Shiner Candied Pecan Porter
Spoetzl Brewery

 

Pleasantly delicious. A really nice pecan taste that isn't too artificially sweet or candied. This would be a really nice bonfire beer.

Pretty much perfect holiday porter. The roasty malt in very nice balance with the pecan flavor. Without being too much. Delicious.

 

 

 

I am trying a bottle of this beer from a mixed Christmas holiday 12pck that I bought from my local meijer store. It poured a clear dark amber with thin ecru head that is not leaving any lace. The scent had root beer notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with crisp malt base with maple, nut and roast. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it is a great beer.

 

 

Pours clear dark brown with a fairly thin tan head. Minimal lacing but leaves nice leggings when swirled. Aroma is unsurprisingly candied pecan. Some roasted malt and vanilla as well. Flavor follows the nose, vanilla becomes more pronounced, some caramel joins. Feel is medium bodied with ample carbonation. Overall, a delicious beer that I would gladly buy again.

Poured from bottle into tulip, good 2+ finger light tan head, soso retention and lacing. Jet black in the glass. Smells like pecan pie with chocolate chips. Taste follows the nose, big brown sugar, vanilla, caramel up front, pecan comes thru in the middle with perhaps a small amount of chocolate and a mildly sweet finish. Carbonation keeps sugar in check. Nice every now and then, but a 6 pack would take me a few weeks to finish.

Advent 2023-16

 

 

 

 

 

Great beer. You can really taste the pecan flavor

The smell was the best aspect of this beer - it definitely had a very sweet touch on the nose, reminiscent of a pecan pie. It did pour out nice and dark, for a porter, though the head was short lived. Mouthfeel was very light, somewhat watery, and definitely carbonated (maybe more than it should be.) Anyway, it does come close to the style without being overly sweet regardless of the label. Overall, a nice beer to have on hand for the holidays and special occasions.

 

Spoetzl Brewery "Shiner Candied Pecan"
12 fl. oz. brown glass bottle coded "208 21 A-1 03:24"
$2.29 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ

Notes via stream of consciousness: I should probably save this for tomorrow, April 13th, which is National Pecan Day but I really don't have room in the fridge. The pecan, BTW, is a truly American nut as it's North America's only native tree nut. It's also the official state tree of Texas which explains the Spoetzl/Shiner connection. The label on the bottle in front of me reads "Candied Pecan" without any porter attached, but it does also mention "robust porter" on the back label and it has the same alcohol content so it must be the same as their "Candied Pecan Porter". Maybe they thought they'd sell more if they removed the word porter from the front? If so, they were probably right.I wonder if they could have made this with a lighter colored body? Anyway, it's a clear dark mahogant brown in color beneath a short head of tan foam. The aroma delivers the promised pecan with a touch of vanilla and brown sugar as well but nothing else. That's OK by me. Why would you possibly add hops, or anything else, to something like this? I should note at this point that there is something slightly artificial about the aroma. The taste follows and although it's not quite like an actual candied pecan it does have a pecan flavor, a hint of butter, and a hint of vanilla. There's some brown sugar and caramel but it's not that sweet - it somehow suggests more sweetness than is actually there. There's not a lot of bitterness, and it seems to have a sugary taste but it's not actually sugary. Very weird. Perhaps that's because there's not a lot of malt there. In the mouth it's light-medium in body and gently crisp with a moderate carbonation. So I really don't know what to say about this beer. Taken just as an overall in comparison to the thousands of beers that I've tasted over the years, and covering the whole globe, it's not that great. It's OK, and better than average, but nothing more. Taken as a beer that tries to emulate a candied pecan it's pretty damned good. For someone who really likes candied pecans it might be their thing, but perhaps not because it's not close enough to the real thing. I still have about a third of the glass left but I've enjoyed what I had so far. I have lost interest in it though, and I certainly wouldn't want another.
Review #7,879