Mad Tom's Robust Porter
Schmohz Brewing Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 2 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, and toasted brown bread; with light nuttiness, coffee, smoke, dark fruit, and herbal/roasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, and toasted brown bread; with light nuttiness, coffee, smoke, dark fruit, and herbal/roasted earthiness. Light herbal hop and roast bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, and toasted brown bread, and hebral/roasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Good complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Lightly drying from roast/hop notes as well. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, fairly creamy/grainy, and slightly sticky mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.8%. Overall this is a very solid English porter style. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink. A pleasantly enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the just-opened Schmohz taproom. Deep red-brown body, thin cream head. Dry roasted malt aroma with dark chocolate undertones in classic porter vein. Nice dry roasty flavor, somewhat woody, with dark bittersweet chocolate and a touch of coffee cream. Slightly acidic and quite toasty. Nothing too unique but well-done nonetheless.