Samuel Smiths Taddy Porter

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Porter
Tadcaster, England

Pours a dark brown with red highlights and a thin creamy tan head. Aromas of roasted malt, caramel, burnt toast, kind of sweet as well. Coffee and mocha in the taste and a slight sourness as well. Softly carbonated with a mild bitter finish. Not as good as I remembered.

550 ml bottle. Pours a near opaque bark brown with just a slight hint of red. Head was tan and ample and dissapated very slowly. Aroma was light with sweet roasted malts, chestnuts, and coffee. Flavors noted are of black licorice, coffee, a touch of bitter chocolate and some earthy dirt. Hops were modest in an effective supporting role. Mouthfeel is a bit thin up front, but then fills out to a satisfying fullness on close. Finish was long and cloying with a bit of a sticky film. Overall this is a very respectable beer.

6/30/07 From the bottle. Aroma is roast chocolate forward, with sweet malt, caramel and butterscotch. Appearance is dark brown with a great tan head. Flavor is sweet malt with some roast character; simple and delicious. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, yet still syrupy, with low carb feel. Overall, it goes down easier than expected, yummy sweet as always. 5/27/07 From the bottle. Aromas of dried fruit and some phenols forward followed by roast malt, chocolate and some nuttiness. Appearance is dark brown with a well maintaned tan head. Flavor is roast malt forward with some light black patent, light sweetness, chocolate and dark fruit. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a slight creaminess and medium carb feel. Overall, a very complex and interesting porter, but did not attract me to have more than one.

Charred oak, smoke, and oregano nose. Deep burgundy-brown pour with a huge creamy tan head.Tastes of charred oak and hops, decent balance. Long lasting reasonably good hop finish. Not strong or overly sweet. Very good.

(550mL bottle): Pours a dark park brown/black color, tannish head, huge, lasting. Sweet coffee aroma, dark chocolate. Thin taste, coffe, dark chocolate. A slight bitter coffee aftertaste. A light taste.

poured black with a thin layer of head. smell of malt, smoke, and chocolate. taste is very smooth, plenty of malts for a chocolate flavor, some roasted flavor. pretty drinkable and not too thick.

This is a wonderful porter and is consistant bottle after bottle. It has a roasted malt aroma with just a hint of hops upon opening the bottle. The flavor is outstanding with a smokey malt flavor and a definate hint of chocolate. The texture is very pleasing to the palate, not too thin and not too thick. For other females or just chocolate lovers, take a small bit of your favorite chocolate before you sip Samel Smiths Taddy Porter. OMG, absolutely heaven!

550ml bottle. Pours black with a small tan head. The aroma and flavour is dominated by roasted malt and has lingering, very dry finish. Not the best porter I’ve had, a bit bland, but very drinkable.