Motor City Brewing Works Honey Porter

Honey Porter

 

Motor City Brewing Works in Detroit, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter Regular
Score
6.33
ABV: 5.2% IBU: 26 Ticks: 5
Motor City Honey Porter is a full bodied, creamy dark ale with a distinct roasted malt flavor and chocolate overtones. A touch of pure Michigan clover honey adds a subtle sweetness to this smooth, well balanced ale.
 

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6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

A dark brown porter with a thin brown head. In aroma, sweet chocolate malt with grassy floral hops, light mineral notes, nice and smooth. In mouth, a nice sweet chocolate malt with light powdery character, light mineral notes, nice. On tap at brewery.

Tried from Draft on 24 Jun 2018 at 21:24


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 11/19/2014. Pours nearly opaque dark brown color with a 1 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of chocolate, cocoa, caramel, honey, toast, dark bread, light coffee/smoke, light herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of chocolate, cocoa, caramel, honey, toast, dark bread, light coffee/smoke, light herbal, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toast, dark bread, light coffee/smoke, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for as good big. Good robustness, complexity, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop flavors; with a good roasted bitterness/sweetness balance and no cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy, and lightly bready/chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish as expected of 5.2%. Overall this is a nice robust porter style. All around good robustness, complexity, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop flavors; and very smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2015 at 20:42


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

On tap at the brewpub. Poured a dark brown with a slightly yellowish brown head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma had a honey note that was back by darker malts and a slight roasted note. Flavor was sweet honey with slight roast and some coffee coming through in the finish. The beer had a nice creamy mouthfeel.

Tried from Draft on 24 Oct 2010 at 09:42


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

on tap-pours a light brown head and black with red color. Aroma is dark malt-coffee/roasty. Taste is sweet dark malt-coffee/roasty/some caramel. Some hops bitterness. Mild carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 03 Sep 2008 at 17:22


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Deep mostly opaque brown body with reddish highlights at the edges, thin buff head. Aroma of molasses, roasted malts, and chocolate, reminiscent of cocoa puffs, with very light honey. Light, bitter cocoa puffs body with roasted malts, watery, paired with subtle thin, sweet honey tones. Weak, watery finish. Motor City Brewing Works is currently putting out the worst bottled craft beer produced in the state. It’s great to see local beer in bottles, but these aren’t going to cut it against tough competition in local beer stores.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2008 at 17:06