Air Porter
Millstream Brewing Company

Pours a dark brown with a light brown head. Malt and coffee aroma. Taste is also malty and coffee with much chocolate flavor. Bitter, yet smooth.

 

Poured an all consuming dense dark brown with a head of light brown foam. On the nose are rich malt notes of coffee, caramel, a dash of hazelnut, and notes of chocolate. Taste is fantastic as the rich toasted malt notes mix together on the tongue yielding a slightly sweet profile with just enough bitterness from notes of coffee and darker chocolate. Feel is medium bodied and smooth verging on creamy -- just what one wants out of a baltic porter! Curl up indoors and enjoy a glass or two of this to warm on up.

Appearance: Pours a very dark brown, near black body. Some cola tones at the edges. Creamyish, wispy, light beige head. Modest lacing.

Smell: Dark, toasty malts, though with a strong earthy nut note. Lesser chocolate, coffee, dark fruitiness. With a little warmth, a showing of smoked soy emerges.

Taste: Toasty, roasty but also noticeably smoky, emanating from a little burnt element of the harder black malts. Dark chocolate, coffee, dark caramel. Still a solid nut flavor of generously oven-cooked walnuts or pecans. Medium degree of sweetness. Raisiny, black currant fruitiness. Strong dark maltiness though softened a tad by some lingering sweetness and creaminess on the finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Lightly creamy mouthfeel.

Overall: A gruff little porter, but delivers a nice big pop of dark roasted maltiness.

Jet black body, opaque; thick, frothy and semi-creamy head, light tan color. Huge roasted grain aroma with a touch of char; intriguing ester presence, like cherry or strawberry. Big, rich flavor; semi-sweet chocolate and cocoa; moderate bitterness; coffee notes. Dense mouthfeel with a soft, pillowy quality; a touch of phenol sharpness; outstanding residual sugar smoothness; feels sweet yet finishes with a nice dryness from the roasted grains and alcohol.

This is a stunning little beer. I actually forgot I purchased a six-pack the other week, but now that I have it, it's quite the drinker, especially for watching Sunday NFL after a six hour drive to southern Indiana. Anyway, a stunning and completely satisfying dark ale.

Pouring temperature: n/a; canning info: 10 06 22

Everything you could want in a porter. Pours beautiful rich head into glass with considerable lacing. The taste a perfectly rich chocolate density. Nice appropriate aroma. A bit more robust than some, but mellows as it warms slightly. Try it.