It ain't easy being green. Okay, so I'm probably butchering the song made famous by Kermit the Frog. Anyway, in my last post, I talked about having Alchemy Hour with some tasty tuna fish tacos. I follow that great performance with Taco Bell the next night. Taco Bell. Yo quiero Taco Bell. I really wanted Moes (not much better mind you, but still not Taco Bell), but the wife was tired and didn't want to get out of the car to order food. I had to settle. To go with my chaulpa and nachos, I decided to go with Green Man Brewing's Porter, which was just recently released in bottle form.
The beer was poured into a snifter glass. It poured a nice cola color with about a half finger of tan head. Light retention, not a lot of lacing, but I also didn't have a lot of glass to get lacing..the beer was almost to the brim. The aromas were pretty standard, roasted malts and coffee. I didn't really get a lot of chocolate in the nose, it was more predominantly coffee.
The beer itself was pretty tasty. The coffee dominated and even lent a type of sour bitterness to the beer, similar to drinking old coffee. I'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing, but I could at least find it acceptable and not detracting. There was just a small touch of sweetness as well and not an overly bitter finish. I found the porter to be medium bodied, with average carbonation. This wasn't a "blow me away" porter. I found it to be average and tolerable, but that was about it. Did I review it just right? Am I a fool? Let me know!
Grade: C
Price Paid: $1.90 (12 oz bottle)
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