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Sierra Nevada Porter

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
13893.6/5.03.6/5.05.6%93.3English pint, Stem glass
Commercial Description:
A delicious, dark-colored, medium-bodied ale made with roasted malted barley. It has a creamy head and a very rich, yet smooth, malty flavor.
Bittering Hops: Nugget
Beginning Gravity: 14.5 Plato
Finishing Hops: Willamette
Ending Gravity: 3.5 Plato
Malts: Two-row Barley Malt, Caramel Malt, Chocolate Malt, Black Malt, Dextrin Malt
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 NoiZe (1323), Mooi Zeist, Netherlands
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20

Oct 9, 2009  
Dark brown colored brew. Malty aroma. Flavor is malty, chocolate, roasted malts, some fuits. Overall a nice session porter.

 brewski519 (412), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 5, 2009  
From a 12 oz bottle this Porter pours a clear, dark brown, near black body with an tan head. Aroma has a roasty nose smelling of coffee and notes of unsweetened chocolate earthy hops and malt. Taste is mostly roasty and bitter, caramel malts, chocolate malts, and nuts. Very little sweetness which rapidly fades, leaving the roast, earthy bitterness with a dry, roasty finish. Medium-bodied mouthfeel and carbonation. Just a bit on the thin and basic side for a great porter in my opinion - so I would have to rank this one as average.


 garthicus (1289), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/514/20
Dec 4, 2009  
Appearance: Raspberry, small white head. Aroma: Peat, hay, damp malt, smoke, burned rubber? Flavour: Burnt malt, plastic, long hay finish. Hmm


 drjay44 (788), Salida, Colorado, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/105/513/20
Dec 3, 2009  
12 oz. bottle. Pours a medium dark beige head, with attractive and extensive lacing, over a clear light brown (SRM 25) body.....nose is light coffee, bit of chocolate, light grass......taste is sweet malt (toffee, caramel), then light bitterness.....mouth feel is medium, carbonation makes a creamy sensation. This has a slightly light malt backbone, but is a pleasant and reasonably balanced beer.


 Frovigalning (449), , Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Dec 3, 2009  
It poured a pitch black liquid with a smalllight brown foam. Smell and taste of chocolate and coffee. Light body and low bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel.


 cgreb (180), Marburg, Germany
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Nov 30, 2009  
bottle - dark brown beer with a beige head. Aroma has some chocolate. Faint hops aroma detectable. Flavour is sweet and malty with hints of chocolate and roasted malt.


ksbeerkid (15), Emporia, Kansas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/515/20
Nov 30, 2009  
I really enjoyed this porter, poured dark brown with medium tan head. Rosted malt aroma that was pretty strong. Taste was the same, very full bodied and smooth.


Stellaaaa (67), Tennessee, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20
Nov 28, 2009  
Pours a dark black with a thin brown head. It has a roasted, malty aroma. It tastes of coffee, dark malt with a hint of hops. It has a rich mouthfeel and is a very good beer.


 jstraw (766), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Nov 23, 2009  
Dark mahogany with good, creamy tan head / Nose of roast barley and chocolate / Medium body, chewy, some acidity, with good balance and dry finish / Flavors of roast malt, bittersweet chocolate, and coffee / Solid example.



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