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RATINGS: 1892   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.8   EST. CALORIES: 177   ABV: 5.9%
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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.


3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
dirtymike (2016) - Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - FEB 7, 2004
Dark brown in color with ruby highlights and a small off-white head.Sweet roasty and smokey.Good balance and great use of malt.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
troyc (2014) - Oklahoma, USA - AUG 5, 2009
[Tap] Pours a very dark brown color with a small tan head. Sweet and roasty aroma with some light smoke. Heavily roasted and burnt tasting caramel and molasses. Some smoke, but more of a burnt character. Slight astringency and below average mouthfeel. This is a pretty good beer, but it didn’t seem to hold up to some of the better smoked beers.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
Enniskillen (2008) - Salinas, California, USA - FEB 22, 2004
Dark Chocolate and Coffee are present throughout the beer. Very nice, very smooth. I didn't really catch the smokiness, My first porter and very good one at that.

3.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
MrBunn (2006) - Western, Pennsylvania, USA - FEB 3, 2006
Dark and slightly translucent with a large root-beer type head. Aroma is of malt and earthy/woody undertones. Flavor is remarkably complex and interesting, but doesn’t put too many eggs in any one basket. At the starting gun, it is earth/peaty/malty which give way to just a touch of chocolate and then to a woody flavor. All of this is very mild, but not underwhelming.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
garthicus (2006) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - OCT 11, 2009
Appearance: pitch black. Small White head. Aroma: malt, chocolate, sour, oak. Flavour: lots of smoke, peat, chocolate, dark, like licking a brick of coal. Incredible.

3.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
hophead75 (2005) - Largo, Florida, USA - APR 7, 2006
pours a very dark amber, almost black with a medium tan head. Aroma is of coffee and roasty. Taste is coffee, chocolate, and roasted malt up front with a slightly smokey and bittersweet finish. nice.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
CanIHave4Beers (2002) - Des Moines, Iowa, USA - MAR 14, 2010
Bottle kindly sent by Durhambeer. Pours a deep reddish black with a great head and good lace. The aroma is smoky coffee dark chocolate and some nice roastiness all complimented by a some dark berry flavors. The flavor is deep roasty coffee and a nice bitterness, the beer is just lightly smoky but very well balanced.

4.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Pawola22 (1993) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - MAY 12, 2009
22oz bottle. Pours a very dark brown, almost black body with some red tints around the edges. Thick and foamy, two-finger width, light brown colored head that dissipates slowly and leaves a lot of nice layered lacing. Solid aroma with lots of sweet brown malts and a nice fruity, soft roasty smell. Smokey, but more like a honey ham smoke than straight up smoked ham. It definitely accompanies the rest of the beer. Some sweet chocolates and licorice with just a splash of coffee. Flavor is very similar. Sweet malts and dry backing of roast and smoke. Initially a lot of sweet caramels and fruity malts with a slow developing hop bitterness. Some chocolates come in as well as more dark fruits before the smoke and roast come in to completely dry this sucka out. Not a big aftertaste, but a solid echo of chocolate, caramel, and smoke. Palate is soft, very balanced, and medium bodied. Overall, a damn good beer. Solid all around. Not a very intense hoppy/roasty porter, but I love when smoked beers have balance like this and the smoke accompanies the flavors rather than dominating them. Excellent.


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