Stone Smoked Porter

Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Escondido, California USA

Can’t believe I hadn’t rated this before. Pours a deep, dark brown, ending in a black glass with a pillowy beige head. Very pretty. Roasty toasty malts and a good amount of hops in here - super dry - and it’s true, the smoke just barely comes through. Mostly in the finish. It’s definitely light for how it looks. Tasty, for sure, though I probably wouldn’t put it quite up with where it’s rated.

"Tastes like black" is usually what I tell my friends who ask about it. Pour is viscous with little head, scent and taste are very dark. The coffee, chocolate, and smoke blend together well without any part dominating. Delicious even in a bottle.

Growler fill at CBX. Pours a dark black with lots of tan head. Nothing overwhelming about the aroma, but a bit of sweet and coffee. Great lacing down the glass as it is being devoured. The boilerplate description of this beer serves it well so I don’t have much to add. Some sweet (chocolate) and coffee taste with a subtle hint of smokiness. Nothing overwhelms the other and they are very well balanced into a delicious drink.

22oz bottle from 16th St. Liquor in West Vancouver. Very dark amber brown ale with a long lasting medium high tan head that laces your glass sides as it recedes. Light smokey-caramel aroma. Medium body with a bitter chocolate and coffee flavor. Porter is generally not my favorite style however, it’s evident that this is better than average for its style. Once again, Stone appear to do very little wrong.

Pours a deep pitch black with a 1 finger high country eggshell colored head. The smell is that of dark malts, chocolate, brown sugar, and a hint of hickory smoke. The taste is heavy on the malts, light on the smoke...pretty much light on everything that isn’t chocolatey or malty...there’s really no smokey quality that I can taste. Finish isn’t overwhelming...maybe a bit underwhelming...but it does pair well with the barbequed chicken in front of me.

this is one damn good porter, probably the best one i’ve had in a long time, although it has been a while since ive had a porter... smoked malt, chocholate and coffee taste, dark and very rich. really good.....

Pint glass. Pours very dark brown, almost jet black looking. With a light brown, frothy, 1 finger head. I smell coffee, and thats about it. Mouthfull is medium. Very smooth, comfortable and drinkable. Low carbonation. Tastes of coffee, expresso, and dark chocolate. Not as bitter and hoppy as i usually like. Or expect from stone, but is over all a very good, casual desert beer. Would follow nicely with red meats. Stone has yet to dissapoint.

22 oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a foamy, tan, long lasting head. Aroma of roasted malt with hints of coffee and chocolate. Medium, slightly tangy body. Flavor of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and molasses. Finish is long, espresso coffee. Tasty, easy drinking porter.