Beer #60 - Mill St. Coffee Porter

Mill Street Brewery Coffee Porter
www.millstreetbrewery.com

I have reviewed a couple of other Mill Street brews and discussed a little about the Toronto, Ontario brewery before.  Here, Beer #32 Franconian Bock and here, Beer #44 Tankhouse Ale  This Coffee Porter is brewed with fresh brewed Balzac's dark roasted coffee and blended with a traditional dark porter.

It has a deep black colour with a latte coloured head.

In the aroma both the coffee and the malts are very apparent with a touch of the floral and bitter characteristics of the hops as well.

The porter and coffee tastes blend perfectly, it starts with a coffee taste which never lets go, it simply gets changed by the other flavour components as they come into play.  First the maltiness comes in and makes the coffee almost taste like a latte, with a creamy taste, then as the floral notes come in it tastes as if something akin to nutmeg was added to the latte, then, once the bitterness of the hops come into play it finally tastes like drinking a black coffee with a slight bit of the floral notes still clinging to the taste.

Mill Street Coffee Porter is a very well balanced beer, if you like coffee and beer I can't see how you would not like this one.  It is not overpowering in any way, it drinks nice and smooth and gives the best of both worlds.