Stone Smoked Porter

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

Pours a very dark amber with an average sized tan head that laced the glass nicely. Aroma of smoke and some darker chocolate. Flavor is smoke up front with some bitterness at the end. Want to try this one with some smoked ribs.

This bottle is aged about 6 months and boy can you tell the difference. The alcohol taste has so mellowed and this beer is ripe! Mellow smokiness and chocolate make it fantastic.

Bottle. Medium tan head that was mostly lasting, fine-small sized bubbles, sparse lacing, transparent, no visible carbonation, and a reddish brown hue. Aroma was malty, chocolate, roasty, amd sweet. Malty, coffee, roasty, smokey, and chocolate flavor. Very tasty. Smooth mouthfeel. Medium body. Worthy of a try.

Pours a rich brown with a brown, creamy head. The first scent is of hops and a smokiness. Then slowly the coffee-ish notes seep in. The taste has some hop bitterness to go along with the cocoa and coffee combo but the smoke taste is not a strong as the Aecht Scherlenka brand. That was a little overwhelming whereas this was more tolerable. Good beer.

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.

Rerate A bit less flavorful this time around - not as much roasted chocolate notes as a porter of this caliber should have Original 3.9 An excellent smoked beer for those who are not fond of smoked beers (me!). The appearance is the color of raw liver with a mocha head and good lacing. Has a slight smoky aroma but not overpowering. Has a very mellow smoky flavor not cloying at all and did not taste like a bottle of liquid smoke - I expected to be blown out of the water with smoky flavor. Has a very pleasant mouthfeel. The hops find their way in nicely in the aftertaste. Well done.

Dark reddish brown with a beige head. Aroma is spicy cachou sweetness with a seaweed background. Taste is leathery, mocha soaked cardboard, with full cream or perhaps evaporated milk just on the turn. Gentle woodsmoke finish with a slight dryness. Complex and interesting, if not entirely to my taste.

22 oz bottle. Poured a clear black color with red highlights. Head was thick and tan with good retention and lacing. Smelled of chocolate and light molasses. Slightly sweet up front with a thick, creamy mouth feel. The delicate sweetness gives way to dry, roasty malt with a touch of chocolate. There is only a subdued smoky note with a light roasty bitter finish.