Founders Porter - Founders Brewing Company

vandemonian

Maryland

4.03/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Founders Porter is a delicious American porter that is perfect for drinking on a cold winter's night. It's not tooo alcoholic, so have a couple. Lovely!

A: Black colour and a 3 mm head that fades pretty fast. 3.5

S: Dark, burnt malt and strong coffee aroma. 4.5

T: Dark, sweet malt with hints of chocolate and some bitterness in the finish. The finish tasted a tiny bit metallic to me, for some reason. Still delicious! 4

M: Small bubbles that stick to the edge of the tongue. 3.5

O: 4

Serving type: bottle

02-19-2013 04:52:06 | More by vandemonian

superspak

Michigan

4.23/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 ounce bottle into signature pint glass, bottled on 5/8/2013. Pours pitch black color with a 1 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, roasted malt, coffee, toast, floral, light pine, and roasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of roasted malt notes with light hop presence; and good strength. Taste of chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, coffee, caramel, toast, floral, light pine, and roasted earthiness. Moderate coffee/pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted malt, toast, caramel, light pine, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic balance and complexity of roasted malt flavors with a light-moderate hop presence; with great robustness and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very creamy and lightly slick mouthfeel that is very nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a highly excellent porter! Great balance and robustness of flavors; and very smooth to drink. A highly enjoyable offering as expected.

Serving type: bottle

06-20-2013 04:40:08 | More by superspak

ronin926

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

06-20-2013 04:33:47 | More by ronin926

LambicPentameter

Kansas

4.28/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Poured out of a stubby brown 12 oz bottle into a 50 cL glass stein. Bottle doesn't seem to have a bottling or freshness date, but I know that this bottle is about 6 months old.

Appearance - Aggressive pour yields a half-finger of light foam, which dissipates quickly--about 60 seconds. The color is wheat bread and sits atop a rich almost-black chestnut brown colored body. Foam settles as a rim around the edge of the glass, with a faint etching of lace across the surface.

Smell - Hard to pick up at first, but gets stronger as it warms. Roasted notes and faint sweetness, with some hints of leather and fresh soil.

Taste - Semisweet chocolate and burnt caramel up front. Those flavors evolve into a stronger element of bittering hops and burnt toast on the aftertaste. Some licorice element as it warms.

Mouthfeel - Rich and smooth, but only medium-bodied. A light but present amount of carbonation tingle. Finish is viscous and lingering.

Overall a wonderfully drinkable porter, with a complex flavor. Given that it's fairly easy to get in my neck of the woods, I imagine I'll have this one many more times.

Serving type: bottle

06-20-2013 02:05:43 | More by LambicPentameter

Kenai4

Minnesota

4.75/5  rDev +11%

06-19-2013 03:54:15 | More by Kenai4

marley2112

North Carolina

4/5  rDev -6.5%

06-19-2013 03:02:08 | More by marley2112

lonewolfcry

Minnesota

3.5/5  rDev -18.2%

06-18-2013 19:03:24 | More by lonewolfcry

KyleMA

California

4/5  rDev -6.5%

06-17-2013 23:56:31 | More by KyleMA

ChrisYager39

Indiana

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

06-17-2013 22:36:38 | More by ChrisYager39

Danimal1101

New York

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

06-17-2013 22:28:10 | More by Danimal1101

spw109

New York

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

06-17-2013 21:23:01 | More by spw109

CFHMagnet

Ohio

4.35/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Poured this one into a pint glass for a half finger of mocha colored head. This broke up rather quickly and left not much more than a ring on top of a dark cola-colored body. Lace clings then slowly descends the side of the glass.

This smells deliciously of roasty malts, dark chocolate and a kiss of coffee.

Roasted malt and a hint of dark fruit starts off the flavor. Coffee and a taste of earthy hops seem to take over, and then the finish is all chocolate and malt.

The mouthfeel on this is a solid medium body. I honestly think the carbonation is a little too biting. It nips at the tongue quite a bit on this one. Lightly coats the tongue, slightly dry finish.

Serving type: bottle

06-17-2013 14:04:11 | More by CFHMagnet

parkwood

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -29.9%

06-17-2013 01:36:42 | More by parkwood

jpizzle

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +5.1%

06-16-2013 22:07:12 | More by jpizzle

Hobo

Kentucky

4/5  rDev -6.5%

06-16-2013 00:14:31 | More by Hobo

IchLiebeBier

Virginia

4/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: Very dark chestnut, almost black; small tan head dissipates quickly with little lacing

Aroma: Bitter roasted grains; earthy hops; coffee

Taste: Bitter roasted grains up front; creamy mouthfeel in the mid with good malt character and dried figs; ends with a smooth, bitter finish and dry aftertaste

Remarks: Did not score A, T, S, M at that time; disregard those scores

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2013 13:17:54 | More by IchLiebeBier

Jas45678

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

06-14-2013 22:01:18 | More by Jas45678

blt2646

New Hampshire

4.5/5  rDev +5.1%

06-14-2013 21:32:32 | More by blt2646

protton

Florida

4/5  rDev -6.5%

06-14-2013 18:41:33 | More by protton

beerinNV

Nevada

4.5/5  rDev +5.1%

06-14-2013 17:34:00 | More by beerinNV

Liquoric3

Germany

4/5  rDev -6.5%

06-14-2013 16:01:55 | More by Liquoric3

marcb105

Michigan

4.5/5  rDev +5.1%

06-14-2013 02:13:03 | More by marcb105

straightlambic

California

4.25/5  rDev -0.7%

06-13-2013 22:07:29 | More by straightlambic

doremite

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -6.5%

06-13-2013 20:53:10 | More by doremite

djre4orm

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -18.2%

06-13-2013 18:12:59 | More by djre4orm