porter

The porter is a beer that should be part of the repertoire of every decent brewery. Between feather-light Session IPAs, juicy fruit beers, crunchy bitter pilsners and elaborate specialty beers, the porter is something like soul food: the velvety-soft beer triggers feelings of comfort and cosiness and caresses the soul with its seductive taste and warming turns.

Of course, the porter is also part of the core range of the American Founders Brewing Company. The brewery makes a robust porter that will turn your head with 6.5% alcohol and a dark, full-bodied aroma.

Founders Porter flows into the glass in the color of freshly brewed filter coffee and wears an airy crown of hazelnut-brown foam on the opaque body. A sweet scent rises in the nose and seduces you with notes of luxurious chocolate and roasted caramel malt for the first sip. This reveals a voluminous beer with intense taste nuances. Notes of dark bread crust meet gently melting caramel, milk chocolate, cocoa and raisins in rum. Silky hints of liquorice, dried figs and brown sugar underline the play of aromas, while strong roasted notes of coffee beans and toffee enrich the mixture with bitterness and character. The Porter strolls on the fine line between full sweetness, crunchy bitterness and full-bodied aromas and should taste good to everyone who likes to drink aromatic, powerful beers.