Greenwood
Southern Grist Brewing Co.

Dark brown color. Thin, beige head. Chocolate, coffee, and roasted malt in the aroma. Moderately sweet taste with roasted bitterness at the end. Good.

From the 16 oz can in a snifter. This decent little American style
porter pours a coal black with a fantastic head of brown foam that settles
to a thick ring, thick layer, and sports some nice lacing. Nose of spicy hops,
herbal hops, dark cocoa, and dark roasted malts. Flavors surpass the nose
with dark cocoa, faint coffee, spicy hops, herbal hops, dark roasted malts,
light pine hops, and dark breaded malts. Mouth feel is medium, medium light
carbonation with some nice lift, and a spicy hop and bitter malt finish that is
subtly dry.

Overall, a decent little porter.

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My version of Greenwood Porter was purchased & consumed in June of 2022 & was rated 5.9%. I placed the can on the floor while making room in my beer fridge but the can was tipped over & suffered a pinhole puncture. I quickly moved the can to the sink & popped the top to relieve the pressure . Very little was lost, so putting the paper towers used for cleanup into a salad spinner was not needed. The first half was consumed at room temperature & the second half was slightly chilled so this may not be the most accurate review. A very sweet aroma of caramel & malt. Taste was a nice mixture of bitter, sweet & salty. The dominant note of flavor was rye malt with caramel, hops & roasted grain. Medium thin in feel. Overall, very good.

Poured from a 16oz can dated 10/21/21 to a nonic at about 50F.
The body is surprisingly brown, at the edges it looks like the Brown from a Crayola 8-pack. A deep tan head of 1.5-inches tops with multi-sized bubbles. During and immediately after the pour there's a nice nitro-like show of tiny bubbles rising against the outside of the glass to add to the head. However, after 5-minutes the head is all but gone and lacing is poor.
The aroma is of dark chocolate with a lot of sugars.
The taste is quite different from the smell in that there is no sweetness. The malt really rules this one. Its bitter to the point of being chalky. I do like that though. Kind of seems like a mild version of the cinnamon challenge, but with dark chocolate powder.
Mouth feel is on the thicker side for a porter. Healthy carbonation cleans things up nicely on the back end.
Overall- I love the flavor of this beer but admit it's probably not for everyone. I just have to stop looking at that wierd body color though.