Stone Smoked Porter

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

22oz bottle. Pours a dark-brown/black color with a thin tan head. Aromas of roasted malts, chocolate, and smoke. Complex roasted malt flavor with hints of chocolate and coffee and with a nice smokey finish at the end. Balanced mouthfeel makes this a very drinkable, fantastic porter.

Bottle. Very dark brown color with nice tan head. Roasty and mild smokiness on the nose. Great porter flavor with subtle smoke and meat. Good body and finish.

Bottle. Black beer with a strongish head. The aroma is lightly roasted and smoked, and the flavour is deeply roasted, strongly bitter and rich and malty. Overall a very nice porter.

Pours a dark brown almost black color with a tan head. Scents are smokey and coffee and chocolate. Not really my style, but a pretty good porter.

Pours clear dark brown, with a medium beige head, good lacing. Smells of apple, toffee and chocolate. Medium, velvety crisp body. Sweet and malty, with toffee, coco and apple. Well balanced with a mild bitter woody pine and slightly smoky aftertaste.

Another great one from Stone. Not as much smoke as I expected but the coffee and chocolate played well with the more subtle smoke. While I never thought I would say this about a Stone beer it almost strikes me as delicate. Absolutely delicious.

Apologetically dissapointed. I was expecting bliss here. The aroma was faint and the smokiness was fainter. I hope over-refrigeration was not the culprit. The flavors were present but so mild it was difficult to finish.

bottle. small khaki fizzy head (quickly and fully dissapating) into clear dark brown body with minimal lacing. aromas of smoke (mild but prevelant throughout), light chocolate, some hops, and coffee. flavors is initially lighltly bitter and finishes bittersweet. long finish duration. slightly dry mouthfeel. lively carbonation. pretty damn good porter.