I was excited when I heard we were doing a Porter beer I am a huge fan of the dark, heavy, hard hitting meal in a bottle beer.  I have been known to make beer magically disappear and I believe I was the first to have my review completed (shazam).  The only downside to this beer for me was I was expecting the full flavor of biting into a piece of pumpkin pie and this fell far short of that.  As far as this experience goes this beer was on the mark for the full body but surprisingly light and mellow for the taste.  Carmel / chocolate hint of anise and pumpkin flavors are not overpowering but well blended.  This is an excellent porter to have a couple relaxing beers before during or as a dessert after a meal.  This was pared well with all the food that showed up at the house for this party (beer tasting). Mike excellent choice on the meatballs / barbeque sauce the thick sweet sauce matched well.  Al the wild rice hot dish and your secret glaze for the salmon also worked very well and Dan thanks for the salmon it was well worth firing up the grill.

As always I want to thank the panel in no particular order Duane Counter (DOC), Christine Vorpahl, Mitch Sloan, Tim Gilbert, SFC Mike St Marie (Ret), Dan "Strackman" Strack, Al Al-Rifai and special guest appearances from Kristina Sloan and Kim Mackinac Wieneke.  There is a very special thanks owed to my "sweet wife" Jodi for putting up with this monthly invasion.