Samuel Smiths Taddy Porter

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Porter
Tadcaster, England

Pours black with a brown creamy head. The aroma combines sweet caramel and chocolate with a strong roasty element. The flavor is first dominated by a sweet coffee and chocolate which is just slightly bitter and sour with the finish.

550 ml bottle from Keller’s IGA. Pours a cloudy dark brown with a huge frothy tan head that laces the glass. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, nuts, and toast. Flavor of roasted malts, coffee, cocoa, nuts, and metallic and medicinal notes. Medium bodied, rich, semi-sweet, and bitter. Has a chemical element in it that was off-putting to me. Otherwise, a decent porter.

Pours dark brown with a large, persistent off-white head. Aroma shows a fair whack of roasted malt with some dark chocolate and nutty notes. Some diacetyl still manages to show. There’s also quite a bit of grainy-ness in there which I’m not a fan off. Flavours are quite similar to the aromas, with mildly roasted malt and nutty notes. Hint of liquorice and burnt toast shine through. Thankfully there’s none of that grainy malt found in the aroma. Carbonation is quite prickly, something I don’t like in porters and stouts.

Porterfestival, Göteborg, 2009-11-14, Bottle, "promenad porter" AR: black with a heavy white head AP: chocolate and coffey F: toffe, caramel, chocolate, coffey, cherry

pours out thick and heavy with the color of a dark night with a nice thick frothy, bubbly head that was beige in color and left really nice lacing in the glass. the body is dark and black with no light penetration. the aromas are pretty strong compared to others and i get caramel and toffee, with roasted malts. it is full bodied and delicious. not to sweet nor bitter, perfect balance in harmony. i taste dark chocolate, roasted barley, a little peppery, sugar, plum, chives in the finish(very nice), and the "littelist" hint of coffee. the aftertaste is what i would say is dry, but fulfilling, and not lingering leaving a not so desirable finish. very nice brew and at the price i got it for, i felt like i was stealing it(2.99$). very good brew.

355ml bottle. Pours black with nice medium-sized brown head. Sweet aroma of chocolate and coffee. Taste is on the sweet side, raisins and loads of milk chocolate. And the more it warms up, the more chocolatey it gets. Medium body and light carbonation. Very nicely balanced flavor and lovely aftertaste.

355ml brown bottle, label as shown, neck with golden foil. Almost pitch black in colour with big, creamy beige head. Great retention and generous lacing. Lovely looking porter. Sweetish, smooth aroma of chocolate and coffee, with a hint of vanilla. Medium-to-low carbonation, creamy mouth feel. Medium-bodied porter, not as thick as some. Dark chocolate and coffee notes persist flavour-wise, fairly dry and bitter for the style - though the chocolate gets stronger as the brew warms up a bit. Some fruit, like raisins and black cherries, are present, too. Dry, hoppy finish. Lingering coffeeish after taste. A most agreeable porter from Samuel Smith. Not as thickly "winterish" as some, this comes across as more refreshing and sessionable. Very smooth drink, beautifully balanced, not overpowering. Lovely.

Pours a blackish-brown with a tan head. Aroma of raisins, chocolate, malt and coffee. Smooth, creamy taste of roasted coffee, with chocolate and some fruitiness. Nice Porter with just the right amount of carbonation.