Stone Smoked Porter

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

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

Pours a rich mahogany with a foamy tan head and great lacing. A smoky chocolate aroma, lots of smoke in the flavor, a bit acrid at first, but layers develop as you drink it, coffee and chocolate dominant. Great creamy mouth. Excellent and complex brew.

Dark/carmel pour with a small sweet head. Good beer with hints of espresso and chocolate laced with a smoked finish. Great porter- would recommend it to everyone.

I have had this beer sitting in my fridge for about 4 months and I just had a chance to crack it. I shouldnt have waited. This beer is great, the smoke isnt too overwhelming and I sense chocolate and in the mix

Pours a dark cola slowly cascading to a large tan head that retains well as it lightens and laces. The aroma is very smokey, with a tobacco, roasted malt, and some coffee. The flavor is sweet, with smoke, coffee, coca powder, and some sharp bitterness to finish it out. Medium boded at best, with some soft carbonation.

Served from tap into a standard pint. Pours a dark dark brown with a one finger off white head. Maintains nice lacing throughout. The aroma was smoky with subtle malt notes. The flavor was of malt, nutty, and woody notes. It had a medium feel on the palate with medium carbonation. Overall all of the flavors in this brew were very subtle and tame. I actually liked this so you could taste the woody flavor imparted on it. The aroma was a little disappointing, but okay. Have very nice drinkability, but was not my favorite from Stone for sure. Still quite good though.

Brad - did you bring this? I’ve forgotten. Pretty dark brown, ok sized light brown cap, excellent slow moving silty lacing, messy messy wicked lacing - Damn fine looking brew. Smokey aroma, well placed smoke - it’s obvious but fits in very well. Chocolate, big roast, raisin! ashes, underlying hops - nothing over the top, nothing amazing but it’s just a great smelling beer. Some smoke taste, very prominent bitterness that seems to be half chocolate and half hops, some sweetness, a bit of leafy hops and lightly piney. A lot of sips have a watery emptiness. Some bitterness, bad roasty breath, long smoky mouth, pretty boring feel. Nice beer.

Purchased at Trader Joe’s in Nashville. Pours a dark brown colour with red highlights. Big foamy head that is beige, has great retention and full lacing. Roasted malt scent that is not too strong and a little yeast. Notes of raisins and coffee. No smoke in the aromas, but in the taste, it comes out a bit. Not much, but it lingers in the aftertaste. The roasted malt is there, and so is the mild coffee and light bitterness. Kind of a short finish, and dry. Overall, pretty good, but was expecting a kick in the teeth. Oh well (a first for Stone Brewing... being from Canada - and heard so much from this brewery).

Overall a great porter, nice dark brown color with a creamy coffee colored head. The smokey flavor of the malt is evident right away but not too over powering that it takes away from the rest of the taste.