beer_name: Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
text: A hard pour into my Old Rasputin nonic yields a full 2 fingers of fat, crackling bubbles that quickly settle into a rocky finger of various sized bubbles. Color is deep brown with garnet highlights. Looks clear but mostly too dark to see through. Aroma is full of roasted malts, coffee, and cocoa in about equal measure. Just a hint of burnt sugar and caramel in the background. Can't wait to taste this. Roasted malts are right up from, but no acridity or ash. Nutty dryness, bread crust, rye, and pumpernickel highlight the malt flavors. Some herbal bite that may come from hops, but probably just some anise notes from the malt. Solid bitterness locks in with the roasted flavors to soak up any hint of sweetness.Wouldn't mind a bit more yeasty sourness and residual sugar. But it is an American porter. Plenty lively in the mouth and dead perfect body. If you want it thicker than this, go with a different style. Fantastic American porter, probably the best, though I haven't tried them all, obviously. Went great with some mild bleu Kentucky Rose cheese from Kenny's Farmhouse Cheese (Austin, KY), which provided the requisite funk and creaminess.