Great Northern Porter
Summit Brewing Company in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
6.88
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Part of a flight at Stone Arch MSP. Similar cola black to the Waconia Peanut Butter Porter but with a more stable tan head. Mild dark malt aroma of licorice and chocolate. Roasty and dry. It's ok.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours black with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of roasted malts with some dry dark grains and bitter chocolate. Flavor has a combination of dark grains and chocolate with a bit of dryness from roast underlying.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 2/24/2014. Pours fairly opaque dark brown color with a 2 finger dense and rocky khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of chocolate, cocoa, caramel, roasted malt, coffee, toast, dark bread, herbal, light molasses, light raisin, and roasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good complexity of dark/roasted malt and light yeast ester/hop notes; with decent strength. Taste of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted malt, toast, dark bread, caramel, light molasses, herbal, slight pine, and roasted earthiness. Moderate amount of herbal/roast bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted malt, toast, dark bread, herbal, light char, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity and robustness of dark/roasted malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a moderately creamy and very smooth mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice porter. Nice robustness and complexity of dark/roasted malt flavors with light-moderate hops; and very smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
bottle - Pours very dark brown with a lingering tan head. It has a rich roasted coffee aroma. The flavor is of dark roast malt and coffee with a medium body and a full, well balanced flavor. Good porter.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13
Bottle. Deep brown body. Frothy, big-bubbled beige head, lasting. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, vanilla. Light resin. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Some tartness in the finish. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. A bit chalky in the mouth. Lingering coffee bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5
Black, Good Hrad, Lots of Lacing. Thin Body, Maybe too thin. Also not too sweet as a porter should be. Burnt Bitter aftertaste that does not last too long.. Just OK.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Pours a clear, dark brown with small head. Roasted grain and malt aromas. Flavor has some coffee, some caramel, largely roasted gain. Some light sweetness. Finish is very smooth, no bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Earthy roasty chocolate aroma. Black brown with a large tan head, nice lacing. Roasty malt, chocolate, earthy/ashy flavor. Medium body, moderate carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours dark brown with an orange tint. Large tan creamy head, mostly lasting and leaving great lacing. Aroma is coffee, roasted malt, and a bit of wet hay. Flavor is the same, medium sweet, nice coffee bitterness lingering through the finish. Full bodied for a porter. An old favorite of mine that i am pleasantly surprised that i still enjoy.