Pocono Caramel Porter
The Lion Brewery in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
7.16
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jtclockwork (20063) reviewed Pocono Caramel Porter from The Lion Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
I had high hopes for this one, but it let me down a bit. Black pour. Very slim hint of caramel on nose and palate. Pretty much your standard porter. Rated 3/22/03
jgb9348 (11997) reviewed Pocono Caramel Porter from The Lion Brewery 22 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Completely opaque black colour with a crazy brown and somewhat ORANGE head! The head dies down quickly, but a small amount remains for quite a while. The smell is just as insane. Most likely the most potent caramel smell i've ever had aside from smelling an authentic fleur de caramel (the real french caramel made with fleur de sel). The caramel smell arising from this beer definately smells artificial, but it is very intoxicating. A medium to light bodied beer with sufficient caramel flavouring throughout, but the aftertaste is a bit souring and watery. All in all, not a bad beer, but the smell and look made this beer appear to be a real winner. Too bad the taste and aftertaste didn't show through as much as the former. This is my second beer from the brewery, and after their first let-down, I will try some more of their beer cautiously.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Definitely full-bodied, sweet, thick and strong -so I can understand the comparison to a stout. This is a wonderful beer that demands to be drunk at about 55-60 degF- it has a complex malt palate that doesn't become apparent until it warms up.