Samuel Smiths Taddy Porter

Very dark brown to the point where it’s basically black to the naked eye. Not as dominated by a burnt, roasty taste as some porters and an aftertase of fruit is definitely noticable. Good beer though.

(bottle) Dark brown colour with a massive brown foamy head. Mildly sweet roast-malty aroma with notes of chocolate, coffee and a whiff of smoke in the background. Sweet-bitter flavour, medium bodied with a creamy mouthfeel. Roasty malt-character with notes of chocolate, caramel and traces of mocha; medium-dry sweet and bitter roasty, also minimal vinous and subtle fruity finish, which lasts for a while. Very pleasant. 06.X.09

Bottle, 50cl. Pours a clear dark brown beer with a lightbrown head. The aroma is roasted, licorice, tobacco and coffee. The flavor follows the nose. The palate is soft and rounded. Overall a really good porter, one of my favorites.

Enjoyed during the Gator win, and realized I have yet to rate this. Not my typical idea of a porter, as this beer was far from roasty. Somewhere on the spectrum closer to brown ales this beer has a pleasant malt character with residual sweetness.

Aroma is a bit weak, consisting of chocolate and coffee. Black as black can be, nice chocolate foam head that sticks around for a bit. A very smooth yet creamy texture that hits the same notes as the aroma. A great porter that is a dead on hit of what is expected of a porter.

Pours dark and rich. Deep brown colour. Slightly sweet, hoppy, lots of body, sweet tobacco notes, and a bit of a weak dry finish. Not bad but it falls a little short.

Pours dark brown, letting some, but not alot of light through. Smells of chocolate, hops, brown sugar, bitter coffee, and strongly of chewing tobacco, sniffing this beer is like taking a drag out of a can of copenhagen! Tastes of semi-sweet chocolate, cigar and old pipe. Well carbonated and nice lacing in the glass.

Bottle, pours very dark brown, almost black, thick creamy off-white head, startlingly good lacing. Nose is chocolate, soft roasted malt, a shade of smoke and black licorice. Flavors of roast, coffee, chocolate, dark fruit. A great porter, and one that I will have again.