Mudpuppy Porter - Central Waters Brewing Company

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87
very good
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378 Ratings

THE BROS
91
outstanding
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rAvg: 3.88
pDev: 12.63%
Reviews: 200
Hads: 178

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Brewed by:
Central Waters Brewing Company

Wisconsin, United States

Style | ABV
American Porter | 5.50% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (186), on-tap (10), growler (2), cask (1), nitro-tap (1).

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Reviews by dexterk1:

dexterk1

Illinois

3.95/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours with a nice dark color almost totally black. Head is thick and hangs on for a few minutes.
Odor is sweet toffee, caramel, malt. Overall very nice.
Taste is of malt and brown sweet at first. Coffee comes near the end and lingers afterwards.
Mouth feel is a little lighter than I would expect from the looks of it, but it still works very well with the flavors.
Overall a quality porter.

Serving type: bottle

03-17-2012 01:08:06 | More by dexterk1

More User Reviews:

taylor714914

Pennsylvania

3.5/5 rDev -9.8%

06-18-2013 23:01:06 | More by taylor714914

iHeartMNBeer

Minnesota

3.75/5 rDev -3.4%

06-16-2013 23:26:34 | More by iHeartMNBeer

Curt1

Minnesota

4.25/5 rDev +9.5%

06-10-2013 02:11:31 | More by Curt1

savagepm

Colorado

3.75/5 rDev -3.4%

06-06-2013 01:09:31 | More by savagepm

rab53

Massachusetts

3.5/5 rDev -9.8%

06-01-2013 01:58:12 | More by rab53

MaximalC

Illinois

3.61/5 rDev -7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours dark brown in color with mahogany highlights and a modest khaki head that soon settles into a swath of patchy frogspawn. Grains of sediment are readily apparent as they bob among the rising bubbles of carbonation, which I don't think I've ever seen in a porter before. There's a load of dark chocolate in the nose along with a hint of caramel and little else, which is fine by me.

As for the taste, roasted chocolate malt sneaks in at first blush before a deluge of resinous, citric hops override it. The bottle mentions the relatively high hopping, but there was barely a rumor of it in the nose, so it's a little surprising nonetheless. Not sure that I've tasted so much pine in a porter before, with the possible exception of Stone. The high level of hopping almost works, but I'm afraid it asserts itself a little too mightily, as the malt flavors never get a chance to shine. The mouthfeel is smooth and moderate--on par for a porter. Noticeable stickiness lingers on the lips after sipping.

If they dialed down the hops a few notches, I could see this being a quite a tasty porter. As is, I'm afraid the balance is too skewed toward the bitter end, which might work with a lighter style, but not with a porter (at least not for me).

Serving type: bottle

05-24-2013 00:41:39 | More by MaximalC