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Founders says:<\/p>\n

“Pours silky black with a creamy tan head. The nose is sweet with strong chocolate and caramel malt presence. No absence of hops gives Founders’ robust porter the full flavor you deserve and expect. Cozy like velvet. It\u2019s a lover, not a fighter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Founders Porter
\nPorter, 6.5% ABV
\n<\/em><\/p>\n

“I could drink only Founders Porter for the rest of my life and be a happy man.” <\/em><\/p>\n

I sent that exact text to Karl while sipping on two of these at Dusty’s Tap Room<\/a> in Okemos, MI.\u00a0 It was the first real day of fall.\u00a0 The temperature was a little brisk, definitely jacket weather, and leaves on the trees along I-94 were starting to show some subtle changes.\u00a0 Which meant as quickly as the weather changed so did my beer tastes.\u00a0 I am very much a seasonal beer drinker.\u00a0 Once the temperature dips below 60 or 65 I am rendered incapable of drinking any and all wheat beers and kolschs.\u00a0 Sometimes I’m even hard pressed to drink an IPA.\u00a0 The colder it gets the darker, heavier and more complex my beers must get.\u00a0 That day, it was porter weather and I had my heart set on one as soon as I walked through the door.\u00a0 To my dismay, the tap handles showed almost all summer beers – except for one.<\/p>\n

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Delivered in a pint glass, Founders Porter is black – almost opaque in color – with a khaki tan head that dances its way down your glass with each sip leaving some gorgeous lacing behind.\u00a0 This is a really great looking beer.\u00a0 The nose is full of roasted, malty goodness.\u00a0 There’s also some milk chocolate, coffee and even just the faintest hint of vanilla in the aroma.<\/p>\n

Take a sip and you get those roasted malts up front followed by some dark chocolate, roasted coffee beans and a hint of hop bitterness to balance things out.\u00a0 Founders Porter finishes bitter with some lingering french roast coffee flavor.\u00a0 This goes down amazingly smooth and is easily sessionable at 6.5% ABV.<\/p>\n

Drink it when it’s chilly.\u00a0 Drink it when it’s warm.\u00a0 Just drink it.\u00a0 This may very well be the standard for Porters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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