dance of spring

For a while it seemed like we were just going to skip springish weather altogether.  Right from a mild winter to a warm, sunny, dangerously dry sort of season.  But, as soon as we got rid of March, it got chilly and damp.  Hell, it even sort of snowed yesterday!  I still wouldn't call this a lion of a weather experience though.  Anyway, I have another nice black beer to go with those new black clouds, Gora Watusi.  It's a rye porter, with coffee, so I'm anticipating a bitter flavor overall, but maybe some of those candy/fruit notes will also be in evidence.

Extremely foamy, takes quite a while for the head to die down.  In the meantime, a nice chocolate brown brew forms from the bottom.  Not terribly aromatic, but a hint of portery bitter-sour.  The taste is kind of hard to identify, but most like bitter at first.  It quickly evolves into a sweeter, more baking chocolate sort of flavor, and kind of evaporates.  It's not one of those that hangs around, leaving a noticeable aftertaste.  It's clean and pleasantly thin, but not weak or unsubstantial.  While the coffee isn't readily identifiable, the beer does have the roundedness of other coffee porters and stouts, with that touch of sweetness that makes you think of Starbucks before shoving the though aside in shame.  It's nicely balanced and doesn't give in to the candy sort of overflavor that a number of this type do.  While light enough for a warm late spring/early summer evening, there's also a strength and a solidness that work on a cold and rainy winter day as well.

Supplier: Be Hoppy
Price: €3.10