Two cranky old men quaffing and commenting on the same brew the same evening, double trouble for sure. I reached out to my old buddy Rick and let him know that I was going to partake in a Double Trouble Pecan Pie Porter, knowing that he had one on ice as well. This is the same Double Trouble of Hops & Robbers fame. He responded that he would too, seeing it was the last beer in his fridge. JT got into the act as well, knowing that Thursday Night football was on, and said that “pecan pie porter and pigskin with peppered pistachios from the pantry were a perfect pairing.”
Back to the tasting and Rick’s comments: Perhaps a bit too perfume me on the nasal passages. Burnt pecan pie lends itself to a nice bitter taste, not over the top pecan flavour, quite smooth but too perfume me, that’s all I got so far, good night.”
I responded “perfume me??”
His reply “Perfume me. Pungently performed. Overly scented”.
My Reply “Stinks?” .
His reply “one word perfume me.”
I think he means perfumy?
A short and sweet review, which segues well into my comments. From my perspective, it was a pleasantly appealing picture perfect porter pour. I was OK with the aroma, nice roasted porter. Which led to a full roasted porter flavour, nice and smooth. But what about the finish? No surprise that a flavoured brew of the pecan pie persuasion has a sweet finish. Too sweet? Time will tell. I am not sure about any pecan pie flavour, maybe that’s where the roasted notes come from, but it does have a sweet finish, cloying sweet. Double trouble on the sweetness scale, I wish it was half the sweet. Rick agreed saying “it was a little too sweet for my taste”. When it comes to most flavoured brews, subtle is the key. Great body, a bit over the top on the sweetness scale for me.
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