Founders Brewing Co. Porter

Porter

 

Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter Regular
Score
7.75
ABV: 6.5% IBU: 45 Ticks: 328
Robust Porter

Pours silky black with a creamy tan head. The nose is sweet with strong chocolate and caramel malt presence. No absence of hops gives Founders’ robust porter the full flavor you deserve and expect. Cozy like velvet. It’s a lover, not a fighter.
 

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6.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Systembolaget. Gorgeous look like chocolate foam. A bit too meaty for my porter likes. Decent though. (11/1/19) ------------ Rerated on tap at the Bishops Arms Östersund. Was very dissapointing this time. Smell almost sour fruit. Nutty taste. 3.7 to 3.4 (30/3/19) ----------- Rerated same condition. Surprisingly absent aroma. Very smoked and meaty. lovely foam. Clearly well made but not a porter for me. 3.4 to 3.1
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2019 at 07:32

7/10
Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2018 at 12:07

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Flaska från Systembolaget:
Svart med krämigt skum. Doft av choklad, kaffe , nötter och rostad malt. Smakar rostad malt, lakrits, kaffe och nougat.
Välbalanserad och god.
Tried on 09 Nov 2018 at 19:09

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Malty aroma, roasted malts, chocolate, cocoa, light coffee. Tastes the same as aroma, light sweet, light to medium bitter. Full body, malty bitter sweet finish. Very good.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Oct 2018 at 21:00

9.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 10 Texture 10 Overall 9.5
This review was imported from my RateBeer ratings.

12 oz. bottle.

AROMA: Sweet with scents of chocolate and brown sugar.

APPEARANCE: Pours an opaque black with a thin, dark-tan head that dissipates quickly.

TASTE: Pure heaven!! It's medium sweet with flavors of bittersweet chocolate, coffee, and caramel.

PALATE: Creamy, full texture with average carbonation and a long finish that has a hint of unsweetened chocolate

OVERALL: Their tagline of "Dark, Rich & Sexy" is right on the nose. And I really can't find any faults with it. Basically, this is probably the most perfect Porter I've every had.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2018 at 18:57

7.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Black beer, light malty aroma. Flavour is malt, caramel, bitter chocolate. A bit of fruit. Rich, smooth porter. Lovely stuff.
Tried on 08 Sep 2018 at 15:15

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
25 June 2018. Bottle at The Cat's Back, Tilburg. Shared with Anke. Pours cloudy black with a thick, stable, foamy, beige head; little lacing. Rich aroma of roasted malt, mocha, dark chocolate chips, soy sauce, nutmeg, salted peanut, cream, kahlua, toast, sweet tobacco. It tastes medium malty sweet, notes of milk chocolate & cream, and light roasted bitter, hint of toast, with a nutty back. Dryish, toasty finish, herbal hoppiness, with lingering cream & chocolate. Medium to full body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. So rich but so easy to sip, love it! Rerate, bottle from Gedeelde Vreugde. Expressive cold coffee, dark chocolate, walnut, chestnut, earth, prune, dry mushrooms. Bitter core of coffee, unsugared chocolate & toast, light sweet dark toffee, prune with a nutty & mushroom-like umami edge. Toasty finish, black tea, herbal hops & powdery chocolate.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2018 at 08:48

8.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Voici un Porter bien équilibré, aux arômes torréfiés plaisants. Une fois dit cela je vais manquer d'inspiration par contre car elle est plutôt neutre voire banale. Elle n'amène pas cette petite touche supplémentaire qui en appellerait une deuxième. En verre, c'est propre, robe noire avec une fine mousse brune ne nappant pas toute la surface. Le nez est sur le café et chocolat. Efficace mais sans fioriture. L'attaque est fraîche mais manque de présence en bouche. On y retrouve principalement des arômes de café (agréables). La deuxième bouche de façon surprenant décline aromatiquement et devient un peu fade. Ce n'est que sur la troisième bouche et le final que ce Porter prend de l'essor avec une présence en bouche juste correcte. Le final correct, d'une longueur correcte présente en plus des arômes de café et chocolat, une amertume herbacée intéressante. Côté équilibre, c'est du bon travail par contre. Alcool à 6,5 % efficace, un sucre bien dosé et une amertume à 45 d'IBU suffisante (ressenti légèrement inférieur). Simple mais efficace. Ça manque de passion tout de même.
Tried on 06 Jun 2018 at 11:29

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
On draft dark chocolate with a mocha head. Aroma is roasted chocolate coffee caramel Taste is smooth creamy all notes balance perfectly chocolate coffee vanilla tones with a mild bitter finish.
Tried from Draft on 20 May 2018 at 02:53

8.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 10 Texture 10 Overall 9.5
12 oz bottle. Aroma is roasty, chocolate malt balls, dark bread, leather, pouch tobacco. Pours black with a one finger tan head with decent retention; it settles into a cap of foam after a minute and never disappears through the duration of the glass. Leaves patterns of lace. Taste is moderately sweet, never cloying, with a nice herbal hop bitterness to balance it out; roasty, light note of licorice in flavor. No flaws that I can see. This is perfect for style, not to mention extremely tasty. What more could you want in a porter? Normally it takes me a good 20 or 30 minutes to finish a beer like this when I'm rating, but I sucked this thing down in like 10 minutes, maybe less. So so drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2018 at 04:44