About six years ago, I started collecting labels and/or caps from ales and lagers that I sampled during my travels. When I go to a new city, I try to visit the local microbreweries and, if possible, take a tour. When people come to visit, they bring new beer for me to try. I am not a home brewer, just a consumer. These are my observations about the ales and lagers that I have sampled.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Coffee porter
I usually find coffee porters are either too weak in the coffee or too strong in the abv. This one didn't fall into either trap. I got a robust coffee nose and taste followed by a chocolate note. It was not too dry and not too creamy. And it hails from Middlebury, VT, which is beautiful. So it makes sense they'd make a beer to be appreciated.
I started experimenting with microbrews about ten years ago. Before that, I thought that staying away from the macrobrews meant that I appreciated beer. I was wrong. I started trying stouts before moving on to doppelbocks, wheat ales, witbiers, Belgian tripels, farmhouse ales and sour ales. I am not much of an IPA fan, but my appreciation of hops is maturing. I am not an expert, I just know what I like, or, more accurately, what I don't like. I hope you find this informative, but I would settle for entertaining.
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