Stone Smoked Porter

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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This beer was very thick and oily. Highly viscous. Slightly tart, tangy and sour. Bitterness abounds. Not as good as I was hoping.

Beautiful dark beer with a brown chocolaty lace. A malty slightly smoked aroma that is very good. Slightly bitter chocolaty malts with toffee and smoked flavor. Slightly sour palate. Good, but doesnt even aproach great.

Did not live up to the expectations. thought the lack of chocolate and roasted malt replaced by the taste of smoked malt sucked. nothing worth trying ever again. Go for a taddy porter/ much much better.

Had this in a bottle. Nose of roasted malt, maple syrup, cheese, spruce, brown sugar, and band aids. Pours a dark brown with ruby highlights. The rocky brown head is mostly diminishing with fair lacing. The brew starts flowery with a sweet middle and moderate acidity. The long and strong finish is smoked espresso. This brew is very rich with deep character. The full body is chewy and soft and finishes very astringent. Reminds me of Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald.

Deep mahogany hue. Roasted aroma, licorice, chocolate. Sticky tan head. Sweet malt backbone, smoke undertones, very nicely balanced. Chocolate, coffee, velvety smooth. Perfect bitter ending, dry and clean. Very nice.

I was very impressed by the balance between smoke and with sweet malt, which is probably the best thing to balance the smoked quality with. Cool, all I got was a one dimensional smokiness, but let it warm and let the sweetness catch up. Really good porter.

A slightly smoked porter that could stand up to a session. Aroma is of raosted malts and a slight smokiness, esters, and alcohol. A very dark porter with a stable head. The smokiness really comes through in the flavor. One of the lightest smoked porters I have had. Really nice.

Draft poured with a hearty tan head and the beer itself looked great in the glass. However there was no overwhelming aroma and the smokey taste I craved was not easy to detect. I agree this is a good porter, but by the end of the glass I was left a little disappointed.

This brew has a slightly smoked, very malty aroma emanating from the thick dark brown body and frothy head. It’s fairly bitter and robust with hints of smoked sausage on the palate. The body is not a sweet as most porters, but it does have lots of subtle character.

Nearly opaque, with just a spot of ruby light shining through. Minimal head remains after the pour. Moderately smoky aorma, dull coffee, lightly bitter and minimal sweetness. Slightly roasty with a lingering bitterness reminiscent of a dry stout. I definitely appreciate the restrained subtlety of the smoke element. Appropriately textured for a porter. Not exactly my cup of tea, er, glass of beer, but well appreciated.