What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #4100

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  1. sulldaddy

    sulldaddy Grand Pooh-Bah (5,786) Apr 6, 2003 Connecticut
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    Dont usually post on this thread, but didnt know where else to share this besides the cross posting with What New England beer are you drinking now? So here we go!
    this is Bunker Brewing in Portland Maine and their Imperial Porter Foxfire. 8% brew aged in maple-rum barrels. Picked up on a trip to Portland and its been in my cellar since then.

    onto my review:
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    Sampling a cellar temp 500 ml bottle poured into my snifter. I picked up the bottle at the brewery late in the fall of 2023. No date stamp on the bottle. The beer pours a rich cola brown color with a fizzy khaki colored head that settles at .5 cm and fades to a sturdy surface covering and stops there, sticks around entire sampling.
    The aroma on this one is definitely rum heavy with a little cocoa powder and maybe the faintest hint of maple, or it could be brown sugar. Either way no hop character on the nose and the rum isnt really to boozy smelling, just rum, if that makes any sense.
    First sip reveals a medium body with smooth texture, the beer is a little lighter than I would have thought, maybe the maple sugars thinned it out? The carbonation is fine and fairly fizzy, but not prickly on my palate and the beer drinks pretty easy.
    Flavor is similar to the nose with some chocolate notes, again sort of chalky cocoa powder, here the rum is more subdued and the maple comes through with sweetness on the finish that lingers flavor wise. Finish is also fairly dry which is surprising to me. No hop character on flavor profile and also not boozy or hot on the finish. This is a fine beer and Im enjoying drinking it, but its not as robust as I had hoped in flavor or depth and body.
    3.89 in the BA DB
     
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  2. jzeilinger

    jzeilinger Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,847) Dec 4, 2004 Pennsylvania
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    Thx.
     
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  3. muchloveforhops3

    muchloveforhops3 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,999) Apr 5, 2009 Montana
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    Getting a bit chilly out here.. :grimacing: (and only getting colder - supposed to be -30 on Saturday not counting the wind chill :expressionless:)

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    Cheers!
     
    #163 muchloveforhops3, Jan 12, 2024
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  4. Blogjackets

    Blogjackets Grand Pooh-Bah (4,816) Nov 22, 2017 Ohio
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    Porter appreciation forum could use this post. Cheers.
     
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  5. mschrei

    mschrei Grand Pooh-Bah (5,137) Jul 4, 2014 Illinois
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    Everybody in my house now has tomorrow off due to the impending snowstorm. I’ll see if I’ll go into work depending on how it looks in the morning. For now, I need some drinks.
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  6. gatornation

    gatornation Grand High Pooh-Bah (10,388) Apr 18, 2007 Arizona
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    You will win either place but they are about an 8 hour drive apart. Nothing wrong with the drive take your time and go the long way up the coast!
     
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  7. gatornation

    gatornation Grand High Pooh-Bah (10,388) Apr 18, 2007 Arizona
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    Always tasty Hamm’s.
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  8. Wasatch

    Wasatch Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,062) Jun 8, 2005 Colorado
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    Cheers!
    Blackfoot Marauder (Specialty Pressing) (MASTERDISK) (Master RL) 1981 ATCO Records EX
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  9. tasterschoice62

    tasterschoice62 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,949) May 14, 2014 Rhode Island
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    Last of my Trillium.
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  10. mushroomcloud

    mushroomcloud Grand Pooh-Bah (4,912) Mar 4, 2005 Texas
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    Cheers BAa
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  11. argock

    argock Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Dec 30, 2006 Virginia
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    Einbecker Unfiltered Pilsner from the container project - delicious malt monster! Have a good night BA’ers!
     
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  12. ChicagoJ

    ChicagoJ Grand Pooh-Bah (5,247) Feb 2, 2015 Illinois
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    Escaped the pending blizzard, enjoying the first of these in quite sometime.

    Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

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    Seven year old nephew likes the chorus of this one.

     
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  13. muchloveforhops3

    muchloveforhops3 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,999) Apr 5, 2009 Montana
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    Outstanding pic, sir! :beers:
     
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  14. muchloveforhops3

    muchloveforhops3 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,999) Apr 5, 2009 Montana
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    Cheers, BAs!
     
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  15. Jesseix

    Jesseix Pundit (913) Mar 18, 2022 California

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  16. jzeilinger

    jzeilinger Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,847) Dec 4, 2004 Pennsylvania
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    With a bit of a Keystone Cops kinda flare (as you're drinking from that rogue mug). :laughing:

     
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  17. dcgunman

    dcgunman Pooh-Bah (2,682) Jul 1, 2009 California
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    Yup that looks like it was taken during the Christmas holiday break. That looks empty compared to regular rush hour traffic. But nothing is worse than the 101 or 405.
     
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  18. TheIPAHunter

    TheIPAHunter Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,026) Aug 12, 2007 California
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    Digging in to this Slice collab w/ North Park that references a classic Christmas movie. Peace...
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  19. mickyge

    mickyge Grand Pooh-Bah (4,232) Nov 1, 2014 Massachusetts
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    Nice one!
     
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  20. mickyge

    mickyge Grand Pooh-Bah (4,232) Nov 1, 2014 Massachusetts
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    Looks mouthwatering
     
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