Pure Michigan Porter
Short's Brewing Company in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
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6.90
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Whether we find ourselves surrounded by chirping crickets or the steady hum of neon lights, there’s one sound that will always be music to our earballs—the slow, steady ssssss-CRACK! of our next tasty beverage being opened. It’s the sound of good things to come, and when it’s this dark, delicious, Michigan-made magic we know we’re in for a beautiful time.
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
a: dark brown coloured body | nice rich light brown head
a: raisins | smoked grain | bready finish
f: light nuts | caramelised sugars | rustic malts
t: oatmeal | prunes | soft chocolate on end
o: mellow throughout | thinnish malts | pitted fruits but not potent
12 ounce can | Trader Joe's (grocery): Northville, Michigan | 10-November-2024 | US$2,00 | Canned: 10-October-2024 | sampled: 24-December-2025, while wrapping gifts for my family of five on Christmas Eve with my lovely wife
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours near black with a small tan head. It smells very roasty with some chocolate. The flavor is big on dark roasted malt. There’s coffee and chocolate. The body could be more robust, but this is a solid, very roasty porter
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 oz can. Pours black with a light brown head. Roasty, almost smoky malt aroma, cocoa, coffee. Roasty malty flavor, cocoa, coffee, nice roasty bitterness to it. Very good.