Pier Cove Porter
Saugatuck Brewing Company in Douglas, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
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6.89
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jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Pier Cove Porter from Saugatuck Brewing Company 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Deep and robust brown coloured body with at least a little dose of haze and opacity at the bottom, with a nice off-white head that starts at two centimetres tall and fades pretty quickly. Aroma of roasted malt, nuts, earth, grain and some light coffee notes, but the nuttiness especially show through everything here. Medium-bodied; Finally a bit of a biting malt characteristic that shows up front with some good earthy and robust nutty qualities that give this some pungency and lasting notes in the glass, but the spices and sweetness are relatively lacking here as well. Aftertaste shows some light grainy notes with a soft sweetness and a good pungency from lactose and creaminess, but not much in the way of complexity, depth or malt notes, with no spices here at all. Overall, a bit lacking for the style, but showing a bit more pungency and pronounced flavours than that of the other beers that I had from the brewery. Nice to try, but not a great example of a porter and if you are looking for a deeper beer, the Pupmkin Chai (if available) is a bit better in my opinion. I sampled this pour on draught at Saugatuck Brewing Company in Saugatuck, Michigan with my one daughter when she wasn't even three yet, sampled on 10-September-2015.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
bottle - Pours very dark brown and smells of dark roast malt and a hint of chocolate. It’s a straightforward porter with the expect roast malt flavor, decent balancing bitterness, a medium body, a bit of chocolate, and a roasty finish. Pretty good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled 1/7/2012. Pours crystal clear very dark reddish brown color with a very nice 2 finger dense khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Some good spotty lacing clings to the glass as well. Aromas of milk chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, nuttiness, toffee, biscuit, herbal hops, and slight smoke. Very nice aromas with good strength and balance. Taste of milk chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, biscuit, nuttiness, toffee, light coffee, and herbal spiciness. Fair amount of bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, toffee, light coffee, and herbal spiciness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance malt and bitterness; quite robust and no cloying flavors at all. Medium carbonation and body; with a creamy and very smooth mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with pretty much no warming noticed at all after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice porter. Robust, balanced, and very drinkable. I really enjoyed this one, I don’t know what the other reviewers are drinking.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 oz bottle. Pours a very dark red brown with a light tan head. Lightly roasted coffee and cocoa aroma. Restrained roasty flavor, coffee, with dark cocoa and a touch of molasses. Maybe just a tiny touch of banana. Great flavor, very well done.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Poured a cloudy brown with a yellow brown head that lasted and laced a bit. Aroma was a combination of sweet grains and roasted malts. Flavor was similar with some dark grains in the beginning, but finish is sweet with roasted malts throughout.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at the brewpub. Translucent, deep red-brown body, thin off-white ring of carbonation. Toasty nose, tannic, leafy, and almost tea-like. Roasty body with brown sugar, burnt caramels, piny hops, and a bitter finish. OK.