4.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Got this can at kroger in cincy oh, says its a collab with great lakes. Big dark brown beer with a head that is like tan choco moose. First, it pisses me off because as soon as I pop the lid it foams all over my kitchen and wont stop, even after I get to the sink it keeps squirting all over the place.. What a big dark beer mess all over the place, wife will not be happy. Smells like any other porter, deep an malty. Flavor is certainly coffee laden porter, like many coffee stouts. At first I don't detect the cayenne but near the middle I think I'm getting some heat, not much. Quite boozy too. Does not hide its alky content. Could use a little more co2 but I guess I lost it on the pop when it went squirting on open. In the end its not much more than a high alky porter, maybe even a little baltic in nature.