Mayflower Brewing Company Porter

Porter

 

Mayflower Brewing Company in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter Regular
Score
7.00
ABV: 5.2% IBU: 34 Ticks: 52
Mayflower Porter is a rich, complex brew that is smooth and full-flavored. Five varieties of malted barley provide notes of roasted coffee beans and bittersweet chocolate with a hint of smokiness.

Porter pours into the glass a dark chocolate hue with some amber highlights. The creamy head is a latte-tinted froth which sticks around and laces nicely as you finish your pint. As you tilt the glass towards you, you are met with subtle hints of dark chocolate, roasted coffee, and wood fire smoke. The flavors coming out of the glass mimic the aromas. You’re met with waves of dark chocolate cake, rich dark espresso, and light smoke from your bonfire. This porter has a medium body and an average carbonation for the style. It finishes dry, leaving you wanting another sip. This beer is to be enjoyed to its fullest illuminating the dark winter months of New England.
 

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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

On tap at Man in the Moon. Black with a small tan head. Toasted malt, chocolate and some nuts. Dry finish. A pleasant one.

Tried from Draft on 20 Jan 2022 at 11:16


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can at Stomping Grounds Grille. Pours dark brown with a beige head. Roasted malt, dark chocolate, ash, coffee.

Tried from Can on 05 Oct 2021 at 20:52


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

4 pack at home reasonably priced. Dark pour and pretty head. Nose is chocolate and roast. Tastes quite the same hint of tobacco, plum to boot. Thinner bodied. Easy drinking.

Tried on 22 Jan 2021 at 04:32


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can, from TapRm. Pours dark brown almost black with faint red highlights against the light, foamy tan head, roasted malt aroma, medium carbonation, bitter roasted malt-coffee taste with faint maltose, thin body, long bitter finish. Quite nice.

Tried from Can on 11 Jun 2020 at 21:03


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft and bottles since debut.
Clear, auburn-mahogany highlights in a dark mahogany body. Small, light-tan head shows moderate retention.
Very straightforward, English-evolved porter with great roast, dark fruit, vanilla, dark chocolate and strong fruity esters. Clean and malty with no alcohol or flaw.
In the mouth it shows a great balance between high attenuation and lightly sticky, malty, sweet chocolate and caramel. Coffee-like notes are mild and fruity. Soft-to-slick, chocolatey and with engaging carbonation. Substantial but also very drinkable and refreshing. Back before I stopped drinking real beer and started drinking novelty beer, I always looked forward to this one.

Tried from Draft on 20 Oct 2018 at 22:39


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

From Sept 2008

I got this bottle in a trade with nutbrown. Thanks Alan!

This pours a clear dark brown with reddish highlights. There's a good ~2 finger head of foam and there's some nice lacing.

The smell is a nice mix of roasted malt, chocolate and light coffee.

The taste is a rich roasted malt flavour with side notes of light coffee and some dark chocolate. This is pretty yummy!

Mouthfeel is light and the carbonation is on the low end of medium. Btw, the head retention is average but the lacing refuses to give up the battle. ;^)

Drinkability is *very* good and being only 5.5%abv helps. I'm having no problem emptying my glass and if I had another bottle, I'd tap that baby as well.

Bottom line: This is a *very* tasty and oh so enjoyable English Style Porter. I'm impressed with what Mayflower Brewing has done here.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2017 at 10:25


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

A brown from a bottle, somewhat burnt molasses smell and herbal schnapps notes in the mouth for some reason, like a coughdrop or jagermeister. Okay beer.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Feb 2017 at 21:48


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Poured from can 10/12/16 brown cola with a tan frothy head. Aromas of toasted malt coffee chocolate and fruit. Taste follows chocolate dark fruit toast and grain. Medium mouth feel.

Tried from Can on 14 Nov 2016 at 17:59


8

Tried on 06 Sep 2016 at 16:07


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

12oz bottle thanks to Eric. Pours out a dark brown almost black topped with a tan head. nose is nutty roast some vanilla and coffee. taste is more of the roast coffee vanilla a nice bitter sweet combo.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2016 at 22:17