Long Route Peanut Butter Porter
Empyrean Brewing Company

Empyrean Brewing Co. "Long Route Peanut Butter Porter"
12 fl. oz. brown glass bottle "Best By 05/06/23" and sampled on 12/24/22
$1.83 @ Hy-Vee #1470, Omaha, NE

Notes via stream of consciousness: The label reads "Brewed with lactose sugar, we age this porter on fresh-roasted cacao nibs then add a touch of artificial peanut butter flavor (flavoring contains caramel color)." The body is a hazy deep brown that appears black in the full pint beneath a thumb's width of rocky tan foam. Peanut butter is clearly evident in the nose over a little bit of sweet chocolate. The flavor doesn't deliver the amount of peanut butter that you might expect given the aroma but that's probably a good thing as it comes across as a porter with some added character and not a peanut butter beer that happens to have a porter base. It's chocolatey and there's a very light touch of fruitiness to it. There might be some minor leafy hop notes in there towards the finish but I'm not really sure. A moderate to median bitterness balances it and it finishes dry with sweet dark chocolate and a touch of peanut butter lingering. In the mouth it's medium bodied on the lower end and gently crisp. The head held up fairly well and it's left some nice lacing about the glass. All in all it's pretty decent but it somehow leaves me wanting. I feel that it should be a bit fuller overall but I can't argue with it just the way it is, and to be honest it's really quite well balanced. I think that the cacao nib character is nice, and believe me, I'm sure about that as I used to work at a brewery right across the street from a cacao nib plant and we used their materials quite often. I don't think that the peanut butter flavor is at all artificial although I do think it is just slightly light in intensity. I'll call it a very good beer overall but I still think it could be better.
Review #8,483

Clear, very dark mahogany color with a moderate tan head that subsides quickly to just a ring but does produce some decent lacing.
The aroma is roasted malt, peanut butter and a hint of chocolate.
The taste is peanut butter, dark chocolate and some sweet dark malt. The peanut butter and chocolate, while out front, do not overwhelm the taste of porter beer, nicely balanced to enjoy both.
The body is light/medium, a bit watery.
Altogether this is a tasty and enjoyable brew.

From the brewer at Mountain Hops Brewhouse.

Pours almost a pitch black with a small head of foam. Some decent lacing.

The smell is pure peanut butter
peanut butter, some roasted malt, but peanut butter is dominant.

The taste is just like the smell. No deviation. It tastes like numerous peanut butter beers that I have had in the past. May
Maybe fresher?

The body is on the lighter side.

Nice.

"Best by 9/17/22"; drank 7/4/22 @ the Yarchives.

Opaque brown appearance.

A rough pour yielded a nice tan head; strong, frothy tree-rung lace.

Peanut butter, mild chocolate & vanilla notes in the nose.

Sticky medium mouthfeel.

Peanut butter syrup & chocolate syrup flavors; this was artificial tasting & cloying.

Permanent pass.

 

Empyrean Long Route Peanut Butter English Porter, 6% ABV. On tap. Pours dark brown/near-black with a ring of brown bubbles that left no lacing. Nose is some roast malt, chocolate, and peanut butter. Taste follows, with peanut butter at the forefront, slightly sweet, faintly bitter. Decent mouthfeel, if a bit under-carbonated. Overall excellent.

 

 

 

12oz bottle best by 04/17/21 (a couple days ago) poured into a tulip pint glass at fridge temp 14.6 OG, 20 IBU, 5% ABV per label. The beer pours bright light brown in color with mahogany highlights and light brown head. The head recedes to a thin ring and single layer of bubbles. There is a nice web of lacing. The aroma is mild with peanut and chocolate. The taste more of the same with semisweet peanut butter cup flavor to spare. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation and a mostly dry finish. Overall, truth in advertising. Nice porter with plenty of peanut butter.

 

Pours black, minimal lacing, has a great deep smell of cocoa, chocolate and peanut butter. Mouth feel is a bit thin but taste is overall solid. Pretty darn good porter for it's price point. Have to factor the price into the review as well.

 

 

 

Poured from a bottle into a Blacklist (Go Duluth) tulip.

Pours a dark, nearly opaque brown. Decent head; better lacing.

The peanut butter aroma is definitely present; but not as strong or gimmicky as expected. Toasted grain, coffee and vanilla present.

The brew is medium bodied. Could use a bit more carbonation.

Overall solid.

 

 

 

 

Really authentic peanut butter aroma in the nose. The big chocolate and nougat flavors transfer well to the taste. Rich and lip smacking with dark chocoalate and dark fruit notes. Texture is silky but up to the challenge. Solid effort by a new brewer for me.

 

 

 

A bit of tan head with a nice dark brown color. Smells faintly of chocolate and peanut butter -- an enticing preview of the tastes to come. Taste is smooth with the peanut butter and chocolate flavors subtly growing to a surprisingly muted blend of flavors. Aftertaste is smooth, with chocolate lingering a bit stronger than the peanut butter.

 

Draft! Very good peanut butter flavor. I will definitely order this again!

 

 

 

 

 

On-draught:

C / AVERAGE

 

 

FROM THE FIRST TASTE I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE GREAT - SHOULD HAD BOUGHT IT IN A BOMBER - TASTE WAS ALL THE WAY THRU THE FINISH

Was hoping for more of a peanut butter flavor, but only got some of that when it warmed up a bit. When it's too cold, it loses a major component of the name and intentional flavor. I like it, just would rather have had more of the peanut butter essence; either in the taste or the back end after the swallow. That didn't even occur until I was 80% thru drinking and the temp of the beer warmed a bit. Willing to try it again, but probably taking it out of the fridge and letting it warm a bit before popping the top. Poured about a 2 finger head, creamy and malty. Bread notes on the back with a nice roast malt.