Yuengling Dark Brewed Porter

Brewed by Yuengling Brewery
Style: Porter
Pottsville, Pennsylvania USA

Yuengling Porter pours to a nice very dark reddish brown color, with only a little head that goes away quickly. Smells of roasted malts with coffee undertones. Coffee and caramel malts are the most distinct with some slight chocolatey notes. Mouthfeel is kind of heavy, and very fizzy. Slightly bitter finish but smooth. A bitter aftertaste with coffee and nutty flavors.

Bottle from a trade with StFun. Pours dark brown with tan head. Roasted malt aroma. Flavor is roasted malts and and some hints of coffee and chocolate with some bitterness. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Thanks Josh.

With so many black lagers and stouts categorized with porters, it’s good to drink the real deal - there is no confusing this with either. Earthy and very roasted with a pungent finish. There are better, by far, but it’s honest porter at a quite fair price. I’d say that it’s thin enough to be enjoyed at varying temperatures. Pour it cool and taste it change - no kidding.

bottle . . pours deep dark brown . . aroma is malty, roasted nuts and subtle hop . . taste is deep dark dried fruit, toasted malts . . not a bad porter

Sampled at the 8th Annual Music City Brewer’s Festival. Pours dark brown with a thick foamy tan head. Aroma is mild roast chocolate malt. Taste is mild roast, vanilla, chocolate, caramel and is pretty good. Decent body and finish.

Pours from the 12 fl. oz. bottle no. (smudge 051?)13310756. The pour is a dark brown to black with a quarter inch frothy beige head with decent retention. An aromatic brew with a good character of chocolate malts and butterscotch toffee. The mouthfeel is full bodied. The taste is a mild mix of cocoa, light hops, and caramel or butterscotch. It is an easy to drink Porter.

I grew up--well, once I could legally do so :)--drinking this porter. For the money, and on the US east coast Yuengling products are inexpensive, this is a wonderful porter. Chocolate and coffee notes--though not bold or distinct--nicely balanced sweetness. Some can identify ’corn’ in the flavor; I cannot. This beer should not be drunk ice cold, as it dampens what complexity is here. Some fault porters for being ’thin’ or ’weak’ in terms of mouthfeel, but the style in America, in my opinion, today is confused with that of stout, and the profile of some porters is pushed toward that of a stout. Porters were the beers of working men: inexpensive and satisfying.