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Stone Smoked Porter

Stone Smoked Porter - Porter

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Porter

Escondido, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
14883.81/5.03.81/5.05.9%99English pint, Stem glass
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Commercial Description:
A rich, dark and delicious porter with chocolate and coffee overtones accented by a subtle smokiness from just the right amount of peat smoked malt. Unlike a rauchbier, the "smoke" in Stone Smoked Porter is an ELEMENT of the character rather than being THE character. -- Greg Koch, Stone Brewing Co.
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 Skinnyviking (4142), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Sep 3, 2008  
Draught. Low and quickly disappearing off-white fluffy head. Pitch black body. Coffee cocoa vineous aroma. Coffee cocoa liquorice hops kovely smoked flavor. Low carbonation, long aftertaste.


 johnnyoski (160), Macomb, Michigan, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 1, 2008  
22oz bottle: Pours very dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma of smoky,roasted malt, cocoa and slight hint of coffee. Nice smoked taste with some dark chocolate flavor gives it a subtle bitter finish. Surprisingly lighter body than I expected. I’ll probably try this one again.


 fakepurseninja (772), Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Sep 1, 2008  
About what I expected. Moderate roasted malt backbone with light smokiness. Moderate dark chocolate with some light coffee bean notes. Woody and somewhat earthy, a tad thin.


 guyinchicago (516), marengo, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Sep 1, 2008  
pours dark brown and clean with tan head and lots of lacing aromas of smoke and coffee and roasted malts taste is of smoke.chocolate,coffee and malts has a smooth mouthfeel not a big fan of smoke beer but not over powering it is a flavor in the beer not the flavor of th beer


 ewestern (198), Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/55/104/513/20
Aug 30, 2008  
Started with a wonderful smokey dark fruit aroma. Dark brown pour with tones of amber and a thick light tan head. Flavor was disappointing compared to the aroma. Reminded me of Dogfish Head d’Etre but watered down and with smokey overtone to it. Finished with a slight bitterness. Overall not a bad beer, but very mellowed flavor of malts and hops that do not let reach its potential.


 dlovell2 (136), Columbia, Maryland, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/104/516/20
Aug 27, 2008  
Dark brown color with tan head. Smoky aroma. Roasted malt flavor with chocolate and coffee flavors. This beer was just ok for me.


 douglas88 (1555), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Aug 24, 2008  
Got this beer some time ago in a trade. Pours a black body with red hints at the edges, and a huge beige head. The aroma was light; earthy notes, some smoke, toasted malts and light chocolates. The flavor was a full and nice porter, some toasted malts and a creamy body, but also a nice smoked aspect, especially in the finish. Very nice.


 durhambeer (1186), Durham, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Aug 24, 2008  
Bottle. Deep dark mahogany pour with tan head. From the nose to the taste, what struck me about this beer was its hoppiness. Wow... never had a porter this hoppy. For my taste buds, it obscured the more porter-like elements (which were all there--lactose, smoke, peat, chocolate, malt), and I didn’t think this was smoked enough to merit the "Smoked Porter" label, even if they don’t claim it to be a rauchbier. All that said, it was a very enjoyable brew; just needed some expectation management. Not to mention that I had a very meaty/smoky Alaskan smoked porter directly before... so quite different.



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