Samuel Smiths Taddy Porter

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Porter
Tadcaster, England

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.

Interesting flavor. Nice aroma, chocolate, maybe some fruit, malts. Great punchy feel

Bottle. Pours solid, opaque black, with a thick, tannish head. Aroma is unique and complex; very sweet with hints of licorice, chocolate, malt, and cherry. Body is extremely firm, with a powerful finish. Very nice porter.