Midnight Porter
Sebago Brewing Company in Gorham, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
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6.88
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Midnight Porter is a blend of Old World style and New World flavor. This beer is based on the traditional English style that was designed to be lighter than a stout and more drinkable at any time of day. It was popular among the laborers of the early 1800s and derives its name from this group of people. It is a lucious deep ruby red beer with a dry smooth body. Midnight Porter is brewed with all-American ingredients. Caramel malts give this ale body and Black patent and chocolate malts provide its rich, chocolate-like flavor and ruby hue. This beer is darker and has a more roasted flavor than the Boat House Brown; yet it is not as full bodied, or quite as bitter, as the Lake Trout Stout. This ale is hopped with domestically grown Northern Brewer hops and finished with Pacific Northwest varieties Willamette and Mt. Hood. This porter is not very strong in either hop flavor or aroma. Midnight Porter is great with heavier fare, grilled entrees and chocolate.
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Travlr (30181) reviewed Midnight Porter from Sebago Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft in Scarborough Fair. Very dark maroon color, tan head, solid lacing. Aroma of sweet coffee grounds. Taste is roasty with some dark fruit and cocoa.
CLW (16720) reviewed Midnight Porter from Sebago Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft @ brewpub in Portland, ME. Deep brown with a nice tan head that coated the glass with lace. Light roasted malt and barley nose. The taste is slightly above average. The typical roasted malt, barley with a light chocolate hint. Finish does linger a bit. It’s a nice porter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
@NH Brewers Fest-on tap-pours a light tan ring for a head and dark brown color. Aroma is roasty, dark malt. Taste is roasty/chocolate, dark malt, earthy hops bite.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours black into a shaker. Pancake head with good retention leaves slight sheets as it recedes. Roasted coffee aromas. Sharp dark chocolate and coffee upfront. Flattens out in the middle to a burnt, bitter chocolate lasting finish.
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Midnight Porter from Sebago Brewing Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draugh pint at the Portland location on 10/15/06
Mostly dissipating beige head leaves little/no lacing. Very inky black-brown body with very low clarity.
Not a powerful aroma, but what is there contains moderate roast that is smoothed by a creamy vanilla sweetness and just a faint brushstroke of dark fruit on the finish. Warming does indeed help, as the aroma deepens and grows stronger, allowing light chocolate and a mix of char and caramel. No alcohol, though I do think there is a touch of something that smells like glue on the very end (quite faint).
Chocolate, caramel, vanilla cream all wash over the palate. Sweet enough, without too much wateriness and very low hop bitterness/flavor. Roasted acidity is apparent on the finish, but does not overpower by any means. Medium body, medium amounts of carbonation. Very easy to drink. Simple, adequate. Definitely some chewiness which adds a nice touch. No yeast character, no alcohol noted.