Acadian Groove Canadian Maple Porter
Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery

A 750ml bottle with the bottled on date smudged out, but I’m pretty sure it’s more than two years. Poured into a snifter glass.

Appearance: A dark amber brown colour with a slightly less than one finger beige head that dissipated fairly quickly, but left some nice spotty lacing.

Aroma: Sweet dark malt, doughy, chocolate, caramel, toffee, maple, brown sugar.

Taste: Sweet dark malt, maple syrup, doughy, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, chocolate, slight bitterness, with notes of nuts.

Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.

Overall: On the whole it was too sweet and doughy for my liking. It wasn’t as balanced as it could have been and I was hoping for more roast, chocolate and bitterness.

Couldn't really drink this. Not very enjoyable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another one of those imperial porters, so this was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a thick dark black color with a finger's worth of a white foamy head that slid off at a moderate pace. Semi-filmy lace occurred and slid as the beer was sipped.
The aroma had a nice blend of maple sweet syrup to roasty nuts and a nice sly roasty coffee bean to milk chocolate malty underneath.
The flavor charged with the sweetness of the blend of the prior mentioned notes. Coffee beans sat further back. Aftertaste had the nuts and maple syrup.
The mouthfeel was medium to almost full bodied with a clever sort of sipping quality about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate. Some "hotness" but I figured that was because this was fairly fresh.
Overall, pretty nice Imperial Porter that I wouldn't mind trying an aged bottle of this.

 

 

Poured a brown body with good head and lace. Smell is basically maple syrup with sugary sweetness. A thick, sticky, syrupy beer with a boozy hot finish with a sugary sweetness to it.

 

 

Poured from the bottle into a large snifter glass.

Light khaki to slight tan colored head, thick and rich at three fingers with a big thin foamy consistency. Dark reddish walnut brown body, quite opaque with very little light getting through.

Real maple inviting aroma. Hints of tree and sweet cinnamon bark like qualities, with maple sugar and a light candy crispness. Hot spiced cinnamon and even some sweet pepper and clove notes mix in, with a good sense of creamy vanilla to match. Sweetness is noticeable but also not outrageously huge either, making for a great experience on the nose.

Sweetness on the palate though is considerably stronger. A large amount of maple sugar notes through a very light porter sensing body. Hints a little wet, but manages porter character nicely. There's a toffee like crispness, and this is definitely no Aunt Jemima corn syrup creation either going on here. Sweet vanilla finish, and also some nice woody sap tones mixing in as well. Faint hinting roast just barely peaks out but the sugars dominate, but at least it's not a boozy mess and very well hidden.

This is a real nice brew, but it's really for maple syrup fans. It is good quality and nicely put together but it's also just a bit too sweet for me. However, I could see this as a great winter dessert brew and curl up in front of the fire place with easily.