Stone 6th Anniversary Porter

Formerly brewed at Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Escondido, California USA

Black with brown head. Smokey aroma containing coffe, milk, and caramel. This stuff is fairly rich, very hopped with a large smoked chocolate character. Harsh on the palate, but nicely balanced with the sweet smokey chocolate and coffee flavor.

Pours very black with large initial frothy beige/brown head. Aroma is toast and malt. Initialy sweet and malty, then smoke, then a dry somewhat hoppy yet creamy finish. Leaves a definite smoke and hop bite aftertaste that lasts for a long time. Not really getting the vanilla they describe, but I'm trying. Not sure how to compare to the regular Stone Porter, so I will sample again. Have to admit that at this time, I am style challenged..... Very good beer with wonderful flavors.

A great porter. However, it might have gotten even higher marks from me if I weren't tasting it in 88 degree weather on a blacktop (at the Stone 6th Anniversary Open House). This gem is dark but not quite opaque (the sun shining through it cast a crimson light on the sweaty surface of my forearm). Sweet nose of caramel, malt, and even some red fruit and hops. Rich, chocolate mouth, with butterscotch and coconut notes in the lingering aftertaste. Hops are quite subtle for a Stone Brew.

The 22 oz. bottle poured with a noble two inch pillowy head. The color was black with a deep red garnet color when held up to the light. Great head retention. The aroma was complex with malt, berry, chocolate, black licorice, and a slight alcohol presence. The taste was smoky and malty sweet with a bitter peppery finish. The smoky flavors were unlike anything Ive tasted in a beer before. Something in the flavor reminded me of a great tequilla I once sampled. And the halcyon warmth that followed was similar too. The mouthfeel silky andy viscous, not a bit dry and excellent carbonation. Another fine experience from Stone Brewing Co. This brew is one I would like to have around all the time.

Smells good, roasted malts, an earthy smell. Motor oil thick and dark but with a red to the dark brown. Big fine bubbled head. Taste’s a little sweet, roasted grain, coffee, molasses, and raisins combined with citrus,flowers and this beer is just a bit sour. This is a thick mouth feeling beer and a great one

Pours real dark colour. Big light creamy tan head. Fruity roasted nose. Creamy texture, subtle smoke, caramel, roasted coffee, dark chocolate. Medium to full bodied brew. Hops are overpowering but mesh well with the lingering smokiness all the way through. Light vanilla like they say. Im impressed. Very drinkable, lots of texture and flavor. A very nice brew, I wish I had some more!

wonderful beer, great flavor, very chocolate filled, very thick and rich, very easily drinkable, by no means should be chugged!

I decided to share this with my girlfriend, but I know she is worthy because La Folie is one of her favorites. Tan, creamy head. Light fights a losing battle to get through this brew. Very dark brown/almost black. Very chocolatey aroma, as it warms, alcohol and cherries seem to come out, too. First, a good chocolate flavor, that fades slowly to coffee, and that fades quickly to tasting like I smell after I pass out next to the bonfire on the beach during the summer, nice and smokey. Alcohol well masked. Very easy to drink. Get some if you can.