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Another local,, well semi local beer. Door County Brewing‘s 5.3% Polka King English Porter. I have have this many times, at many venues or events before, but never really reviewing, And it’s been a while now,, so here we go.

Pours Black. No other way to describe it.  Thick shiney head that sticks around. Cannot see much for clarity or bubbles, the blackness sucks the light from it’s surroundings.

Very light on aromas. Slightest ever chocolate. Slighty grainy. Faint roast, but not much of any hop or yeast. But that thicker head may be blocking alot. So will check back after a few sips.

Taste is that dark roast right up front,, but turns to hop taste quickly after. Not hop bittering so much as hop taste. And those hops are doing the brit kind of taste. Not your citrusy American style. 

Back to that wonderful roast though. Wow! This is what the beer world is missing nowadays. Not a chocolate bomb, just good old roasty black malt. Firm, I guess you would call it, but not over the top. 

Now the body here has decent carbonation that plays with the bittering perfectly. I can feel it bitting my tongue, but It does not come across as bitter. A good body that has a silky feel to it. There is substance to it, but very crushable.. This is not a one and done.

Oh the more this warms up the better this is getting. This beer is roast and hop taste. The aromas are now starting to stand out more as well.  I do not know what I would add to make this any better than it is. 

I am thinking to my self that I cannot describe it as good as it really is because  I just wanna drink and enjoy it.

Feels like this beer has stepped out of the portal of craft beer drinkers past. About as good of an old school, no bull shit Porter that ever was. You do not find beers like this any more. 

This nails everything I like, and everything I ever wanted in a roasty beer. 

4.5/5 from me,, and I’m going to grab another one.