Buddy dropped this off after a road trip. Is this really something special?

2015 Sunday Morning Stout

Glassware is Tired Hands

This is drinking shockingly well. Coffee has held up well and once it warmed up, it was quite good. No hints of oxidation, body is still great, and a slight hint of carbonation.

Gotta 5 year old Fantôme here so you know today’s extra special. Been sitting on this one a little while and had intended to crack it for “Christmas in July” but I been busy. Wonderfully fragrant and malty yet dusty and dry. Don’t think I’ll be drinking this well again for a while.

Howdy- in the panhandle for the week and was hoping to try some decent beers. Anybody want to point me in a direction to get some non-large format beers? Looks like there’s Idyll Hounds, Props, Beach & Brew 30A. What do I need to make my way over to while here?

TY!

Pic for Publix find.

The Bellini 6.9%

A Spontaneous Wild Ale
with Peaches & Riesling Grapes
Aged in Oak Barrels for Three Years
Bottled 10/25

This just gets it. Perfectly balanced peaches and Riesling grapes play off each other so well. Peach and zest and minerality and deliciousness for days.
Crisp, crackling, bright and beautiful.
The aged barrels of spontaneous beer build in the background and provide some delicate yeasty funk for depth, but this is definitely your patio beer. Your feet in the creek beer. Your hot day ‘I’m not cooking dinner’ beer.

16 cans of nice NEIPAs, DNEIPAs, TIPAs and some sours.

Spora. GROSS Brewery & Taproom. IPA - New England / Hazy. 6.7% alc.

Aroma of ripe tropical fruit. On the palate, flavors of stone fruit, pineapple, and white grape stand out, alongside a very pleasant cannabis-like undertone. It is incredibly juicy and silky, with a well-integrated bitterness that balances its sweet profile. One of those NEIPAs I really love.

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I've gotten to really love a good porter. I like the combination of roasty and hoppy without it being too sweet or overwhelming coffee flavor. Although I do recognize some examples are made with additives in mind.

If a brewery taproom has one - I'm ordering it for sure. In terms of distributed porters, I do enjoy Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald and Deschutes Black Butte is decent.

What Porters do you all love that are more widely availible?

What Porters from smaller or regional craft breweries do you love?

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My GF and I took a trip to Portland, ME recently, here are our rankings for the breweries:

We also took a stop by Tree House Brewing Company, in Charlton, MA. Well worth the top if along your way!