Stone Smoked Porter

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

Bottle. Aroma of roasted (maybe lightly smoked) malt, coffee, bitter chocolate. Flavor has a little more chocolate, a little more smokiness/charredness, as an interesting subtle contrast to the standard porter flavors. Good stuff.

Bomber. Dark brown pour with nice thick creamy head. Aroma of campfire and faint chocolate. Taste of malt, burned almonds with a nice smoky finish and faint hops.

Bottle. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of smoke, roast, coffee. Flavor of sweet roasted malt, slight bitter chocolate, and light bitter hops. Not too smokey (a plus for me). Palate is not as robust as the great porters, but it’s pretty decent. A nice porter.

22 oz bottle. Pours opaque black with a sizable dark tan head. Aroma sweet, dark fruits, some roasty and bitter chocolate aromas. Taste is roasty and smokey, bitter chocolate, dark fruits, something a little tart in the flavor as well. Smokiness lingers on the palate. Pretty good.

Loved this beer. One of the lightest Porters I have tasted. Light malty nose with a hint of smoke. On the palate are flavors of toasted malt, dark chocolate with just a touch of smoke. I like that the smoke is light and really enhances the beer instead of becoming the only taste component. Dry and slightly bitter finish.

The beer pours a deep black with a thin off white head that leaves a good lacing down the sides of the glass. The nose is very light with a hint of smoke. The taste is very light but I can pick up some hints of smoke and sourness with light notes of chocolate. The finish is short and dry

A dark mahogany beer witha tan head. Definitely can smell the smokiness. Can taste burned malt with hints of bitter chocolate. Tastes less smokey than I anticipated. A solid porter but I felt liike it could have been better if it had more of a smokey flavor.

~Pours light black with red tints. Creamy off white head, nice lacing. ~Nice roasted smoked coffee aroma. ~Roasted smoke coffee flavor. Yum. ~Roasty bitter finish. ~Mmmm. This is a great porter.