Maple Bacon Coffee Porter - The Funky Buddha Lounge & Brewery

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rAvg: 4.49
pDev: 10.69%
Reviews: 104
Hads: 119

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The Funky Buddha Lounge & Brewery

Florida, United States

Style | ABV
American Porter | 6.30% ABV

Availability: Rotating. on-tap (49), bottle (32), growler (23).

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Reviews by McNuts:

McNuts

North Carolina

4.5/5 rDev +0.2%

02-26-2012 19:54:36 | More by McNuts

More User Reviews:

zachattack555

New Jersey

4.75/5 rDev +5.8%

04-28-2013 20:43:02 | More by zachattack555

jeg518

Florida

4.75/5 rDev +5.8%

04-18-2013 20:56:27 | More by jeg518

chase2634

Pennsylvania

4.5/5 rDev +0.2%

04-12-2013 13:06:17 | More by chase2634

LEdubs

Florida

4.75/5 rDev +5.8%

04-07-2013 14:36:23 | More by LEdubs

awdturboiv

Indiana

4.75/5 rDev +5.8%

04-05-2013 21:16:21 | More by awdturboiv

jaasen64

Massachusetts

4.5/5 rDev +0.2%

04-05-2013 11:21:34 | More by jaasen64

Florida

4.79/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

Been waiting a long time to try this. Poured into a snifter at Funky Buddha.

A- Pours an opaque black with a 1/4 inch tan head that soon dissipates to a thin rig around the edge of the glass and a small patch if light surface foam.

S- The best, most fresh coffee aroma I've ever smelled from a beer. Very rich milk chocolate mingles with the sweet maple.

T- The coffee rushes in with a scrumptious roastiness, then comes the maple bringing the sweet. Both meld together in a heavenly synthesis making for a damn drinkable beer. Not as much smoke as I was expecting, making it really a maple coffee porter with a hint of bacon.

M- Superbly creamy and full with low carbonation.

O- I drove through a hailstorm just to get the chance to try this and I'm so glad I did. Worth the money, the hype and the trouble.

Serving type: on-tap

04-04-2013 22:23:28 | More by Immortale25

MCain04

Illinois

4.75/5 rDev +5.8%

04-01-2013 23:54:06 | More by MCain04

jcreegan

Florida

4.5/5 rDev +0.2%

04-01-2013 21:46:06 | More by jcreegan

rjknyy

Georgia

4.75/5 rDev +5.8%

03-31-2013 01:19:51 | More by rjknyy

JulianB

South Carolina

3.75/5 rDev -16.5%

03-27-2013 00:19:43 | More by JulianB

jlindros

Massachusetts

4.34/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Huge thanks to rudzud for sharing this gem. I was very disappointed that they couldn't make the rescheduled EBF this year.

Nice creamy foamy head, fades at a med pace nice lighter lacing, pitch black beer.

Nose is awesome, amazing, tons of maple, nice maple bacon thing, lots of brown sugar, fluffy caramel nutty malts, light peanut butter and hint sweet syrupy thing, hint cocoa and vanilla, some light roasted coffee beans and fresh brewed coffee.

Taste is sweet, big nutty malts, peanut butter and maple syrup, caramel, little molasses, tons of melted brown sugar, some lighter smoked malt for a bit of bacon, some decent coffee like fresh brewed, little earthy grainy flavor, light yeasty addition of chewy bready flavor. Fairly sweet almost candy like, maple candies, light fig like too. Then light earthy hint spicy hops, some bitterness. Finish is semi sweet and sticky but drier, lingering light bitterness, dark malts, light peanuts, more maple and light bacon, brown sugar, etc.

Mouth is fuller bod, thick and little syrupy, nice carb that has a bite to it, the more I drink and since rudzud pointed it out maybe a bit too much carb.

Overall great beer. very tasty, although probably couldn't drink more than a glass full.

Serving type: bottle

03-25-2013 01:51:50 | More by jlindros

rudzud

Massachusetts

4.46/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

An epically awesome beer from this brewery, who when they found out I could not attend EBF hooked me up with this hand filled bottle and told me to buy a bicycle!. Shared with JLindros and poured into Kate the Great tulip.

A - Poured a nice deep dark brownish black hue with a half finger mocha head that fades to leave a nice thin halo and spotty clouds.

S - Aromas of huge maple notes and lots of sweet black coffee reminiscent of a coffee hard candy. Very sweet on the nose with a light hint on smoke. Really though this is tons of maple.

T - Taste is a slight let down from the nose. Lots of maple here but not as potent as the nose but with nice vanilla notes, light smoke soft chocolate. Super tasty. Light nutty notes as well.

M - Mouthfeel is super nice and carbonated considering it was hand filled. Almost more carbonated than I would expect from a porter.

O - Overall this beer is every bit as deserving of the hype and delivers what it promises. I would like more bacon/smoke notes but I'll forgive it for being so maple heavy. Just delicious and honored to have tried this brew.

Serving type: bottle

03-24-2013 21:55:00 | More by rudzud

fiver29

Ohio

4.5/5 rDev +0.2%

03-20-2013 12:56:29 | More by fiver29

westcoastbeerlvr

California

4.5/5 rDev +0.2%

03-11-2013 17:10:10 | More by westcoastbeerlvr

johntfox

Florida

4.5/5 rDev +0.2%

03-11-2013 16:17:30 | More by johntfox

bostonryan

Massachusetts

5/5 rDev +11.4%

03-04-2013 02:07:12 | More by bostonryan

t0rin0

California

2.25/5 rDev -49.9%

03-02-2013 22:13:51 | More by t0rin0

Alieniloquium

Florida

4.38/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75

On tap at the brewery on 1/19/2013. Served in a wine glass.

Appearance - Black with a nice khaki head. Thick collar. Dark in here, so it's tough to see it, really.

Smell - Coffee isn't as strong as most coffee stouts. Much more earthy. Maple adds sweetness and it gets cut by a hint of smoke, but that's the least dominant of the aromas.

Taste - Coffee up front and it comes back in the finish. Maple and malt sweetness. Chocolate malt. Maple sweetness lingers long after each sip. Smoked flavor is more predominant and cuts the sugars nicely.

Mouthfeel - At points a little thin and over carbonated, but I could drink it all day.

Overall - Another beer from the Buddha where all the adjuncts are in perfect balance. They must pour maple syrup right into the keg to get that kind of flavor out of it.

Serving type: on-tap

02-28-2013 22:19:18 | More by Alieniloquium