Panther Cub
(has 2 batches)
Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.85
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Porter with Vanilla Extract and Maple Syrup Aged In Bourbon Barrels
A robust porter, Panther Cub is aged in the finest bourbon barrels available along with a kiss of maple syrup and vanilla extract. The aroma of maple and vanilla notes combine with a surprisingly deep character to make this rare creature one to gaze upon fondly. Don’t let it fool you, this kitty has claws.
A robust porter, Panther Cub is aged in the finest bourbon barrels available along with a kiss of maple syrup and vanilla extract. The aroma of maple and vanilla notes combine with a surprisingly deep character to make this rare creature one to gaze upon fondly. Don’t let it fool you, this kitty has claws.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Black with lasting light tan head. Milk choc, vanilla and maple syrup aroma, light coconut. Creamy, oily mouthfeel. Sweet flavour, maple syup and vanilla, heavy sweet malt. Surprisingly drinkable. Would have thought this to be heavier, but the vanilla and light bitterness really makes it lighter, more drinkable.
Tried
on 10 Sep 2021
at 13:45
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draught @ Fox & Hounds Sønderborg @ Øllets Dag 2021. Pours cloudy very dark brown with airy tan head. Clear aroma of chocolate, lactose, malt and yeast, with hints of vanilla. Bitter, roasty onset, giving way to sweet notes of lactose, chocolate, vanilla, and malt. Mildly roasty aftertaste with notes of vanilla and lactose. Yummy! Every teddy bear would love it!
Tried
on 04 Sep 2021
at 10:49
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle (1/29/21) pour from Table and Vine, W. Springfield. It's an opaque black with nice sparkle, finger-plus width beige head with good retention and nice soapy lacing. Aroma is moderately strong sweet malts, vanilla, maple syrup and bourbon. Taste mirrors aroma but bourbon is higher in the mix. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth, creamy texture, average carbonation, mildest of alcohol warmth and finish as taste. Overall, nice complexity and balance. Perhaps a little thin but high marks for delivering exactly what they said they wanted. Not too sweet but aroma and taste could be a little bolder.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2021
at 02:59
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 355 ml at Billie's Bottle Shop, Antwerp. Black with tan head. Chocolate, cocoa, bourbon, maple, vanilla. Sweet with some bitterness in finish. Medium to full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Billie’s Bottle Shop
on 08 Aug 2021
at 12:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 9.2%. Almost black with medium beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, maple, caramel and a little liquorice. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, sweet, caramel, maple, little bourbon, medium sweet and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2021
at 20:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours black into a tulip. Tan head with excellent retention recedes leaving scant sheets. Dark chocolate, vanilla and bourbon aromas. Thick with sweet maple, vanilla and bourbon upfront turning to hot caramel and burnt bourbon barrel in the dry, lasting finish.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2021
at 01:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Beer Hop. It pours darkest brown to black with a thick deep tan head. The aroma is sweet, sticky, chocolate donuts, maple syrup, cookie dough, massive vanilla, bourbon soaked oak, cake frosting, dull roast, caramel, mars bar and fudge. The taste is initially dry roast, bitter - sweet, then it gets sweeter, chewy, thick chocolate, chocolate cake, big vanilla, nougat, cake frosting, mars bar, light umami, bourbon soaked oak, maple glazed donuts, cookie dough, nip of spice and not much of that alcohol at all. Medium to fulsome body and fine, prickly carbonation. All comes together well. Aroma in particular stands out. What I expected, which is pretty great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2021
at 16:57