Back Forty Peanut Butter Porter — Wacky-Yet-It-Works and Somehow It Really Works

The Review

Back Forty’s own description of this beer is “wacky-yet-it-works,” and they deserve credit for the honesty. Peanut Butter Porter is exactly what it sounds like, and the internal monologue you’re having right now — half-skeptical, half-intrigued — is the correct response.

It pours dark brown with a tan head and a nose that is genuinely, unmistakably peanut butter — not the artificial peanut candy of lesser interpretations, but a clean, roasted peanut character that pairs with the dark malt base in a way that actually makes sense once you think about it. Roasted grain and roasted peanuts have more in common than you’d expect.

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The palate confirms the collaboration: dark chocolate porter base, the peanut essence integrating into the malt rather than floating on top, and a finish that’s sweeter than the Kudzu Porter but drier than you fear. The peanut butter presence is present without being overwhelming, which is the hardest thing to pull off with an adjunct this bold.

Is it beer? Yes. Is it weird? A little. Is it very good? Genuinely. And is it the thing you end up ordering at the Sloss Docks taproom because you’ve already had two Freckle Bellies and you want something memorable? Every time.

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