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You know how Joe likes his coffee beers. It didn’t take long to fall in love with the Moonshot Coffee Porter from Site-1 Brewing!

Some definitions of Moonshot include longshot. This coffee porter to me wasn’t a longshot but a sure thing! Nice coffee aroma to greet you. The head is very creamy. The coffee is present but not overwhelming. It blends well with the chocolate and toffee notes in this porter. The body is soft and smooth. The finish has a nice coffee note that lingers.

Truly one beer you don’t want to miss! A nice easy drinking 6% ABV porter. If in the Omaha, Nebraska area, stop by Site-1 Brewing in the Farnam Hill neighborhood at around 25th and Farnam. Always a great selection of craft beer on tap.

Cheers!

I Need a Hero

Vis Major Brewing Co is so good at creating flavor brews

What does it take to be a hero or better yet a Hero Twin? Well if you take a completely roasty Porter and combine with it some Guatemalan cold brewed coffee it has a good chance of being a hero in my book!

Hero Twin from Vis Major Brewing Co is a bold coffee Porter. If you say you are a coffee beer, then I definitely want to enjoy the coffee and this one nails it! Big coffee flavor upfront with a slight sweetness that finishes with a rugged earthiness that I would tend to believe is hop influenced.

The vibe from this beer has got to be a mountain campfire scene. After a long day of hiking, you need something as rugged as you are feeling. Hero Twin has you covered!

The coffee used in this 6.4% ABV Porter comes from Reboot Roasting. Coffee lovers please check out their coffee!

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Shove It Down Your Piehole

Stewie has waited a long time to get into a beer review

I heard my inner Stewie when I saw the name of this beer - Piehole Porter. Brewed in Flagstaff, Arizona, Historic Brewing Company has created a very pleasing cherry, vanilla porter!

The aroma of this porter for me is a very nice chocolate one. The cherry flavor is light and upfront with the vanilla. In the middle, I get chocolate notes that finish with a bit of roastiness! The carbonation was a little bit on the lower side, but this beer came from a friend, so I am not sure of its exact age. Would love to try it fresh on tap.

A really solid sessionable porter at 5.5% ABV. I know if I ever make it to Flagstaff, Historic Brewing Company will be on my list of breweries to visit!

Cheers!

Big Kahuna or Almond Joy?

Choices to be made!

When Groot offers you an Almond Joy or a Big Kahuna, what do you choose?

For me it has to be the Big Kahuna. I have been on a quest to find this beer for a long time! Brewed by Catalyst Brewing (formerly 5168 Brewing) out of Lincoln, Nebraska, they took an incredible Hawaiian Porter full of coconut, chocolate, and coffee and aged it for 12 months in a whiskey barrel.

What was the result? A really nice whiskey, oak bouquet with coconut and chocolate aroma. The whiskey flavor is forward but not too overpowering in this 10% ABV Imperial Porter. The chocolate and coconut comes through midway and lasts into the finish.

These young fellas seem to be super pumped about the Big Kahuna. You can’t blame them! No offense, Groot but I will take the Big Kahuna any day over an Almond Joy!

I now know what my Halloween treat needs to be every year.

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Restless Nights

I love a good collaboration beer!

When it comes to searching out unique brews, I am always up for trying one! Boulevard Brewing Co and Modern Times Beer teamed up on a coffee porter. This is not your typical coffee porter. This is a fresh porter blended with a barrel age porter. Oh, it gets better! There are 10 varieties of malted barley, wheat, and oats. So that explains the soft and smooth mouthfeel! The finishing touch to this brew is resting it on bourbon barrel aged coffee for a couple of days. I am so curious as to whose coffee they used. I love bourbon barrel aged coffee and have a favorite in my backyard.

Such great coffee aroma in this beer. I enjoyed the creamy head as it fades to a medium to bold coffee flavor. There are hints of bourbon, but nothing to overpower the coffee. The finish is silky and a little bit of sweetness. Overall an excellent coffee porter that comes in a 7.5% ABV.

I think I am going to save a few of these so when I have a restless night looking for an excellent coffee porter, I have some.

Cheers!

Jack Plane Porter

All the way from Sante Fe

I like doing some barbecue especially when I get to see how the smoke from the different kinds of wood impact the flavor. My son was travelling to Sante Fe, New Mexico and made his way to the Second Street Brewery. He called me to say that he found a very good Porter that has malts smoked with cherry wood. I was very excited for him to bring this one back!

The Jack Plane Porter is an imperial porter coming in at 8.0% ABV and 60 IBUs. Nice legs on this one as you swish it in your glass. The combination of both chocolate and black malts gives it a deep, roastiness that is throughout the beer. The slight smoke lends to the overall robustness of this brew.

I am a fan of bold coffee, so I love how big and bold this Porter is! What an excellent way to kick off the new year! I highly recommend this porter if you get a chance to try it!

Cheers!

Hey is That Peanut Butter in My Imperial Coffee Porter?

Hands down my favorite Peanut Butter Imperial Porter

Most of you already know that I love a good coffee stout or porter. Now what you may not know is that I am very fond of chocolate and peanut butter together also!  So when I found about the Peanut Butter Victory at Sea by Ballast Point, I had to try it.

The aroma for me is a chocolaty sweet smell. I don't get a ton of coffee aroma from the Caffe Calabria coffee. The flavor is very rich with a lot of chocolate and vanilla up front. In the middle I pick up some coffee notes along with the peanut butter. The back end is very roasty and just a hint of bitterness from the 68 IBUs. 

This 10% Imperial Porter is a great beer on a cold winters night. I enjoyed it immensely! 

Cheers!