry and chocolate aroma. Flavor initially hit very sweet sugary raspberry, then sour and chocolate on the finish. Happy to drink once and rate, but would probably not buy again.

On cask for Firkin Fest at the Happy Gnome in St. Paul 09. I’m surprised to see this as being retired. This porter was a bit odd because of its tart raspberry flavor that doesn’t mix well. I can see the correlation between chocolate and raspberries but the tartness was not balanced well at all. It could have been due to raspberry extract being used instead of real fruit of puree. Either way, I guess I can see why this was retired.

2005 Bottle, passed down from the brewer to Geoff Martin then to me! Used to rate my 400th BEER YEAAAAAA!!!! Pours a solid black beer with a decent tan head with an awesome aroma of rasberry as it says on the bottle. Flavor is smooth cocoa chocolate into this unreal aftertaste of rasberry, and I don’t like fruit beers but this is awesome. Body is medium to thin and the finish is clean and a little bit dry. Thanks again Geoff for this beer!

As a native of Milwaukee i am sure i should love this. But as other Sprecher beers it is just to much. Almost candy like raspberrieness. not smooth or balanced. Still an Ok Porter

Pitch black coloured body, 100% opaque with a nice light brown head that tops the beer perfectly. Aroma of an amazing combination of raspberries, chocolate, coffee and roasted malt. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong raspberry flavour with a good amount of dark chocolate and a full coffee finish. Aftertaste shows some potent coffee bitterness with a good chocolate aftertaste with the small tint of raspberries on the palate. Overall, an amazing beer - one of the best i’ve had in this style. I’d reccomend this to anyone as long as they can find it! I sampled this pint-sized bottle purchased from Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan on 04-February-2006 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

Bottle. Sweet fruity chocolate aroma. Brown black body, brown head. Flavor is a rather weird combination of chocolate and raspberry. Not for the faint of heart.

Thanks 17thfloor! Pours a very dark brown, nearly black with a small tan froth around the edge of the glass. Aroma is fresh picked raspberry’s smashed open mixed along with milk chocolate, like a fine candy with raspberry creme. Flavor starts out with a bit of tartness that is balanced by a small sweet malt. The middle is quite subdued and doesn’t stand out much. Finishes a bit more tart but mellows and disappears without much lingering. Very little bitterness. Thin-medium body, a lot like wine. Interesting example that seems pretty strangely thin for a porter. Not bad and nice tart presence but just lacking the fullness.