Stone Smoked Porter

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

Bottle, 22 oz. Pours black with a tan head. Smoky and roasty malt aroma with sweet dark fruit notes. The palate is met with sweet malt, then hops for a slightly bitter finish. I would have enjoyed some more smokiness, but it’s still good.

I am a huge fan of Stone beers, but I was expecting a bit more by the Smoked Porter. It was generally very mild in aroma and flavor. It poured a dark brown almost black color with a tall creamy tan head. The aroma had hints of smoke obviously and some chocolate and licorice. The taste was on the slightly dry side like a porter with a very pleasant flavor. I had a grilled T-Bone with the beer and I think a bit stronger flavor would have gone better with the steak. It was a very nice beer.

deep deep brown. Smoke is mild and not overly meat orented. smooth mild malt and bitter coco. Great carbonation and strong lacing.

Dark dark brown/black. Lacing through the roof. light brown thick head. Wow chocolate bitter back end. Medium body Roasted malt, chocolate, nice heavy carbonation. Not extremely full flavored. Really good beer.

Dark brown, roasted malts, coffee with a sweet smokee finish, and a slight dry hoppy bite.

22 oz. bottle, pours an opaque, dark brown body with light brown head. Aroma of toasted and chocolate malts and brown sugar with hints of coffee and smoke. Flavor is the same as the aroma, with the smoke flavor coming through in the mid and back of the palate. Well-balanced and medium bodied; smooth mouthfeel. Dry, toasted malt and smoke finish.

Thanks to zeke626 for sharing this bottle. The beer was near opaque dark brown with thin tan foam. In the flavor there was semi-sweet candy malt and more subtle coffee. No smoke. In the flavor there was sweet candy malt, burnt malt, coffee. There was a faint smokiness on the mid-palate and on the finish which was rather bitter.

Picked this up in for Vermont of all places in the bomber. Poured into a pint glass dark as night with a really nice head. The lacing from the head was amazing as it stuck to the sides. It smelled of smokey chocolate malts but the aroma really didn’t blew down any doors. The taste however did. It was balanced and complete. Nearly all porters in my book lack somewhere: When the flavor is on the body is too light, when the body is nice and creamy the flavor is watery. To this point I can say this is probably the best porter I have had and it reinstalled my faith in porters.