City Lights Coconut Porter

November 15, 2022

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Seen the tap handle and was intrigued. We all know I am not a flavored beer lover, but it’s coconut!

Pours very dark for a porter. I’d say the brownest brown before black. A smallish tan head that didn’t stick around very long though,, but coconut is inda oily so not surprised.

Terrible pic but it was very dark in there

Got a good whiff of chocolate above everything, but more like milk chocolate. No hop or yeast or anything else.. including coconut.. but what would coconut smell like anyway?

Well remember when I said coconut is oily? Holy crap… Thats all I get when taking a sip. It like coats your whole face. Now there is coconut taste. Not much.. but it’s there. So is that chocolate. And a good hit of hops. But it’s that oil feel. Just take me out.

Its bitter enough for sure and full on body. Quite full for a porter but I’m not complaining about it. I think it’s good that it is as carbonated as it is or that oil slick would be even more over the top.

Ok. I would have liked the coconut. The bitterness level, the chocolate.. but that oil feel.. mucho no mas. I can’t do it.

I gave it a .5 for how good it smelled.. but that’s all I can do.

Mudpuppy Porter- Revisit

October 15, 2022

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We have already done a review of Central Waters Mudpuppy Porter, but that was a nitro version. Today I will be doing the canned beer.

Mudpuppy is a real staple around here. As the can points out, it’s brewed and canned in Amherst Wisconsin. Billed as a 5.8% American Porter.

Even with no widget it pours a large tan head, that sticks around. Big chocolate aroma busts through that thick froth. Dark brown, clear as a bell. It looks just what you think a Porter should. With a few coaxing swirls we also pick up some of the grainy notes along with a bit of sweetness. Nothing much for roast or hops.

Moving to taste, everything nearly matches the aromas. Big chocolate and malty. But also a decent amount of hop. The hop presence though is no match form that chocolate. Luckily, there is a dose of roast, but nothing burnt or harsh. And now that it is warming a bit. That sweetness and even a hint of caramel is poking out.

The body is spot on here. A more than thin, but not something too heavy. You do get all of the reported 28 IBU. If it was any less, this might feel a bit sweet.

This Mudpuppy Porter is mostly about balance. I say mostly because that chocolate is really dominant. But that is what this particular beer is about.

I don’t remember what I gave the on tap Nitro version.. but here I gotta go pretty high for this local favorite. 4.5/5. Pick this up for these colder days of October.

Big Beers

March 4, 2022

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Got to Titletown brewing for thier High ABoVe The Brewery event. A selection of high alc beers that they have made over the years.

I grabbed 4 of them. From the left is Wizard Chess Eisebock, Tied to the Couch Imp Stout, 2009 Legendary Barleywine, and Tithe, the winter warmer from 2005

There was more but I had narrow them down a bit. Quite a few of the others were bourbon barreled.. so.. nah

All of the one here that I had were great! Getting a bit long in the tooth though. Two of mine were 13 and 15 years. But they still here excellent.

Not as many people there as I expected,, but it really was the first nice day in a while. Maybe they will be able to do a part 2 so I can get in there and try some of the others.

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