Honey Porter
Dragonmead Microbrewery

This beer was almost too sweet. It felt like I had to wash it down with a different type of beer. It's an interesting taste to try and I probably wouldn't have it more than once.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviewed on 6/19/2010. On nitro tap at the brewery. Pours a dark brown with a thick tan head. Aroma of chalky malt (it did not have a strong aroma). Flavor of bitter chocolate, light honey sweetness, and sweet roasted malt. A decent porter that is on the sweet side.

Beer is a dark, dark color, with just the slightest hints of ruby at the edges and a coffee colored head. Beautiful to look at, and almost as nice to drink. The smell is coffee, cocoa, and just a hint of caramel or toffee, with an underlying alcohol character (and honey sweetness). Taste is very similar to the smell, with the coffee and cocoa taking center stage and the alcohol almost overpowering the toffee and caramel notes. Luckily, the sweetness helps to balance that out. Mouthfeel is good, nice and thick, with just a hint of stickiness. The drinkability isn't the best, I was actually surprised that this didn't have the highest ABV of the beers I had at Dragonmead. That being said, it was a perfectly enjoyable beer, and I'd jump at the chance to have another.

Very dark with ruby highlights and a dark brown head. Clumpy, sticky lacing with decent retention. Pleasant, malty aroma with a bit of burnt character and light smokiness. Mild bitterness with just a little C-hop flavour, semi-sweet chocolate with a little burnt malt. Very low carbonation with a smooth, medium/full body. A nice porter and a pleasure to drink. I'll have this again if it's available during my next visit.

On hand pull at Graydon's Crossing. Pours a really dark color with a nice sized foamy tan head. Aroma was weak with only a bit of honey and mostly chocolate and wood. Taste however was much stronger on the honey flavors. It's weird to see a beer this dark with so much honey flavor. A bit of dark chocolate lies in the background. A touch of cask element added with the body and wood flavors. Slight buttery flavor at the very end which I always seem to get with Dragonmead. Very smooth if not the most complex beer. Easy drinking. No way this is 6.3% abv, more like 4% or 5%. A bit too sweet for me to session but the pint went down easily and I gladly had another.