UJP Porter
J. Wakefield Brewing in Miami, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Smoked Regular|
Score
7.13
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UJP is an English style Smoked Porter brewed with both roasted and smoked malts for a robust and full-flavored drinking experience.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Is this my first beer from J Wakefield? I'd have to check but I think it is. Poured from the can, looking low carb, took some vigor to produce a head but it did in fact make a modest layer of very fine beige bubbles. Nose is big on smoke and roasted malt with chocolate and molasses. The low carbonation feels velvety in the mouth, where the molasses sugars combine with a light acrid smoky bite. Fairly modest body makes this quite drinkable, happy about that. Semi-sweet to balanced, there aren't much hop flavors but there is a firm bitterness balancing out the finish. I would like this on cask. I might hope for more smoke but really its fine as is.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2023
at 20:27
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Both aromas and flavors are toast, dark malt and molasses. Mildly sweet up front with some bitter in the finish.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2021
at 03:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pint can from Festival Northland, 12/27/20. Near black, medium dense creamy head, good retention. Looks kinda like a nitro beer poured 5 minutes ago. Aroma of mild smoke, carob, coffee. Kinda muted. I'll let it warm a bit. Maybe a little nuttiness as it warms but still pretty much the same. Taste is coffee, roast, chocolate, nuts. Hints of smoke. To call this a smoked porter is an isult, and is asinine. It's a good beer but would have been better without the smoke references. This is a joke of a smoked beer.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2020
at 04:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
$4.10 pint can, WW. Dark brown to black with a dusting of a head. Smoked malt, coffee grounds, roasted malt nose. Dry smoked peat, roasted malt, coffee bean.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Dec 2020
at 19:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Smoke, charred oak aroma. Cola brown, thin tan head, good lace. Smoke, charred pork, lightly sweet. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2017
at 17:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Keg tap at Fools Good, Lower East Side. Dark brown with a suggestion of purple. Not a lot of visible carbonation. Aroma of salted plum, woodsmoke and charcoal. The intense sweet/umami taste of the smoked malt is offset by a well-judged amount of earthy, bitter hop. More gorgeous plummy salty smokiness combined with a grounding bitterness in the long finish. An incredible porter, good enough to stand with the best of them.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Dec 2016
at 13:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Appearance: Very dark brown, basically black. Slight tan head.
Aroma: Dark malt, roasted, coffee. Burnt.
Taste: More dark malt. coffee, chocolate notes. Roasted. Nice!
Bought: World of Beer (Reston), ? ml draft, $9.00
Info: 10/11-2016
Aroma: Dark malt, roasted, coffee. Burnt.
Taste: More dark malt. coffee, chocolate notes. Roasted. Nice!
Bought: World of Beer (Reston), ? ml draft, $9.00
Info: 10/11-2016
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Nov 2016
at 03:53
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled at Dominion Wine pours a muddy brown with some fluffy, off white head. Nose is interesting, heavy malt and caramel, but quite earthy too, soil, mild smoke, a little meaty. Flavor has cola and malt and caramel, a little sausage, wet soil, wet tree bark. Finishes dry. Just not my thing.
Tried
on 17 Nov 2016
at 21:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft sample at Dominion Wine & Beer. Black with light tan head. Aromas of roast, dark chocolate, malt. Tastes of dark chocolate, roasty notes, licorice. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Nov 2016
at 16:37
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Tastes like burnt meat with only a light hint of caramel. Black pour with ok head and lacing. Very bitter finish. Tap at Rustico.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2016
at 17:53