Pure Michigan Porter
Short's Brewing Company in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
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6.90
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Pure Michigan Porter - American Porter brewed with Michigan ingredients
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.
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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6.1/10
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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
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
Tried
from Can
from
Trader Joe's - Northville
on 24 Dec 2025
at 06:20
7.8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Mar 2025
at 17:47
7.1/10
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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
Tried
from Can
from
Belmont Beverage - West State
on 17 Jan 2025
at 06:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
on 30 Dec 2024
at 03:04
7.5/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Nov 2024
at 02:35