Sinebrychoff Porter - Can I have a beer with this bottle of coffee?

WOW! Really, can I have a beer with this bottle of coffee? This porter is WAY up there with a roasted coffee flavor. Sinebrychoff Porter is produced by the Sinebrychoff Brewery (http://www.sinebrychoff.fi/) in Finland. This brewery has been making beer for 190 years and was the first industrialized brewery in the Nordic countries. Most notably, two of the beers produced by this company (the porter being one of them) made Michael Jackson's list of 500 best beers. The ABV for this porter is 7.20%. The color of this beer is black. It is an intimidating looking beer. The aroma from this porter is sweet, roasted malt. Now for a few surprises. This porter has a HUGE flavor of roasted coffee. The coffee flavor dominates this porter. I am also detecting a chocolate taste as well. Although the bitterness is rated at 45 EBU's, I really didn't pick up much bitterness because of the overwhelming coffee flavor. Also I was expecting a much harsher mouthfeel by looks alone, but I was pleasantly surprised that the mouthfeel was lighter. There is an alcohol burn near the end, but it doesn't detract anything from the porter. Sinebrychoff Porter is a smooth drinkable beer, IF you enjoy a HUGE coffee flavored porter. I would drink a single for variation sake. This bottle of porter cost $3.99. I grade it a B+.

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