Samuel Smiths Taddy Porter

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Porter
Tadcaster, England

Pours a dark red with a bit of tan head. Aroma is nutty and slightly soapy. Flavor is mildly floral. Very thick and smooth texture.

550 ml bottle. Pours black with really thick, dark head. Sweet, nutty odors in the head. The taste is sweet, with a strong chocolate taste that ends with a nice hoppy bitterness. Its very smooth and creamy, with a nice warm mouthfeel to it. As far as porters go, this might be the best I’ve had.

From a 550ml bottle poured into a standard American pint glass. Pours dark brown, tight inch high tan head. Aroma is of earthy hops and sweet figs in the malt profile. Initial flavors of toasty bread, followed by fruity malt with some dark caramel sweetness. That gives way to a little roast flavor followed by the hop bitterness in the aftertaste. Full bodied, creamy, but still dry. A little minerally, chalky, but some of that is from the roast. Overall, this is a very complex beer. Very easy drinking. It’s doesn’t have an overpowering roast character like some American Robust Porters can have. The roast flavor seems ot act in cooperation with the hop bitterness to balance the malt. I love the balance between all of the flavors. A fantastic beer.

Bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a thick dark head. Nice roasted aroma. Sweet chocolatey roasted flavor. Nice body, drinkable all night. A prime example of why porter is the beer that made the brewing industry.

Pours a reddish dark dark brown. Smells malty, nutty, and chocolatey. Has a great semi sweet chocolate flavor, along with some tangy citrus notes and impressive malt bitterness. goes down smooth and has a great thick mouthfeel. I’m starting to see why people like sam smith stuff so much. This is really good stuff.

Darkest of red/brown,dense very dark big frothy head,aroma roasted hop,malt,caramel,chocolate notes,flavour bitter roasted barley malt,chocolate,slight fruitiness,a grittyness(good) roasted coffee like finish and bitter.Malt aroma is good,no real weaknesses,nice drink.

Bottle. Pours a deep reddish-brown with a fluffy brown head. Aroma is roasted malt with oat, chocolate, and slight slight hop characteristics. Taste is nuts and roasted malt up front, dissolving into a beautiful chocolate/caramel flavor with a smooth and dry finish. Hops are barely detectable but seem to add to the overall experience of the beer. Wonderful.

Pours a very dark brown with ruby edges and foamy tan head. Aroma of oatmeal, roasted malts and hops. Lots of oatmeal and roasted malt up front, followed by chocolate, toffee and nut. Dry slightly bitter finish.