Everyday Black
Printer's Ale Manufacturing Company

12oz can. Date stamp on label is '05/01/24'.
Dark brown colored body. One thick finger of tan head with the pour, and this results in an island and ring. Leaves behind some short strings of lacing.
Aroma of dark roasted malts with a little char, chocolate, and dark roast coffee.
Taste is surprisingly sweet, but certainly has a bitter note also. Dark roast malts, with flavors of 45% cacao chocolate and dark roast coffee. Provides hints of toffee, molasses, and dark fruit. Extended aftertaste is smooth and mellow.
Medium mouthfeel, with a metallic note. Minor tongue numbing. Good plus carbonation.
Digs into the dark side but stays balanced with just enough sweetness.

Good split between robust American porter and English porter. Deep color, a bit light on aroma, rich and clean taste with toffee caramel and maillard flavor, finishes slightly sweet (malto dextrin) and wet. 88

Rating to style. This is a solid beer. Porters aren’t my thing but drink them here and there. This is a good one and well crafted. Cocoa, caramel so chocolatey it’s on point for porter. Surprised by this brewery.

Appearance: Very dark brown/black, fluffy khaki head with good retention.

Aroma: Roasty dark malt, cocoa & coffee.

Flavor & aftertaste: Moderate bitterness - bakers chocolate like bitterness. Roasted malt & coffee.

Mouth-feel: Medium bodied, quite dry. High astringency. Low carbonation. Medium to long finish with bitterness that lingers.

Overall: Strong representation of a robust American Porter. It blurs the lines between Porter & Stout. Don't expect a soft, roundedness like an English Porter, it has a punch you in the mouth, baker's chocolate like bitterness starting mid taste and lingering well into the after taste. Definitely a winter beer.

12 ounce bottle - $2.79 at Total Wine & More in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Appearance: Pours a very dark brown, near black body with a medium-sized, creamyish, khaki-toned head.

Smell: Richly roasted, lightly scorched barley grain aroma backed by bitter coffee, softened chocolate.

Taste: Deeply roasted maltiness, flourish of burnt grain though not acrid nor chary, mollified by some soothing oats and tones of espresso, baker's chocolate and cooked dark caramel. Modest hop character with a little herb, earthiness buried within. Very luscious malt profile works its thing through the soft, smooth finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. A pleasant smoothness imparted by the oat addition.

Overall: A rather enjoyable robust porter that definitely leans roasty, though steers just clear of the troubling acrid, harsh black patent malt elements. All in all, a very well-built robust porter.