Smuttynose Robust Porter

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

Cask@GBBF2007. Dark brown colour, small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts and very hoppy with some slight black coffee added. Flavour is roasted malts along with flowery hops and slight dark coffee. I was not that amazed by this one.

Pours black with a light brown head. Roasted malt aroma. Full bodied with hints of chocolate, vanilla, and coffee. Nicely balanced beer.

Cask-GBBF. Black with a small, but lasting white head. Fruity, hoppy and roast aroma. Dry, roast and bitter.
Bottled: Hops are more pronounced, from a citrus aroma to a very bitter aftertaste.

Bottle with expiration date of October 2007. Pours a rich black with a brown head. Not much foam or lacing but still a nice color. Light chocolate and hops are evident in the scent. Solid mouth feel. There was what I like to describe as a "belch-factor." Most craft brews don’t make me burp but this one did. I usually knock it the flavor rating down a tenth of a point when that happens. Both otherwise a solid, likeable brew.

12 oz bottle. deep dark almost black color with a nice brown head. hops and chocolate armoa. delicious tasting, chocolate and molasses, smooth and tasty. Realy enjoyed this!

Bottle purchased at D’s Six Pax. Pours black brown, khaki colored head. Aroma is pine, anise, chocolate, molasses, coffee. The aroma is almost like an imperial stout. Flavor is smoky, creamy bitter chocolate, meat, pine, anise. The aroma of this beer is strong but the flavor is quite smooth and mellow in comparison. In my opinion, this is a nice example of a decent porter.

Aug. 18, 2007; 12 oz. bottle. Full-bodied, full-flavored, with an unusually-healthy dose of hops. Not too sweet. Coffee & chocolate (dark) notes, as advertised. A delicious porter.

Cask gravity at GBBF 2007. Black with tan head. It’s hoppier than the average porter, good dark bitter choc, espresso coffee, a bit like the Laurelwood Tree Hugger Porter, but more juicy in the mouth, less wide. It’s good. A hoppy choccy porter.