Smuttynose Robust Porter

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

has a very nice roast/ coffee/chocolate aroma to it, tastes very roasted almost like burnt coffee beans to me, with an element of dark chocolate. decent body, pretty good beer.

Very well made. Nice smoky malt aroma and flavor. Dark brown almost black pour with a small tan head. End is crisp with some hops. Good stuff.

Black in color......opaque. Creamy head......bold roasted malt aroma. Heavy malt flavor up front......mouthfeel has a hint of crispness. Back filled with a blend of chocolate, coffee and toffee notes.

Bottle. Pours with a deep ruby almost black color and a medium head with good lacing. The aroams are mainly of coffee and molasses wiith a bit of chocolate. Flavorwise it is on the bitter side where coffee and dark roasted malts dominate. The finish is lingering and quite bitter.

Bottle into English pint glass. Pours a medium bodied deep, opaque brown. The head was actually a duo-color tan and chocolate, and it dissipated down to a thin layer that carried through the entire drink. Aroma is even caramel, chocolate, rich roast coffee. Frankly, I’m not a big fan of coffee notes in porters, but this one is balanced as nicely as any I’ve tried with that characteristic. The flavor is an initial dark choco, almost sweet, with the coffee bringing up the rear, hangin out on the mouth. The palate is mid-level heavy, which isn’t surprising. There’s also a smokey hazelnut coffee sort of oliy clinging that isn’t quite as pleasant. In the end, this is a very drinkable porter. Nothing extreme, nothing paint-by-numbers blah. Nicely done.

Pours dark brown, with brownish head that goes away on third sip. Aroma is rife with dark chocolate, espresso, tannin. Taste is very smooth. Some sweetness to counter bold chocolate bitters and sturdy hop presence. A bit thin in the body for my taste, and alcohol is a bit caustic. However, this is a fine brew, and probably the best of Smutty’s non-seasonal stuff.

Thanks to JCB for this one! Black pour, tan head and some spotty lacing. Roast aroma. thick and dry. Lots of roast and some coffee on the finish. Slightly metallic and a little sticky

Roasted malts and coffee on the nose. More of the same in flavor with a very dry bitterness, with coffee and dark chocolate in the finish. Good brew but a little too dry for me.