Slumbrew Porter Square Porter - Somerville Brewing Company (Slumbrew)

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rAvg: 4.01
pDev: 14.46%
Reviews: 69
Hads: 108

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Somerville Brewing Company (Slumbrew)

Massachusetts, United States

Style | ABV
American Porter | 6.50% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (64), on-tap (5).

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Reviews by Maxwell:

Maxwell

Massachusetts

3.9/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

(Poured into a classic pint glass from a 22 oz. Bomber)

This is a nice big bomber bottle with and industrial-weird feeling to its design. The things on the front look like red tinted satellites or kites or something, but I really can’t quite tell what they are, and the title-heading color choice of industrial gross green is a little slimy for my taste. I do like the fonts used though, both for the brewery name and the beer’s name, and the industrial style does go nice with the companies name (Slumbrew…) which makes for nice company theme with the bottle. Really though, what I want from this bottle is to understand what the things on the front are, but they just don’t deliver. The facebook advertising on the label, while young and hip, also kind of takes away from the bottle’s feel, though the light-window castle adds a nice feel. I suppose I might keep this bottle, but only as a bizarre oddity for the shelves.

The beer pours a midnight chocolate black with a big suntanned and frothy head that hangs onto the glass with big old bubbles and long winding trees of lacing that stretch out in bizarre geometric designs. The beer smells like malty cocoa nibs with almost stale chocolate touch in the main wafting, like semi-sweet baking chocolate. It’s hard to pick anything else up but the chocolate in this smell though. Faint roasted malts perhaps, but the nose of this beer is chocolate through and through. The beer tastes big and chocolaty, with those cacao nibs and cocoa powder being very strong and dominant in the beer. This beer is creamy and smooth on the tongue, with a slightly thick, drinking chocolate texture to it, but the taste is just all chocolate. It almost reminds me of the chocolaty feel you get from a Swiss Miss packet of hot cocoa, just slightly chocolatier. The beer leaves a very clean feeling in the mouth with slim trails of saliva, and a slight tingle from its hidden IBUs. The chocolate, however, over powers everything else, you do get slight ghosts and tingles at the beginning of the sip which suggests the malty beer underneath, but then the chocolate comes freight-training in and you taste no more of that. Overall this is a nice chocolaty porter, but it really isn’t much else. If you are looking for a chocolate tasting beer, this seems like a good place to go, as long as you are not look for too much of a beer flavor to go alongside it. The chocolate is overpowering and very much there, but it kills out some of the cool subtleties that might have been in this beer. It’s a great sipper with some interesting notes in it if you can dig them out, but I really am not seeing much of the heavy flavors that other reviewers are discussing, which I find odd...

Serving type: bottle

07-08-2012 17:57:31 | More by Maxwell

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DrunkinYogi

Connecticut

3.75/5 rDev -6.5%

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3.75/5 rDev -6.5%

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AnitaBier

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4.5/5 rDev +12.2%

05-31-2013 14:22:59 | More by AnitaBier

JakerLou

New Hampshire

4/5 rDev -0.2%

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4/5 rDev -0.2%

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brentk56

North Carolina

3.89/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: Pours out a pitch black liquid with a creamy/frothy head that descends to an espresso film while leaving some respectable lacing behind

Smell: Very roasty, with dark fruit, dark chocolate, chicory and walnut tones

Taste: The roast from the aroma is amplified on the tastebuds as the beer starts out with a lot of roasty char and it is only after the swallow that some of the subtleties are revealed - dark chocolate, French Roast coffee, piney hops and a vague walnut sensation in the aftertaste

Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with moderate carbonation

Overall: A little different from your typical robust porter and it is certainly robust

Serving type: bottle

05-30-2013 01:38:50 | More by brentk56

JamesStreet

Louisiana

4.23/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Poured from 650 ml bottle into snifter

A - dark ruby color, small 1-finger head, long, heavy lacing.

S - Chocolate, coffee, malty flavors with a hint of floral aroma.

T - this is where this beer really ramps up. Along with the chocolate smells that transfer into the taste, I get a sweetness from some dark fruits ( a la a BDSA) that linger till the end. Strong coffee tastes show up as well but everything balances nicely.

M - really nice balance here. Light to medium-bodied with a hint of carbonation. That sweetness is a nice twist to this "porter" and it really surprised me.

O - started slow, but by the end I came away really impressed by this beer. Not sure how "porter" this beer is, but it was a really nice sipper. I would pick this one up again.

Serving type: bottle

05-28-2013 19:58:18 | More by JamesStreet

tzieser

Arizona

3.75/5 rDev -6.5%

05-27-2013 05:53:10 | More by tzieser

linnymtu

Michigan

4/5 rDev -0.2%

05-26-2013 02:05:47 | More by linnymtu

da_beers

New Jersey

3.49/5 rDev -13%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

A friend hooked me up with this - Served out of a bomber.

A - Thin black, with creamy tan head of 1.5 fingers. Good lacing, a little watery looking.

S - Espresso, not very complex to me. Some sweet malts with a slight bite.

T - The espresso is dominant. Hints of dark chocolate, has a nice little bite and slightly warming.

M - Medium bodied. Nice and smooth across palate with a good strong finish.

O - Decent porter, had a good level of drinkability to it. Nothing to write home about IMO.

Serving type: bottle

05-25-2013 23:28:18 | More by da_beers