This morning's beer: Midnight Sun Arctic Rhino
Smells of dark bread, caramel, and a whiff of typically porterish tang; coffee, chocolate, toffee, earth, pear, grass muddled together in the distance.
On the palate, coffee comes forward substantially, backed by dark chocolate, dark toast, earth, peat, and grass. Caramel and porter-tang slide back into the middle, braced against all the roast and bitter. Roasy-bitter, then a touch of sweet, then roasty-dry.
Medium-bodied, decently carbonated. Impressively drying. Some bready chewiness/stickiness, but the overall impression is somehow cleansing, almost scrubbing. Not exactly refreshing, but close and working on it.
A very drinkable porter from the far side of the country. Not quite a coffee bomb—more integrated than most beers I've had that featured coffee; intense and complex and decently balanced. A perfectly adequate replacement for a second cup of coffee this morning. Yum.
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| Midnight Sun Arctic Rhino |
Smells of dark bread, caramel, and a whiff of typically porterish tang; coffee, chocolate, toffee, earth, pear, grass muddled together in the distance.
On the palate, coffee comes forward substantially, backed by dark chocolate, dark toast, earth, peat, and grass. Caramel and porter-tang slide back into the middle, braced against all the roast and bitter. Roasy-bitter, then a touch of sweet, then roasty-dry.
Medium-bodied, decently carbonated. Impressively drying. Some bready chewiness/stickiness, but the overall impression is somehow cleansing, almost scrubbing. Not exactly refreshing, but close and working on it.
A very drinkable porter from the far side of the country. Not quite a coffee bomb—more integrated than most beers I've had that featured coffee; intense and complex and decently balanced. A perfectly adequate replacement for a second cup of coffee this morning. Yum.
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