Stone Smoked Porter

22oz bottle, dark brown color, with a creamy tan-colored, leaving laces, toasty, caramel, mild roasted malt, fruity, light smoky nose, with some hints of black coffee, dark chocolate, with a sweet molasses accent, and a peaty aroma folows through on a medium-bodied palate with a sweet toasted, roasted malt, fruity character, with a mild smoky flavor, with a hint of ashy beechwood, with some molasses, chocolatey, liquorice accents, leading towards a mlaty, fruity, roasty bitterness finish. I thought it was much smokier than that.

Crushed with Jakebra. Little transparent. Definitely not dark enough. Creamy, full mouthfeel. Strange that it’s smoked, because the smokiness is subdued. Most smoked I look for bacon flavor. Not here, but it’s also pretty damn good, so I can’t hold that against it too much.

22 oz bottle Pours dark brown with great dark tan head retention. Aroma is not overbearingly smokey, but certainly present. Base porter is roasted and silky with nice smoke qualities. Personally, I’d like more smoke, but this is a well balanced beer.

The aroma is of chocolate, dried apples, beechwood, faint sulphur, coffee, seaweed, sugar and spciy/herbal hops. Smooth taste with a lot raisins and beachwood showing up. Sweet. Very faintly smoky. Decent bitterness. Poor lacework. Some seaweed sneaking in. Pleasant. A bit sour. Medium bodied. Residual sugars, beechwood and caramel in the finish. A bit dissapointing. Thanks a lot nearbeer!

1 pt 6 fl oz bottle, at The Rover, Göteborg. On January 22, 2009.
Dark red to black color (dim lighting), smallish tan head. Mellow smoked and sweet scent. Sweet, alochol, raissin, smoke taste. Medium, though dry, mouthfeel. Medium bitterness. Expected a "bigger" beer than this, but not so challenging, more subtle and drinkable.

Malty, somewhat salty, campfire aroma. Pours opaque black, dense tan head. Coffee, chococlate, roastiness, smokiness. Creamy malt palate. Dry, smoky finish. The boys at Stone never seem to disappoint.

(11/3/08) Draught sample at the brewpub in Escondido. Transparent dark brown color. Aroma of roasted malt, some smoked meat and a bit of coffee. Malty flavor with some smoke, roastiness and some chocolate hints. Medium-bodied.

Dark red brown pour with a creamy tan head. Aroma of roasted malts but not overwhelmingly strong. Flavor of roasted malts and coffee with hops and just slight smoke at the finish.