Day 195, July 14 / Dean’s Beans Coffehouse Porter

Day 195 /  July 14, 2011

Dean’s Beans Coffehouse Porter

Berkshire Brewing Co. / South Deerfield, MA

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Now this’ll wake you up!

Now normally, this wouldn’t have been a beer I’d pick, but it was the only beer at the store from Berkshire Brewing Company, who I had been told was a good Massachusetts brewery.  This style is generally too bold for my tastes.

Berkshire Brewing Company is a small craft brewery started in 1994, with distribution in 5 New England states.  Their web site says that produce a number of ales, stouts and porters, plus a couple lighter year-round and seasonal beers.  Most of their bottled beers are in 22 oz. bomber bottles, meant to be shared.

The Coffehouse Porter takes BBC’s Drayman’s Porter and adds Dean’s Beans organic coffee to the mix.  Dean’s Beans is a free trade, organic coffee roaster headquartered nearby.  This is a very thick, dark beer, almost black in color, with a thick, mocha colored head.  The smell and taste of the coffee is very strong, and comes close to overpowering the beer.

While this beer is not my cup of tea (pun intended, of course), I can appreciate the style.