Captain Lawrence Smoked Porter

Brewed by Captain Lawrence Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Elmsford, New York USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Location: 16.9 oz bottle from Whole Foods Bowery, 1/8/13

Aroma: The nose has some roast and coffee, with smoked malts, and a little wood
Appearance: Pours a dark brown color with a frothy light brown head and plenty of drippy lace
Flavor: Tastes malty and roasty, mildly sweet, mildly smokey, and with a mild woody bitterness
Palate: Medium bodied, feels kind of creamy, with average carbonation, and a fairly short duration
Overall Impression: This is a solid Porter, but it’s nothing special. It’s well made and plenty enjoyable, but I guess I just expected a little more. The smoke is also more subtle then I expected, it definitely doesn’t have a ton of Rauch feel to it.

500ml purchased at the brewery. No bottle date. Pours a pretty normal brown. About an inch of brownish head which dissipates rather quickly. No lacing. Very nice earthy smokey aroma. Mouthfeel is light with a lot of carbonation. Kinda tingly. Taste is band aid up front.... Not a good way to start off. Some earth, dirt, BBQ sauce and lemon. Meh, this was kind of a looser. I'm not a big fan of smoked beers but the band aid flavor just sunk this one. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tap. Brown with small head. Smoky with lots of malt. Dry finish. Not a fan of smoked beers, but this is decent.

Pours a dark brown with a tan lacing. A smoked meat aroma us accompanied by chocolate and coffee. The body is dry, but at times bittersweet.

The malts dominated in this porter. There were hints of dark fruit, and coffee as well.

Tap @ Captain Lawrence... Poured near black with a thick, frothy brown head. Nose had an awesome smokey nose. Reminiscent of camp fire. Smokey, tobacco, leather, roasted malt. A little sweetness for balance. A little drying, nice full body too. Dark chocolate and coffee with a low bitterness despite all of the smokiness. This was one of the highlights of visiting the brewery.

On tap. Pours with a near black body with reddish highlights and a tan head that lasts. Aromas are of cola, vanilla, roast, dark fruits and smoke. Flavors are smokey, cola, dark fruits, anise, roast and a nice malty breadiness. Mouthfeel is a touch thin, medium dry, good stuff.

Pours pitch black and nearly opaque with faint mahogany edges and a half finger beige head that quickly settles into a lasting ring. Spotty lacing left behind. Nice smokey aroma with lots of burnt malt character balanced by some sweeter dark malt notes. Hints of charcoal, BBQ, meat and campfire dominating the nose but there are hits of dark chocolate, oatmeal and toffee underneath. Fuller bodied than expected. Tastes very similar to the aroma and even though there is a heavy dose of smokiness, there are some sweeter malt notes underneath. Lots of burnt malt, smoke, charcoal, smoked meat flavor up front followed by hints of toast, oatmeal and dark chocolate toward the end of the palate. A good balance of smoke and sweeter notes lingering into a dry finish. Overall I really enjoyed this beer. Most smoked porters are too tame for me but this was a bit of a smoke bomb without being one dimensional. Complex, very flavorful and easy to drink(for me at least). I would love to try the imperial version.

Fresh at the brewery for a really wonderful enveloping mouth feel. Pours darker black with a halo and nice head. Smell lightly of bacon, smoke, licorice, and more strongly of vanilla and malt. Tastes mostly sweet, vanilla, malty, more smoke forward than the smell. Modestly bitter finish. The flavor is more sweet milk stout (with a hint of lactose sour) than porter to me. If the smoke was more forward and it less sweet I’d give it a higher rating. Still really enjoyable and drinkable though.

Cask of Get Real NY - Dark malts with intense smokey notes. Smooth bodied with a light touch of hops. Finish is some astringency.