Labatt Porter

Brewed by Labatt Breweries (InBev)
Style: Porter
London, Canada

Rich and sort of sweet in flavor. Aroma is sort of a chocolaty scent. Drinks more like a black lager than a porter. Finishes cleanly.

’’LABATS PORTER S6L4F3T6013 My twist off bottle label says John Labatt Signature Porter. Nice malty or carob aroma. Impressive pour for a cheap mysterious beer. Very dark with an initially creamy head which goes almost rocky after the pour! Some hints of alky but overall the taste is well behaved and friendly. Roasty porter with a slight labats background. Good carbonation for a porter. Not bad, perhaps there is some choco in the flavor too. A tad thin for a porter, just barely. Is not offensive, yet retains a nice dark beer attribute. Finish reminds me of many dark American lagers, well behaved, courteous and gentlemanlike with southern manners. ’’

Le gout de l’usine mélangé légèrement avec un peu de rootbeer. Le résultat est très agréable et surprends par sa légèreté. De couleur noir mais pas opaque, coule comme de l’eau. Se boit comme un bon verre de liqueur...Tres peu de gout, un petit peu sucré (less than rootbeer). Je n’en prendrais pas un 6 pack mais fut quand même agréablement surpris par le coté commercial de cette biere. Une biere du peuple et non une biere pour connaisseurs. Peut tres bien remplacer un bon coke avec une poutine...

Sweet coffee aroma and a hint of chocolate, deep brown, crimson at the edges, pours a tiny tan head. Sweet chocolate malt taste, a good bitter aftertaste. Bitter and sweet? Pretty good. Thanks to joey_capps for sharing this one year old!

2003 Vintage. Dark brown w/ swirling, frothy finger of beige foam. Sweet malty, milk chocolate nose w/ some fruity (cherry) notes. Creamy feel. Rich, rounded flavour of milk chocolate, licorice, & cherry liqueur. A decent beer from Labatt’s--who’da thunk it.

Pours a three finger light brown head that fades quickly to a thin layer leaving some lace. Dark brown color. Light-medium carbonation and light bodied. Sweet malty nose. Flavor is sweet caramel, hops in background. $1.40 for a 330ml bottle from Beverage Warehouse Winooski, VT.

Bottle: Aroma of mostly very sweet chcolate. Pours a dark brown with orange hilights when held to the light. Insignificant white head. Very sweet and malty. Sweet chocolate all the way thru with some extra sweetness in the finish. So sweet that I’m not ever sure it’s sweet chocolate.

Poured a pitch-black color ale with very little head or carbonation. Aroma is quite sweet with some trace of chocolate also noticeable. Taste is quite enjoyable at first with sweet chocolate being easily detectable. The only problem here is that there is nothing else thereafter: no bitterness or roastiness. Also, after a couple of sip, the sweetness becomes overwhelming, a bit too much of artificial flavour I believe. Anyway, better then most products Labatt brews.