Mangalitsa Pig Porter
Right Brain Brewery in Traverse City, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Smoked Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.25
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Real smoked pig heads give it the smokey flavor. There is no smoked malt in this recipe. The beer that put Right Brain on the map. A rich and chocolaty porter brewed with real smoked pig heads and bones. Not for vegetarians! You simply have to experience this beer and describe it to your friends. 2011 Gold Medal Winner for Best Experimental Beer at the Great American Beer Festival®.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at the brewpub. Dark brown, Medium fizzy tan head, good retention. Aroma of chocolate, smoke, ham, roast. Taste is roasted malt, chocolate, mint, a mildly smoky finish. Medium bodied, smooth, lingering bitterness.
Tried
on 16 May 2017
at 16:04
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Refrigerated brown bottle from FlandersNed poured into a glass. Black with small/medium beige head. Aroma is dark malt, medium body, medium carbonation, and some lacing. Taste is smoke, chocolate, salty, and a little meat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2017
at 20:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at the brewpub. Pitch black color with a medium beige head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring. Strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of smoked malt, chocolate and coffee. Medium body with a smokey malt and barbecue character, with some coffee and chocolate in the background. The finish is smokey salted meat and malt. It’s a gimmicky premise but an above average beer overall.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2016
at 21:37
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours fairly pitch black color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense dark brown head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, molasses, toffee, toast, dark bread, wood smoke, light salt, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt and smoky/salty pig part notes; with good strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, caramel, molasses, toffee, dark bread, wood smoke, light char, light salt, and roast/smokey earthiness. Good amount of roast/char bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toast, caramel, toffee, dark bread, wood smoke, light char, and roast/smoky earthiness on the finish for a while. Outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roasted malt and smokey/salty pig part flavors; with a great roasted bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very smooth, creamy, and lightly slick/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an awesome smoked porter style. All around great robustness, complexity, and balance of dark/roasted malt and smokey/salty pig part flavors; and very smooth to drink. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2015
at 22:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Chow. Pours a very dark brown with small tan head that lasts. The aroma is strong roast, smoke, leather. Medium mouthfeel with nice roast, smoke, bacon light sweetness. Very complex, nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2014
at 18:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22 oz. bottle. Dark mahogany color with thin white head, light retention. Aroma is pure smoked meat and light earth dirt. Flavor is smoked meat, salty brine, peat with the peat lingering in the finish. Medium malt base. If you like layers of smoke, you will enjoy this brew. Interesting and different for sure. Pairs well with aged cheddar cheese and cured meats.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2014
at 17:21