The Hum
Mystic Brewery in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.08
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WingmanWillis (38720) ticked The Hum from Mystic Brewery 9 years ago
Fergus (31537) reviewed The Hum from Mystic Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at GBBF day 3 11/08/2016. A dark black coloured pour with a a loose tan head. Aroma is black malts, tangy green apple, pine hops, toasted sugars. Flavour is composed of earthy choc roast, nutty, toasted pine, dark choc, piney hop. Palate is medium full bodied, moderate carbonation, Really good.
Harrisoni (26309) reviewed The Hum from Mystic Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask gravity at GBBF 2016. Black beer thin tan head. Strong big chocolate flavour thick chewy beer. Some spicy liquorice. Ok not my thing. 3.2 Re rate On tap at the brewery Chelsea. Dry porter. Good chocolate smooth. Much better
Convair880 (6992) reviewed The Hum from Mystic Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2016, Olympia, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a thin beige head on top. Roasty, malty, bitter chocolate aroma. Tastes quite similar, roasty, malty, bitter chocolate. Decent porter from Mystic.
Benzai (24654) reviewed The Hum from Mystic Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled @ GBBF Day 3. Murky brown color, small beige head. Smell and taste malts, brown malts, a lot of liquorice, slightly earthy, a distant hint of hops. Decnt body and carbonation.
beerhunter111 (50837) reviewed The Hum from Mystic Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Gbbf. Sehr trübes dunkel orange braunes Bier. Geruch nach dunklem Malz, leicht schokoladig, rotes malz. Geschmack süß schokoladig malzig rote Früchte, Lakritze, leicht alkoholisch.
solidfunk (22078) reviewed The Hum from Mystic Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Lots of potent roastiness. Some dark chocolate and coffee. Pours black with good head and lacing. Bitter finish. Creamy consistency. Nice stuff. Tap at Deep Ellum.
CLW (17000) reviewed The Hum from Mystic Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500 ml shared by Willrunforbeer. The aroma is really enjoyable. Roasted grain, caramel candies, Toasted oats, melted chocolate and ale yeast. I know this a Porter with an ABV at 7.5 but it really drinks reminiscent of a stout. The oats really give the texture a much needed boost. Some sugar gives a slight fullness.The darkened barley gives a lingering note throughout. It also displays some much needed bitterness to cut the sweetness. Earthy bitterness comes out more as it warms. Honestly for the Porter classification, this is done really well.
Clarkvv (16760) reviewed The Hum from Mystic Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Fresh 2015 bottle drunk 7/21/15
Fantastic, well-carbonated pour shows a massive dark tan head that is very well-retained, atop an ebony body. Clarity is moderately high, leaving the sediment behind.
Fresh, plastery yeast in the nose mixes with plentiful chocolate and very reserved coffee/roast notes. Incredibly well-balanced in the nose, and I love how live the beer smells, and, to that end, how delightful the yeast is. Not plasticy/rubbery or heavily estery/phenolic. Smells like a nice, fresh, bright English porter on cask. Hops help keep the rich malts in check, adding very light citrus and juicy fruit notes, but remaining in the background. Light vanilla and graham cracker notes linger on the end. No alcohol or flaws noted.
Big, malty flavors abound upon first sip: milk chocolate, bakers chocolate, dark cocoa and rich vanilla. It’s all whisked about the palate by a tight, ample carbonation providing, in concert with the malt, a very creamy, silky texture. Hop notes provide moderate bitterness to balance, with wintergreen and ever-so-light grapefruit flavors. Balance is excellent, tending a bit sweet, with no sign of the alcohol. Nice to see a straightforward, near flawlessly-executed version of the style. Can’t drink this stuff very often, as I just don’t care for malty and dark, but this was one of the better examples I’ve had in a long time.