Samuel Smiths Taddy Porter

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Porter
Tadcaster, England

Bottle. A - Deep mahogany with ruby edges. Large creamy beige head. Good retention and little lacing left. S - Roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and a hint of tobacco. T - Roasted malt and chocolate and coffee make up most of the taste. More chocolate than coffee. Also with these is some caramel, butterscotch, and burnt sugar/molasses. Slightly sweet and slightly bitter porter. M - Medium body with low carbonation. Very smooth and creamy despite being somewhat thin. Would like it to be a bit fuller. D - Really good smooth and easy to drink. Lovely flavors that are well balanced. Lots of good porter flavors. Notes: Very nice porter with balanced and nice flavors. Not too bitter and not too sweet. Smooth and nice body, but I would like it to be a bit fuller.

[Bottle] Pours a dark brown color with a small brown head. Sweet aroma of toffee and roasted grain. Roasted malt taste includes a healthy amount of brown sugar, molasses and dark chocolate. Dry and somewhat grainy astringent finish. Mouthfeel was about as expected. It was pretty decent, but I have definitely had better.

550 ml bottle. Pours dark brown in colour, hint of ruby red. Nice big tan head. Aroma and taste are primarily roasted malt, with a hint of chocolate. Good porter!

I think a lot of people are being fooled by the fancy, artful label on this bottle. It reeks of tradition, conjuring images of Old England and its masterful brewers. But I gotta tell ya, this is one of the clearly overrated beers around. It pours a dark brown 0,35 out of the bottle, ending with a short-lived beige head. Smell is nice and promising: tar, burnt toast, toffee. But where’s the taste? Hints of licorice and dark malts, but hints? In a porter? A beer of this stature shouldn’t need subtlety to work on its side. It should at least be up in your face with something. The Taddy Porter has surprisingly little to offer in that department, and while I’ve always considered it a bit bland I’ve now sat down and had a proper, review-style tasting - and it really ain’t too impressive. To describe the palate as watery would be unjust, but it’s definitely more in that direction than the "full body" they’re bragging about in the commercial description. Hints of smoke and caramel in the aftertaste, which disappears before I got impressed on any level. I’d be too much of a crowd pleaser if I gave this anything above a mediocre rating.

Opaque dark brown color with a tan creamy head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, and a touch of hops. Flavor of roasted malts, chocolate and a bit of hops on the back end. Lacing clings to the side of the glass. Creamy mouth feel. Very nice beer!

Black color with nice, creamy beige head. Aroma primarily of toasted malt, with cocoa’s signs, tobacco and coffee. In mouth the taste is of tobacco, with points of cocoa that slightly evolve him in an end of sugary coffee, where the beer leaves a satisfied mouth. Good.

Bottled in their 550ml bottles. Color is dark brown and thick looking with thin but lasting head. Aroma is very smoky and roasted but an odd sweetness comes through (maybe coco). Flavor is also smokey but sweet ending good and bitter. Milder booze and milder flavors allow this beer to be drinkable by all without sacrificing the necessities of a good porter.

Bottle. Pours very dark, nearly opaque brown with a small light brown head. Aroma is sweet roasted malt with some chocolate, dried cherries, and a bit of smoke. All those are in the flavor with the smoke and cherries ramped up a few more notches. Hop and burnt malt bitterness enter in the finish. Aftertaste is sweet chocolate. Medium to light body. Very satisfying, very delicious.