Alaskan Smoked Porter

Brewed by Alaskan Brewing Co
Style: Smoked
Juneau, Alaska USA

Bottle shared with HogtownHarry and Milos, Harry’s bottle. This one pours deep chestnut brown, almost black,and is capped with a frothy mocha top. The aroma is oak, smokey roasty malts, dark chocolate, some vanilla, and just a hint of cherry wood with some mint leaves. Lots of minty vanilla, oak and tonnes of smoked roasty malts. Bitter dark chocolate and a cup of black coffee all bring the flavours out. Creamy and astringent, hoppy and smoky, good and great! Thanks for sharing Harry!

My first, and still favorite, smoked porter. The smoke is tasty, very present, but not overpowering. Plenty of roast, some carbon, and a hint of saltiness. Try drizzling this over some vanilla ice cream. Earlier vintages are smoother and creamier.

Big thanks to acertain for this 2004 bottle. Aroma is of smoke, roast, chocolate, coffee and molasses. Rich and smoky with a touch of oxidation. Dark, dark brown in color (almost black) with a thin head that fades. Flavor is loaded with smoke, sweet smoky richness, but the roast flavors are a little thin. Absolutely no bitterness, just a touch of astringency. It leaves a nice lingering flavor of roasted malt and smoke. Medium body, watery-creamy texture.

22oz 2005 Vintage. Decent pour into trusty Piraat tulip yields a nice deep brown beverage with dense tan foam that sticks around for a good while. leaving very nice lacing. Aroma is straight smoked dark malt, just absolutely phenomenal. Flavor is just damn fine out of this world delicious. I can’t not drink this beer without thinking of the first time I had it. I had searched high and low for about 5 years before wandering into Pizza Port Carlsbad in the middle of January 2005, there between all the tasty delights PP had to offer was my white whale. Let me tell you, there are very few things that can beat finding the very one that you are searching than to find it a pub in southern california in January when it’s 70F and you’re 2 blocks from the beach. Even in rainy ass Pittsburgh during humid ass August, this beer still just hits me as beyond world class.

Good, dry smoke at end of palate. First tried in 2001 at the Great Canadian Beer Festival (GCBF) and it was served slightly too cold. Just got a bottle as a gift (2006 vintage) and look forward to taking new notes. Re-rate from draught version at Duck Island in Seattle. Pours dark opaque black with small creamy head. Aromatic essence of smoke with strong backbone of malt in the nose. Exceptionally creamy and delightful mouthfeel. Rich, roasty, bitter aftertaste with mellow smoke and well-blended flavors. Stunning brew.

22 oz bottle, 2005. Impenetrable dark brown kicks up a tan head and leaves a lace ring. Smoky dough with faint raisin. Quite mild. Taste is figs and prunes with subtle smokes notes of cigar and sausage. Solid molasses toffee base. Medium body with brief zesty carb. Finish a little oily but clean with coffee beans. Sweet and smoke balance nicely. What a fine brew.

Poured a thin yet almost opaque blackened color. No head. Nose and flavor reminiscent of a campfire and smoked salmon. Quite complex and distinguished. Far more exciting and quaffable than most other rauch or smoked brews I have experienced.

A very hearty beer. Deep, dark brown, and pours out "like tar". Aroma is a little smokier than flavor.