(I need to clean my stove.)
Dammit, I love pancakes. I can't help it. It's my inner fat kid. Pancakes. Waffles. Anything with syrup. I tend to frequent IHOP, Waffle House, and Huddle House. Well, our friends at Samuel Adams have released their Spring Thaw sampler pack. It includes this gem, Samuel Adams' Maple Pecan Porter. And when I say gem, I mean GEM.
It's thick. It's flavorful. It has balls (and remember, I like beer with balls). Sam Adams has always been a personal favorite of mine. They always seem to hit the broad side of the barn with all of their crafts. I've got several other varieties, including Irish Red and Double Agent IPL, that were included in the Spring Thaw pack from a friend of mine. Yes, he gave me beer. He's kickass. He claimed that they "weren't his bag, baby." It wasn't Austin Powers. Anyway, I can totally see his point. Maple Pecan Porter (or MPP from now on) is a heavy beer. It's borderline cumbersome, but I don't think that's a bad thing.
I've said before that I don't like pounding beers. Cans hurt to punch, and bottles will break and you will need stitches..... I mean, I can't just drink beer after beer after beer. Too many unnecessary calories, too many bathroom breaks, too sloppy. With that said, MPP is not a beer you could pound. It's too sweet. It would be like eating an entire chocolate cake. Interestingly, I can see this being a good pairing with dessert.
MPP is a one and done kind of beer. It's not as weird as you think by the name. It can't be any more strange than Rogue's Bacon Donut beer. So let's wrap a bow on it.
Should I drink Samuel Adam's Maple Pecan Porter?
YES.
Maybe with some pancakes.....Dammit, I love pancakes.
I know I haven't written a review in a while. It's harder to keep up with than I thought, but I also haven't had a lot of time to drink beer, much less write about it. Anyway, thanks for reading as always. I'll try to crank out another review sometime in the next century.
