Black Forest Porter
Medicine Hat Brewing Company
- From:
- Medicine Hat Brewing Company
- Alberta, Canada
- Style:
- English Porter
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.55 | pDev: 9.01%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Feb 07, 2021
- Added:
- Jan 24, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by BPVandenbroek from Canada (AB)
3.23/5 rDev -9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.23/5 rDev -9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Black Forest Porter is thick, and black as pitch. The head is packed, cream colored, and lasting.
As expected, Black Forest has gentle maltiness up front combined with aromas of not over-sweet chocolate cake. Chocolate cake is supported by a thin layer of black cherry, giving this porter its obligatory aroma of black forest cake. Hints of earthiness in the center carry the aromas through to a finish where I note aromas of roasted coffee. A little bit of leafy hop in the finish before it fades into the background.
Taking a sip, Black Forest Porter is smooth, full bodied, and offers an up front milk chocolate sweetness. Chocolate sweetness is followed by a too brief shot of black cherry before moving into a roasted center. The roasted flavor is more roasted grain than the roasted coffee I was expecting. The finish is short, dry, and fades quickly into the background.
It smells good, and it tastes alright as porters go. My main issue with this porter is it doesn't have enough of either the porter character I was looking for, or the black forest cake I was hoping for, either. To my tongue, it tastes as though they wanted to make a "safe" version of what should have been an innovative take on a style of beer.
Jan 24, 2021As expected, Black Forest has gentle maltiness up front combined with aromas of not over-sweet chocolate cake. Chocolate cake is supported by a thin layer of black cherry, giving this porter its obligatory aroma of black forest cake. Hints of earthiness in the center carry the aromas through to a finish where I note aromas of roasted coffee. A little bit of leafy hop in the finish before it fades into the background.
Taking a sip, Black Forest Porter is smooth, full bodied, and offers an up front milk chocolate sweetness. Chocolate sweetness is followed by a too brief shot of black cherry before moving into a roasted center. The roasted flavor is more roasted grain than the roasted coffee I was expecting. The finish is short, dry, and fades quickly into the background.
It smells good, and it tastes alright as porters go. My main issue with this porter is it doesn't have enough of either the porter character I was looking for, or the black forest cake I was hoping for, either. To my tongue, it tastes as though they wanted to make a "safe" version of what should have been an innovative take on a style of beer.
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