Cannery Brewing Blackberry Porter

Cannery Brewing Blackberry Porter
Type of beer: Porter
Container Type: 650 mL bottle
Alcohol by volume: 6.5%
Country of origin: Canada
Rating: 78% (see below)
Number of times I've had this beer: 1st
Cost: $4.50
Tasted on: 10/10/09
Colours of label: Purple/White
Drank From: Bears mug

Label Reads: "Five carefully chosen malted barleys are combined with three superior hop varieties to produce this traditional porter. Natural blackberry adds an exciting complexity to this easy sipping wonder. AN EXCITING EXPLOSION OF FLAVOUR!"

website: www.cannerybrewing.com/
Best for: while vacuuming
Ratings:
Taste: 16/20
Flavour: 16/20
Buy again: 14/20
Aroma: 7/10
Satisfaction: 9/10
Complexity: 7/10
Intangible: 9/10

Handwritten notes: As you kind readers likely know by now, the idea of mixing fruit in beer is about as appealing to me as the idea of eating goat testicles. However, this beer is the exception that proves the rule. (What the hell does that phrase mean? How can an exception prove a rule, when a rule is an a priori absolute concept?). Whatever it is, this beer works as a fruit beer. It may be the perfect pairing of porter and blackberry. It may be the high ABV that gives the porter itself a wine-like quality. It may be the fact that this is still a beer, not some white beer and raspberries blended together. Whatever it is, bravo Cannery Brewing. You are the Neil Armstrong of breweries.

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