Arcadia London Porter

Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Battle Creek, Michigan USA

OK, Chirchill, smoking a big cigar! 12 oz brown bottle from the Beer Store in Moon. Pop the lid and it smells like a campfire that was put out with water, damp and musty. The aroma clears to a piercing spicy-ness once poured. The taste of this is like an imperial stout or foreign stout, can’t be a porter. The head is nearly the color of chocolate mousse. Terrible terrible unexpected bitterness like I was eating the cold coals of the campfire. The back of my throat is not happy and my uvula is expressing feelings of despair! Impy stout lovers will rate this high. The alky content is readily apparent. Please, somebody give me a Yuengling black & tan to warsh this down with! Terrible lasting impression on the finish. Will not buy again. JW Dundee’s porter and Saranac Caramel porter is a little better than this.

Bouteille de 12 oz achetée chez Oak Tree Discounts (South Plainfield, NJ). Arôme: Odeur de café torréfié et de chocolat. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un mince col beige mousseux et d’une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de chocolat et de petits fruits (?). Longue durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence de chocolat fruité en arrière goût. (Rating #1009)

Pours dark and opaque with a small, but sturdy, tan head that leaves some lacing. Aroma of dark fruits, chocolate, roasty malts, and smoke. Medium bodied. Taste is chocolate, roast, smoke, and grape soda sweetness. A nice porter and the best of Arcadia’s lineup.

Roasted malts, coffee, and chocolate aroma. Brownish-Black with thin brown head. Mild hops, expresso, coco, and sweet malt flavour. Smooth with mild bitter finish.

Bottle from the six pack store. Pours dark with a light tan head. Aroma of roast, smoke, and caramel malts. The flavor is sweet, roasted caramel, smoke, chocolate, and finishes with a nice bitter alcohol kick.

Thin wisp of foam on the head. Reduces quickly with minimal carbonation. Rich and roasty aroma with a good helping of smokey malts and terriaki sauce. Color is a dark brown with a bit of red along the edges. Flavor is quite smokey and quite good. Little bit of sweet malts to offset the smoke and roasted grains. Finishes lingering smoke and malts. Clean palate with minimal dryness. This is a damn good porter if you like smoked brews.

Attractive opaque dark brown (almost black) with a medium beige head. Aroma of medium-intensity roastiness. Full-bodied malty flavor with lots of caramel sweetness (a little too sweet for my liking), mocha, chocolate and a medium level of roastiness. The body is very full and round BUT I found the carbonation to be too prickly for the style.

Pours a dark black with a tan, khaki head. Requires rigorous agitation to achieve the head, then its gone in 20 seconds. Smells of chocolate, grapes, alcohol. Taste is sweet grape, melon, chocolate with tart lemon, chickory hops. Aftertaste is tart, bitter espresso and alcohol.