Friars Porter
North Country Brewing Company in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
6.49
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Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled on draft at the brewery this beer poured a black color with a large medium brown head that lingered. The aroma was bitter, roasty and dry. The flavor was bitter, roasty, toasty and had a medium smoky element. The finish was long, roasty and smoky. Well made, just not my style.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Creamy black pour with a nice off white head. Not bad looking at all, very attractive. Has a mild roasty aroma. Initial flavor is sweet then that fades to a medium back of throat bitterness. Medium carbonation. Bitter coffee and bitter dark chocolate bite builds on the sides of the tongue with each sip. Bitterness continues to overtake the flavors as the session continues. Overall, a good example of a dark beer. A little too much bitterness for my girlie taste buds. Borders on the baltic porter style. Finish is roasty and almost biting, this lasts for a while after the last sip.