Porter
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
7.09
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Porters were invented as a fortifying drink for the rough-and-tumble working class of London’s bustling markets. It was brewed for good folks with calluses on their hands, doing work that needed to be done. We salute those working-class heroes with our classic Porter, brewed in the hop-forward American style and featuring a depth of malt flavor and complexity with roasted notes of black coffee and cocoa.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
35 cl bottle. Dark brown color, mahogany see-thru, clear. Bug tan head, rocky, bubbly. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, peat/earth, old wood, minerals. Taste is mild bitter, light to medium body, dry finish. Nice porter, enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2017
at 11:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the GBBF 2017. Day 2. 09/08/2017. A clear brown copper coloured pour with a loose beige head. Aroma is woody pine, Choco, earthy,. Light jammy fruits. Palate is semi sweet, grainy, woody, moderate condition. Lingering jammy fruit and chocolate. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2017
at 15:43
8/10
Tried
on 09 Aug 2017
at 13:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Cloudy deep brown. Beige head. Aroma & taste: caramel, treacle, dried fruit. Light to medium body. Light sweet. Strange for an American Porter. Something must be wrong with the bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2017
at 15:21
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2017
at 21:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0,33 litre Bottle from Systembolaget Charlottenberg, at home. Dark brown, little head. Quite Good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2017
at 14:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 33 cl, bb 03.2017. Deep rad, clear with a minimal off white head. Ligth roasted malt aroma, caramel and some dark fruit sense. Medium bitter taste with a medium malt end. Expected more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2017
at 14:33
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from 0.355 l bottle. Clear, very dark red to brown with a frothy, beige head. Sweetish, quite roasty-malty aroma of dark chocolate, coffee, licorice and hints of hazelnut. Moderately sweet, quite roasty-malty taste of dark chocolate, coffee, licorice and hazelnut, followed by a medium long, quite roasty-bitter, very dry finish. Almost medium-bodied, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Tasty!
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2017
at 04:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
A rounded, modest porter, leaning more English than robust, kicking up notes of roasted chocolate and a mild bready undertone without ever growing sweet or heavy. Pours an acceptable brown, yet the head never really comes through, and the nose is mostly cocoa. Taste doesn’t grow much beyond the initial chocolate, maybe developing a hint of mocha bitterness as it opens up, slight cherry and coffee on the back end. Finishes semisweet with a welcome hop presence. A classic porter, one that hooked me on the style, but a bit dated and slight now.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2017
at 23:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
This review was imported from my RateBeer ratings.
12 oz. bottle. Pours a very dark brown with a dirty-tan head that is frothy and fades slowly. Smells of chocolate and coffee are very prominent, but there are undertones of caramel too. The initial taste is a slightly bitter with a bit of a metallic tinge. Which is a bit unsettling, because the aromas tend to indicate you’re about to drink something sweet. It is medium-bodied with average carbonation, and a slightly bitter finish.
Overall, a beer that I like and will probably buy again.
12 oz. bottle. Pours a very dark brown with a dirty-tan head that is frothy and fades slowly. Smells of chocolate and coffee are very prominent, but there are undertones of caramel too. The initial taste is a slightly bitter with a bit of a metallic tinge. Which is a bit unsettling, because the aromas tend to indicate you’re about to drink something sweet. It is medium-bodied with average carbonation, and a slightly bitter finish.
Overall, a beer that I like and will probably buy again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2017
at 16:12