Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter - Great Lakes Brewing Company

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rAvg: 4.29
pDev: 10.02%
Reviews: 1728
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Great Lakes Brewing Company

Ohio, United States

Style | ABV
American Porter | 5.80% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (1568), on-tap (151), growler (8), cask (1).

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Reviews by PorterLambic:

PorterLambic

Florida

4.75/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

You want to hear spooky? In 1975 I was 13 years old and living near where the Edmund Fitzgerald went down. Everyone talked about it. And I share the same name as one of the twenty-nine men who went down with her. I get a chill every time I hear her name. This brew is a fine tribute to all the hard-working people who crew the boats of the Great Lakes. I thank Great Lakes Brewing Co. for doing such a masterful job on this beer (and Gordon Lightfoot for such a hauntingly respectful song in their memory). On the 30th anniversary of her loss, I opened my first bottle of Edmund Fitzgerald Porter.

Pours almost black with brown around the edges. A 1" tan head drops to a spotty film and leaves some lace.
Smell is rich with roasted malt, caramel, chocolate, coffee, toffee, smoke, and peat. Excellent balance and complexity.
Taste follows through with the same flavors: roasted malt, caramel, chocolate, coffee, toffee, smoke, and peat and just a hint of alcohol. And it only gets better as it warms.
A medium+ body and lighter effervescence. This is a great beer. Get some and enjoy it. I wouldn't even share this it is so good.

Serving type: bottle

11-13-2005 03:44:42 | More by PorterLambic

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PlayitAgain

New York

4.25/5 rDev -0.9%

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4/5 rDev -6.8%

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ShawnMH

Indiana

4.25/5 rDev -0.9%

05-19-2013 15:30:36 | More by ShawnMH

Benny3000

Michigan

4/5 rDev -6.8%

05-19-2013 14:19:40 | More by Benny3000

gjoker321

Florida

4.05/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25

Appearance: Black brown with brown and crimson highlights. Tan head of two finders with linger. Very subtle, fine, legs.
Aroma: Earthy roasty aroma upfront with a very subtle maltiness following. Possible hoppiness from earthy/woody hoppy aromas present.
Flavor: Roasty/charcoal up front. Malty sweetness WELL balanced by acidity of dark malts. Sweet and sour pungent hop flavor in finish. Subtle/earthy/cloying hop flavor in finish For the roast flavors there it is fantastic but could use more depth. Perhaps layering of some of the dark malts. No diacetyl. Light dark esters of cherry and grape that are a secondary note to the malt flavors.
Mouthfeel: Medium heavy to medium mouth feel with moderate carbonation. Light acidity on the tongue for overall balance.
Overall: A very pleasant classic example of a robust porter VERY subtly lacking of complexity. Could use more variety of roast flavors thought that is being nitty and picky. I couldn't ask for a better example of what fresh, quality ingredients can do! I will take a six pack of this home any night that I need to quietly contemplate anything.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 02:31:07 | More by gjoker321