Our Tastes-- Samuel Adams Geroge Washington Porter

Finally getting around to trying George Washington Porter. Apparently GW had a favorite beer and this style was it. Washington felt so strongly that there should be an American porter that he adopted and encouraged a policy of buying only American-brewed beer, rather than imported British beer. The notes of licorice and molasses are full and forward. In the colonial days these were standard flavors in porters and may have been exactly what Georgie enjoyed about the style, as opposed to the sweet and or hopped porters we enjoy now. The pound of East Kent Goldings hops per barrel is easily offset by the toasted malt bill and sweetness. Pouring a deep walnut and wafting with a head of toffee/coffee, matched with 5.7%abv and 171cal per long neck this ones the most profound keeper of the bunch.