Southern Tier Brewing Company Porter

Porter

 

Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter Regular
Score
6.86
ABV: 5.8% IBU: - Ticks: 134
Hearty malts meld with a subtle balance of hops to create a dark and nurturing ale of comfort and complexity. Hints of bittersweet chocolate and espresso fill the tongue, finishing with just a touch of smoke. Not too sweet or filling, this versatile dark ale dissuades the notion that a darker beer is a stronger beer. Five varieties of roasted malts are the source of Porter’s dark color and rich taste, while two varieties of hops bring a mellow bite to this deep toasty ale.

Porter is our darkest beer, but not necessarily our strongest. It is widely held that the darker the beer, the stronger the beer, but this is summarily false. The contribution of color comes directly from the color of malt that we use. Some malt is roasted to achieve dark color and coffee-like flavor which in turn get transferred to the beer. Our Porter is richly complex with overtones of chocolate and espresso beans followed by a subtle flavor of hops. It’s a nourishing beer without being too sweet or filling
 

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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bonus courtesy of markwise. The 12oz bottle pours a nice looking mahogany with quarter inch light mocha head. The aroma offers up dark roasted malts, earthiness, black licorice, a touch of chocolate and then more dark malty earthiness. The taste delivers a mix of chocolate, earthy malts and dark roasted malts all blended together right from the start. The roastiness grows and becomes a little burnt and a little coffee like to midway and into the finish. Nice robust porter with a great mix of flavors pulling this thing together.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2012 at 22:27

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
35,5 cl bottle @ home, bottled 09.02.2012
Aroma is sweet in a very american way; with fruits, hay, some roastiness and cocoa. Flavour is somewhat hoppy with cocoa, some coffee and hints of hay. A bit thin and watery for a 5,8% porter. Not bad still.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2012 at 06:34

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
355ml bottle from Bierkompass. Black, thin brown head. Coffee at first, heavy roasted aroma, flavor was roasted malt, chocolate, milk coffee, long bitter, dry finish with coffee. Thin, ok porter.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2012 at 14:01

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Bierkompass.de cons 2012-07-17 Göteborg AR: kleen chocolate aroma, wee coffee, roasted malt, perhaps some vinos when poured AP: dark mahogny, wee frothy deminishing brown head F: thin feeling, rich in chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, Coke, some dryness more of sweetnees, rich wed bubbly carbonation, wee or not present bitterness
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2012 at 11:27

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
1st September 2009
Hazy dark brown beer. Frothy tan head. Light airy palate. Soft dark malt with a little chocolate and a whisper of roast. Some minerals and a splash of hop bitterness at the end. Okay but could use a little more solidity - it’s quite an airy Porter.
Tried on 06 May 2012 at 09:16

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Strong nutty taste and smell that finishes bitter. Almost reddish dark, maroon in the light. There isn’t much head. Bottle at The Rhino
Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2012 at 01:30

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Keg at the White Horse Old Ale Fest 2011, Parsons Green, London. A black coloured pour with a very small beige head on top. Roasty, chocolate aroma. Tastes roasty, chocolate, hints of coffee, malty, hoppy. Easy drinking and not too heavy. Good stuff.
Tried on 28 Nov 2011 at 02:34

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
355ml bottle. Poured a black beer with tan head, quickly diminishes but maintains a thin layer; average duration. Fair lacing. Aroma is to toasted malts, butter and dark coffee. Flavour is toasted, sweet at the beginning with an aftertaste moderate bittery in the final. Notes of wood and Porto wine are present. Carbonation is flat to soft. Texture is oily. Body is full.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2011 at 14:39

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Tried on 26 Sep 2011 at 01:54

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft @ Black Lion Inn, Norrköping. Pours a black color with a small tam head. Roasted malty chocolate aroma with hints of coffee. Sweetish roasted malty milky chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
Tried from Draft on 17 Sep 2011 at 15:27