Flyer’s Pacemaker Porter

Another Post from Brother Jim:

Continuing the happily emerging trend of porters in the Church …

After gaming with some friends last night, we stopped off at the Copper Hog for a beer. The 9lb Porter was gone from the tap menu, replaced by Flyer’s Pacemaker Porter. Always happy to try something new, I decided to give it a shot.

The beer poured an opaque black, with barely any head at all. There was minimal carbonation – enough to know that you were drinking beer, but not much beyond that. Perhaps as a result, the aromas put off weren’t that strong, though what was there was rich and inviting. I expect flavors of chocolate and coffee in a porter, and the Pacemaker leaned so heavily towards the chocolate side of things that I had to check their website when I got home to see if they were adding baker’s chocolate to the brew (they weren’t). It was tasty, but didn’t have enough of that dry, hoppy finish that I cherish in a good porter. A good beer, and worth trying, but not my favorite porter of the season.

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Jim