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Samuel Smiths Taddy Porter

Percentile
96
overall
Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Porter

Tadcaster, England

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
13443.71/5.03.71/5.05%97.5English pint, Stem glass
Commercial Description:
Available filtered and pasteurised in 550ml clear glass bottles.
"Very dark, fairly full in body and packed with flavor. Intense, dry tangy character of roasted barley."
Ingredients: Malt, cane sugar, roasted barley, hops, carbon dioxide.
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 505 (271), Echo Park, California, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/103/510/20
Jun 13, 2007  
Aroma is semi-sweet and nutty, but not all that strong. Pours a beautiful dark dark brown with a small fluffy brown head. Flavor is somewhat bland, somewhat roasty at first with a tad bit of sweetness, then a bitter finish. Medium bodied, a bit thin. Decent beer, but bland like most things from England (except their music). Good from far but far from good.


 ChainGangGuy (2557), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jun 10, 2007  
Well, I needed something (preferably a beer) to take my mind off the crushing, soulless, fleeting and futile nature of existence, if only for a few brief minutes. That would be nice. So, that’s where the Samuel Smith "The Famous" Taddy Porter (in a brown bottle) came in. Appearance: Pours a black body with a creamy, light khaki-colored head. No lacing. Smell: Subtle aroma of toasted toffee with hints of chocolate, nuts, and a slight smokiness. Taste: A true medley of malt flavors with each sip - coffee, caramel, bittersweet chocolate, molasses. The finish has a soft, light hoppiness to it, but also carries with it a toasted sugar sweetness. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Smooth, but a bit watery on the palate. Drinkability: For me, it could use just a bit more body, but perhaps the current recipe tested better with focus groups. So what do I know? Still, though, its a worthy English porter and exceedingly drinkable.


 Dedollewaitor (3650), Odense, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Jun 6, 2007  
Dark, nearly black with a short creamy head. Roasted coffee aroma. Ok filling smooth & soft body. Dry roasted taste & end. Drinkable & very nice!


 ilovedarkbeer (1339), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Jun 4, 2007  
Overrated. Smells of yeast and bread and pours a dark brown color with red lacing. Taste is mild and bitter with a bit of roasted taste with malt. Decent but not really your typical porter.


 theisti (1657), Leawood, Kansas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 4, 2007  
550 ml Bottle. Pour is deep brown, with some red highlights, billowing tan head. Aroma is caramel sweetness with some roastiness in the background. Taste is pretty mild, pick up a bit on the sweetness, a touch of hops and roasted coffee. The finish has more of a roast kick to it (almost spiciness). The body of this one was thinner than I was expecting. As the beer warms, the caramel sweetness takes on a sharper edge, and not necessarily in a pleasant way.


 bboven (103), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/102/514/20
Jun 3, 2007  
This beer is good all around, except it has a surprisingly watery mouthfeel.


 krysztofar (344), belleville, Illinois, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/102/511/20
May 30, 2007  
bottle. Pours a deep brown black, with a reasonably tall khaki head. aroma is sweet and slightly earthy, as well as a tinge of a sour/ lactic odor even a little raisin and fig. taste is coffee and roasted malts with some slight chocolate. slightly metallic aftertaste, with more of that lactic sourness.


 wcampbell (576), Central, South Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/513/20
May 29, 2007    Updated: Dec 9, 2007
A good porter. Lightly sweet and roasted malts. Some hop presence. Only light bitterness. Smooth and perfectly balanced. Lacking in complexity though.



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