Samuel Smiths Taddy Porter

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Porter
Tadcaster, England

Samuel Smith’s Taddy Porter is a black ale with red overtones. The head is huge and fluffy, has excellent retention and leaves great lacing on the glass. The aroma is slightly sweet-- a bit like burnt toffee. It is pretty full bodied and soft on the tongue. The flavor is strong, well balanced and complex. There are notes of toffee, leather, roasted malt and peat. It is very English and tastes like a dimly lit pub. It’s an excellent porter that I would never confuse with any other.

Pours dark brown and a tan head. Smells of chocolate and licorice. Tastes slightly tarte with some cherry touches, licorice and chocolate. Mouthfeel is thick with a nice malty finish.

Pours a dark brown, nearly black with a very thick tan head. Aroma is very sweet and roasted chocolate malt. Flavor is very crazy chocolate, nutty and a bit of of a tart bitterness in the finish. Smooth and full-bodied, with a creaminess that leaves me feeling full and satisfied.

Pours a deep dark chocolate brown colour. This beer was very smooth and rich, yet not too filling. Very impressive mouthfeel and pleasent aromas of espresso beans, toffee and almonds. Taste was nutty, semi sweet with an off dry finish.

Pitch black pour with a nice milk chocolate head. Nose is all roasted malts and chocolate. Heavy but smooth over the tongue with a nice finish of dark malts. Noticeably bitter in the finish puts this all together. I usually prefer stouts to porters but this is an exception.

Bottle, pours dark brown, pretty much opaque, with a nice thick tan head. This beer has a lovely roasted barley aroma with hints of alcohol, chocolate and coffee. This is a pretty full bodied beer with an almost syrupy mouthfeel. It has a lovely roasted character with definite notes of malts, chocolate, some coffee and very subtle hops in the background. The beer finishes with bitter roasted cocoa. Pretty drinkable for being such a heavy beer, one of my favorite porters.

Pours an opaque dark brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma is nice and full, malty, chocolate aroma. Full bodied flavor. Choclate and coffee notes. Nice and malty. A bit bitter, but not in the hoppy way. Pretty smooth for a brew as full-bodied as this is.

Pours a dark brown with a medium, foamy light brown head. Smells of light roast, toasted malts, toffee, and light chocolate cream. The flavor is pretty syrupy, full bodied on the palate. Nice roasty flavors with a good chocolate cream balance embody its character. Really smooth and easy drinking porter. Quite solid in all aspects.