Tröegs Dead Reckoning Porter
Poured into a Sam Adams Perfect Pint glass. Pours a dark brown color with with sort of roasted almond edges and walnut brown when held up to the light. This beer produces a large creamy looking head that sticks around and gives excellent lacing. Dead Reckoning is one very good looking beer. The smell wasn't quite what I expected. It's not bad, but the hops are what stand out the most, but not to strong. The malts are a little more difficult to detect, smells more like an ale than a porter in my opinion. When we move to the taste however it's a big step up. I actually placed it at a 4.5 but elected to move it down to a 4. I figured it was more because I was so delighted at the flavor after being a little dissapointed by the smell. The malts are much more easy to distinguish in the taste, initially sweet, and I almost feel like I can pick up something extra, almost like a vanilla flavor, but I can't completely put my finger on it. The hops completely take over from that point on, providing a very nice aftertaste from the hops. Call me crazy but it tastes more like a citrusy than piny in my opinion. The mouthfeel is pretty good, but I think it could be a little heavier for a porter, it's pretty light. I know it's an American porter but I feel like this could be a little more robust and smokey still. It makes up for it in the drinkablity category though, an extremely drinkable porter, or beer in general. Got it in a mix a six and I'd get a six pack of this by itself, I could go for another one tonight. A good year round porter.