beer_name: Raspberry Porter
text: Presentation: 12oz brown pop top, nice label, no freshness date to be found Appearance: Dark walnut beer with garnet highlights; a hard pour produces a creamy dark ivory cap with pretty good retention Smell: Vibrant fresh/natural sweetened raspberry puree...some mild bittersweet chocolate notes as well, which are quite nice...this is pretty pleasant Taste: Right in keeping with the aromas...there are really nice, natural raspberry flavors here, with a touch of chocolate in the background...it's sweet at first, but ends kind of sharp and bitter, with (in my opinion) too much burnt/black malt. Some mild bitter coffee on the finish as well. Mouthfeel: A bit light for the style, on the light side of medium Drinkability: Medium-high Conclusion: This is a pretty tasty American Porter...the fruit/porter combination is done really well, and is not at all fake which is rare for a lot of American fruit beers...the only thing that brings this down is the kind of dry/overly bitter finish.