Gorges Smoked Porter

On tap at the Bocktown, nice place. Typical attractive porter bouquet. A very dark root beer colored beer. Fairly roasty with out too much bitterness. A nice example of a dark beer. Some of the 6.3% alky shows thru but overall it is well hidden. Bitterness builds thru the session. Some mild carbonation. In summary, not too bad. Smokiness is present but not overwhelming as with many smoked beers. Good example of an unoffensive decent dark beer.

A clear dark brown porter with a thin moka head. Aroma is sweet caramel and chocolate, not very smokey but pleasant. In mouth, a good sweet chocolate, torrefied coffee, and definite smokey notes, not overwhelming, but interesting, light smokey bacon. Sustained burned toast bitterness. A good smoked porter.

Brown bottle, 355 ml, savoured on May 26 2007; eye: ruby, clear, no effervescence, beige head; nose: smoke, roasting, "fresh"; mouth: first contact gives a watery feel, caramelized malt, smoke, roasting, a bit of bitterness, finale in smoke with the acrid side of the roasting, lightly lactic, oily texture, medium body, a bit thin, not much carbonation, lightly astringent; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 355 ml, savourée le 26 mai 2007; œil : rubis, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse beige; nez : fumée, torréfaction, « frais »; bouche : la première impression est « aqueuse », malt caramélisé, fumée, torréfaction, un peu d’amertume, finale en fumée avec le petit côté âcre de la torréfaction, légèrement lactique, texture huileuse, corps moyen, un peu mince, peu carbonatée, légère astringence; en résumé : correct

12 oz bottle at the Downtown Bar and Grill. Poured very dark brown with some lacing. Aroma is very present - lots of smoke but some weird (cannot pinpoint) aroma behind that. Taste is all meaty smoke. I usually find smoked porters not smoked enough but this one is definitly a SMOKED porter. Finally something good out of Ithaca, as my friend said.