Harry Porter
Great Lakes Brewery

Pours a dark brown with two fingers of tan head.
Smells of roasty malts and a bit of coffee.
Taste follows with the roasty malts, coffee, but a little sweetness throw in as well.
Medium to full body, good carb levels, creamy feel.
Overall an excellent porter, looking forward to trying it's BA counterpart.

 

Was lucky and scored a in a lif from @Coronaeus. 16oz can Jan 19.
L:deep brown to black and pours clear not thick or oil like with nice 2 finger head and minimal lacing
S: roasted malt little coffee on the fainter side
T: a little burnt toasty malt
M: smooth with average carb and little thin.
O: over all Nice porter and super easy to drink

Got in a BIF from Coronaeus. 16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 1/5/2019. Pours opaque dark brown/black color with a 2 finger dense and rocky khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, dark fruit, smoke, char, wood, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/black/bready malts, light-moderate earthy hops, and light fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, dark fruit, smoke, char, wood, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate pine, herbal, woody, floral, grassy, peppery hops; and roast/char bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, dark/brown bread/crust, molasses, dark fruit, smoke, char, wood, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, pine, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/black/bready malts, light-moderate earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; with an awesome roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and no cloying, acrid, astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky/chalky mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.5%. Overall this is an awesome American style porter. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/black/bready malts, light-moderate earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/charred/drying finish. Nicely soft, and not overly bitter/charred. Awesomely clean and rich malt complexity, balancing earthy hops, and light fruity yeast notes. Light residual sweetness with lingering bitter dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example.

 

Great velvety mouthfeel. Good looking lacing. Flavours are good; coffee, chocolate, sweet vanilla. Maybe a touch of a powdery feeling for the first few sips but that subsided & in the end this was quite an enjoyable porter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

473 ml tallboy can served into a tulip at Culaccino in Burlington. This can listed at 6.5% ABV. Wizard on the artwork looks like evil Dumbledore.

Appearance - Very dark brown, nearly black and topped with a finger and change of tan head. Good retention, some lacing, no complaints here.

Smell - An even mixture of chocolate/roasty/coffee that is quite appealing. Hints of vanilla for added dimension.

Taste - Just like the nose, although flavor really pops once the beer warms up for about 10-15 minutes. The hints of chocolate and coffee go nicely with a roasty and tiny bit ashy porter.

Mouthfeel - Smooth and creamy, slick and velvety all the things a good porter should be. Carbonation is medium with a medium-heavy body that drinks lighter than it is.

Overall - A very good if not outstanding porter. Given the reputation of Great Lakes, me enjoying Harry Porter was a no-brainer, even for someone without wizardly talents.