Caramel Espresso Porter

Black with a large foamy tan head. Bitterish with strong caramel, coffee and vanilla. Very long finish. Moderately full bodied.

Deep dark brown coloured body with a pretty thin tan head, only showing a centimetre or two above the 80 per cent opaque deep dark brown body. Aroma of super artificial and sweet caramel notes with a ton of sugars noticeable here showing the lactose, cream and especially the caramelised sugars and toffee. Medium-bodied; Very sweet and super artificially flavoured caramel drives this flavour with a good deal of malts for support, but the caramel shows fake and odd, while being very sweet with little else aside from some light lactose, vanilla and cream. Aftertaste shows a lot of the malts with only a dash of graininess to couple with the significant sugars here and ending with a lot of earthiness, but the fake caramel is by far the strongest. Overall, a decent enough beer that is good, especially if you like caramel candy and the artificial sweetness that goes well with a 'caramel coffee' or something similar, but this is a bit contrived as executed here for the beer, but not a bad beer by any means. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Wine in Laurel, Maryland on 13-December-2022 for US$4,49 sampled on the streets of New York, New York with my wife and my kids on 15-January-2023.

16 ounce can. Barely translucent dark brown pour. Small creamy beige head dissipates to a thing ring. Aroma is redolent of coffee and caramel. Bittersweet roasted malt flavor has obvious notes of coffee, caramel and cocoa. Light carbonation adds to a creamy mouthfeel. Notes of vanilla and toasted nuts in the long-lasting finish.