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Sierra Nevada Porter 3.59 1433

Sierra Nevada Porter

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
14333.6/5.03.59/5.05.6%92.7English pint, Stem glass
Commercial Description:
A delicious, dark-colored, medium-bodied ale made with roasted malted barley. It has a creamy head and a very rich, yet smooth, malty flavor.
Bittering Hops: Nugget
Beginning Gravity: 14.5 Plato
Finishing Hops: Willamette
Ending Gravity: 3.5 Plato
Malts: Two-row Barley Malt, Caramel Malt, Chocolate Malt, Black Malt, Dextrin Malt
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 Stew41 (1077), Caulfield, Australia
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
Feb 9, 2010  
Well crafted beer. Does have a touch of the steriods as the chocolate does overpower the roast, particularly in the aromas, but this settles down in the mouth as the flavours get progressively drier. Lots of balance here.


 beerbill (2022), Laurel, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 7, 2010  
12 oz. bottle. After just having the Glissade, I moved on to the porter, and my tastebuds were happily rewarded. Pours a very dark brown, not quite black, with a thin-moderate cream colored head. Very pleasant aroma of coffee and roasted malt. There are stouts that are not this fragrant. The flavor is more dominated by roasted malt with less influence from the coffee, but is still very good. Fairly smooth on the palate with mild-moderate hops bitterness at the finish that grows a bit after the swallow before subsiding. Excellent porter.


portableparty (27), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/103/515/20
Feb 4, 2010  
12 oz. bottle poured into snifter. Aroma smoke, roasted malt. Appearance is very good dark brown in color frothy head which disapates. Taste is great with notes of roasty, smoke, chocolate. Palate is medium, bubbly thin. Overall I really enjoyed this one. Go pick some up on a dreary day.


 wyzzywyz22 (861), Wirral, Merseyside, England
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 3, 2010  
Bottle, The Bottle, York. Surprised that I hadn’t already rated this as I’ve enjoyed several of these over the years. Poured an attractive dark brown colour with a good sized diminishing tan head. Malt heavy roasty aroma with some dark fruit , chocolateand slight smoke notes. Flavour was reasonably similar with coffee and blackberry notes. Nice bit of hoppage leading to a dryish finish. Solid and tasty stuff.


 kwerikson (144), burlington, New Jersey, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/513/20
Feb 1, 2010  
pours dark brown with a tall beige head that was thick and frothy. the body is really dark brown but light does get through the body. the aromas are really light and smells like an english porter. it is thin to medium bodied and pretty watery. it tastes like every other porter and sorry to say, but yuengling porter has a lot more flavor then this one. mouthfeel is grainy and it finishes crisp and clean and the aftertaste isnt really that good. a little sad over this one since s/n is so good with other beers.


 after4ever (3010), Brier, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/105/514/20
Jan 31, 2010  
12 oz. Pours nearly jet black with a dense, creamy, moussy tan head. Gorgeous--picture perfect porter. Roasty, chocolatey nose, very much on the dry side. Creamy medium body, active carb--very full-feeling, but still refreshing, Just right. Chocolate, roast, and a bit of brown sugar on the mid palate. Very mild finish. Good stuff.


 gam (1181), brisbane, Australia
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 31, 2010  
Chocolate milkshake colourted head nice and frothy very dark red brown pourt aroma coffee caramel rich chocolate vanilla coffee bean flavour rich chocolate caramel vanilla little watery finish even tastes fairly smooth but not to my liking


robsohoppy (8), California, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Sierra Nevada Porter does not count
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Jan 30, 2010  
Love this one! used to buy it in the lot of the Grateful Dead shows. Has some chocolaty subtle undertones created by the choice dark malts. This classic introduced me to the world of porters.



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