Up next, Meantime Brewing Company's Coffee Porter. First of all, I have to say that I love the bottle! Sure, we crafty brew people like to pretend we're up and snobby and choosing beers for their individual merits rather than on petty things like label and bottle design, but let's be down and honest here for a second - a unique bottle is going to attract the eye and leave a new consumer of your product wondering if the taste is as fancy as the bottle looks. So here we are, I uncovered a fancy bottle and we're all set to drink our fanciest looking beer of the day!
Beer: Coffee Porter
Brewery: Meantime
Style: English Porter
ABV: 6.0%
Style: English Porter
ABV: 6.0%
Glass: American style pint
Appearance: A fluffy 2-3 inch head leads off what promises to be an interesting brew. Dark brown with beautiful amber highlights that I can pick up both in my pint style glass and better in the Dobie's tulip glass. Very clear, no traces of sediment or haze.
Aroma: Rich coffee and toasted malt aromas - this one has quite an intoxicating nose to it!
Body & Texture: Lighter medium body, with a crisper mouth feel than I was expecting from a porter. Light but active carbonation tickles the tongue and accents the flavors. A light dryness follows the finish.
Taste: Naturally there is a predominant coffee flavor, but with it comes a startling complexity that I wasn't expecting after trying two other coffee porters. Toasted malt provides a delicate sweetness with the suggestion of toffee notes. Flavor suggests perhaps use of crystal malts along with the expected coffee malt.
Overall: 4.5/5 There is a startling complexity in this beer, likely due to what appears to be several distinctly different malt flavors blending into the expected coffee taste. This is one coffee beer I am happy to drink either alone or with foods, the richness lending to a beautiful flavor that would again blend quite well with any number of after dinner dessert type items, or even simply impress the drinker as a stand alone. While the unique bottle itself is what admittedly caught my eye, the fullness of flavor and rich multi-layered complexity is what will keep me coming back. I can't wait to sample others from Meantime!
Taste: Naturally there is a predominant coffee flavor, but with it comes a startling complexity that I wasn't expecting after trying two other coffee porters. Toasted malt provides a delicate sweetness with the suggestion of toffee notes. Flavor suggests perhaps use of crystal malts along with the expected coffee malt.
Overall: 4.5/5 There is a startling complexity in this beer, likely due to what appears to be several distinctly different malt flavors blending into the expected coffee taste. This is one coffee beer I am happy to drink either alone or with foods, the richness lending to a beautiful flavor that would again blend quite well with any number of after dinner dessert type items, or even simply impress the drinker as a stand alone. While the unique bottle itself is what admittedly caught my eye, the fullness of flavor and rich multi-layered complexity is what will keep me coming back. I can't wait to sample others from Meantime!
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