Stone Smoked Porter

Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Escondido, California USA

22 oz bottle. Clear dark brown with some frothy tan haze. Nose is earthy grape and brown sugar with a faint sweet smokiness. Medium light with crisp carb; gets fuller with the finish. Taste is cocoa, coffee, greens and smoke. Solid but not very smoky.

22 oz. bomber served in an english pint. awesome beer. nose of ruby port and licorice. taste is heavy chocolate malt. not as smoky as i thought it would be. long, bitter finish. tasty and smooth, went down easy. highly recommended.

Pours a ruby brown color with a thin off-white head. Aroma is hoppy, fruity, caramel malts, chocolate, and smoked oak. Taste is not as rich as I would have expected. Chocolate, caramel, and roasted malts, with a hoppy and bitter finish. Good, but a bit thin and hoppy for such a style.

Long lasting brown head tops an dark brown (almost black) opaque beer. The first smells are of hops and malt. The hops are a little more than I would expect for this style, but exactly what I have come to expect from Stone. The overwhelming taste here is of malt and a hint of chocolate. The smoke joins in about half way through and is just right not over powering in the least. Very smooth on the tongue, oily and full bodied. I tried this one with a danish blue cheese which is an excellent contrast. The porter wipes the pallet clean after each taste and makes the sharpness of the cheese even more pronounced. Great representation of the style.

Pours out a dark brown color with a light tan head, leaving pretty good retention and some lacing. Aroma is roasted with a little bit of chocolate, some caramel too. Some caramel in the taste, I definately get roastiness but the smokiness is very subdued. Medium bodied with fairly high carbonation. Pretty easy to drink beer, I’d probably have it again, but wouldn’t seek it out.

I have to say that I think this beer is one of the easiest-to-drink beers I’ve ever had. Mild but noticable tones of smoke, chocolate, and vanilla with a fine creamy texture. A lovely smooth texture. The more I have this beer the more I love it!

I was worried about this one... with stone’s flair for the overdramatic in their hops, I was afraid that they would go overboard with the smoke in this one. Not true at all. I really don’t get much smoke in this one at all. It is a great porter though. Pours opaque brown with a thin head. Aroma is a bit smoky, with lots of chocolate malts in it. Flavor is of a rich porter. There is a bit more hops in this one (as expected from stone) which is a welcome addition. Stone really doesn’t seem to do bad beer. As you drink this one, you get more of a woody smoke towards the middle to end of your drink.

Pours dark, opaque brown with a tan head. This beer has a rich, roasted Malt aroma and taste. The flavor also has a nice smokey quality and a light hop finish. I enjoyed this on draught and it was creamy and smooth. A Very Nice Beer!