Escape Brewing The Schanck Chocolate Porter

With lovely beaches, expansive wineries, and breweries aplenty, life can feel pretty serene on the Mornington Peninsula, but the nearby sea hides no shortage of danger in its depths. Cape Schanck Lighthouse is a lasting reminder of the perils that can await the unsuspecting traveller when darkness, ships and the sea meet; mercifully, in the case of Escape Brewing’s chocolate porter, it might pour jet black yet there’s nothing to fear.

Instead, what lies in wait for the beer traveller is a combination of richness from the chocolate malts, augmented by some light caramel sweetness, with those layers of malt tied together by hop-derived bitterness. In the case of this Schanck, perhaps the lighthouse is more a beacon beckoning you in than a warning to steer clear.

Will Ziebell