Samuel Smiths Taddy Porter

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Porter
Tadcaster, England

A little taste of heavan in a bottle... Easily one of my favourite beers since I first began venturing out from domestics years ago. Odd, although I really didn’t think much of this beer I was compelled to drink ALOT of it. A legendary beer, or so my liver tells me... Poured out a thick looking darkest possible brown brew with red hues. Produced a mid-sized thick brown head that great retention and always leaves 360 degree ropy lacing. Great soothing aroma of chocolate, toffee, molasses, roasted malts, weak dark berries and the faintest of hops only noticable after a vigorous swirl. Not an overpowered aroma by any means. The flavour is excellent. A well rounded mix of chocolate, dark roasted malts, toffee...the back end of the flavour is bitter chocolate...awesome. No overdose of face crushing hops thank god. The mouthfeel is nice and smooth with an interesting tartness and some suprising bitterness...some...not lots..and it’s mild. Full bodied, obviously. Leaves your mouth with a bitter chocolate film. It took me 3 - 550ml bottles to get through the review as it’s just so good that you don’t want to have to stop and analyze....heh heh...anal...

Outstanding as is most of their products. This was a 550 ml bottle bought in the USA. I just returned from England/Scotland and this beer and all their products are hard to find unfortunately. Pours well with thick head sweet taste of malts and not to much on the hop side. Coffee sweet chocolate finish is even better.

A very enjoyable porter. Tastes of toasty malts and dark chocolate with traces of espresso and caramel. It is very well balanced and smooth with mild bitterness. Great to drink and easy to drink a lot of.

"Very dark chocolaty brown body with a good 2 inch crown with not bad retention, lacing was slippery and intermittent in other words not the greatest lacing. Aroma is yummy so very yummy, milk chocolate, banana, a hint of coffee, and hints of berry like perfume, so dam good. Taste is just as tasty as the aroma, rich but easy drinking. Slight coffee that leaves a lingering bitterness, smoke, and chocolate all come through. I swear I’m getting a creamy raspberry in the finish but its extremely mild. As the beer warms a hint piny hops chows it self but luckily doesn’t dominate the taste. This brew lives up to its legend and I think it will have reserved space in my fridge from now on. "

Aroma - Light malts, light vanilla, light plum. Appearance - dark brown with large tan head with medium retention. Flavor - roasted malts, light coffee, light chocolate, light raisins. Palate - medium body, thin feel, slightly astringent finish. Overall - This is a good beer but not great. It’s really light on taste and just not very memorable. I’m pretty disappointed by this one.

Bottle. Pours a dark brune body with a tan head. Some light roasted malt, hints of vanilla and minerals. Hints of sugar cane and vegetative notes. Eh this was never a favorite of mine from Sammy.

Pours a thin tan but culminates into a very dark amber with standard beige head. Smells of plum, sugar cane, and roasted malt. Tastes of roasted malt. Carbonation is a little strong for my tastes. There are some good flavors, but they don’t stay on the palate as long as I’d like.

Bottle. Black with beige head. Slightly roasted and sweet. Thin body. Nice porter to drink but doesn’t stand out in the crowd.