Upland Bad Elmers Porter

Brewed by Upland Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Bloomington, Indiana USA

Bottle pours brown with red hints. Aroma of smoke and chocolate malts. Roasted chocolate malts nutty. Decent but nothing special.

Bottled: Jan 2006 pours a beautiful almost black with a reddish tint and a thick tan head that dissipates quickly to a light lacing that remains. aroma is brown sugar and a little chocolate... one of the best smelling brews I’ve had. Mouthfeel is creamy and chewy. tastes roasty and malty with a nice bitterness.

Name: Bad Elmer’s Porter
Date: 08/19/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker Tasting

clear dark brown, huge tan head, thick dripply lace above an empty glass of foam, lightly sweet milk chocolate aroma with a touch of nutty character, creamy body, rich chocolate flavor, mostly dry, light bitterness, warms to be too dry and bitter

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Bottle, 12 ounces, bottled in August 2006, Oktoberfest evening at Marc Gratton’s, savoured on April 20 2007; eye: black with burgundy reflections, tiny beige creamy head, clear; nose: roasted malt, olive; mouth: hops, roasted malt, finale in hops, medium body, oily texture, not much carbonation, a bit acidic, lactic, mildly bitter; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille, 12 onces, embouteillée en août 2006, soirée Oktoberfest chez Marc Gratton, savourée le 20 avril 2007; oeil : noire avec des reflets bourgogne, petite mousse beige crémeuse, claire; nez : malt torréfié, olive; bouche : houblon, malt torréfié, finale en houblon, corps moyen, texture huileuse, peu carbonatée, un peu acide, lactique, moyennement amère; en résumé : bien

Appearance: Pours a dark brown body with a fizzy, huge tan head (and that’s with an extremely careful pour). Smell: Earthy aroma of stale chocolate, prunes, and what can only be described as licorice dust. Taste: Sweet chocolate taste with hints of coffee and a dash of cola. Light herbal hop flavor on the dry, bittersweet finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Overly fizzy carbonation. Drinkability: It would be fine but for all that gosh darned foam. Ease up on that carbonation, Elmer!

Pours a transparent dark mahogany with a large, over-carbonated, well-lacing tan head. Aroma is best summarized as burnt chocolate chip cookies. Body starts foamy and lightly dark caramely sweet with a lot of burnt roasty notes throughout. FInishes a little thinner with some lingering black malt, cookie dough, and peppery, spicy hops. This recipe needs a little less of the burnt flavor.

Aroma is chocolate and somewhat malty. Pours dark brown with little head. Moderate mouth feel with flavors of chocolate and some coffee. Nothing heavy or overbearingly sweet. a decent porter.

12oz bottle poured into a pint glass. This porter pours a deep brown with a small, light brown head. The head is slightly lasting, leaving behind some light lace around the glass. The aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, and cocoa. Flavor is roasted malts and light coffee with some hop notes at the finish. Decent balance. This beer is light to medium bodied, maybe a bit thin feeling in the mouth. It leaves a slight aftertaste of coffee. A decent porter from Upland.