Uniontown Porter
Mad River Brewing in Blue Lake, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Smoked Regular|
Score
7.10
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This traditionally styled Porter has complex malt characteristics balanced with a mild hop profile. Scottish smoked and peated malts lend added complexity and a mild smokey flavor.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Clear dark brown body with a small creamy light brown head. Sweet molassas and caramel aroma with some chocolate hints. Sweet creamy caramel and molassas flavor with some light chocolate, roasted malt and a touch of coffee.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2007
at 20:47
4.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
This bottle looks like it is from the west, 12 oz brown with twist off cap. In a man like manner, twist off the cap and get a whiff of dark roasted malt. The color is opaque brown and when you taste it, the flavor of bittersweet chocolate sticks it’s happy head out.Not quite as imperial as other porters I’ve had but it definately packs a bitter burnt back of throat punch. Perhaps a little rude for my girlie taste buds. Alcohol seems like it is around 6%. Roasted and dark, appreciate the beauty. More personality than I would like. Bitter unsweetened chocolate or cold black coffee back of throat linger. Yuengy’s Black & Tan is refreshing if you use this scotch porter as a standard.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2007
at 17:26
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours dark brown with chocolate malt colored head that lasted all of one minute. The aroma comes out as sweet molasses, roasted malts, burnt malts and a hint of cedar planks. The flavors all seem to assault my senses at once with sweet molasses, burnt malts and chocolate malts. As the taste hits the midway point I notice the sweeter molasses note drops away leaving burnt and chocolate malts. A moment later I also get a hint of coffee. The finish is mild, roasty and somewhat sweet.
Tried
on 30 Apr 2007
at 16:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Rich, dark brown color with a small tan head. Aroma is coffee and roasted malt, taste is true to the porter style with roastiness, coffee, cocoa, and a caramel like sweetness. Nice full body and easy finish with a lingering roasted malt touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2006
at 18:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle pours a black witha thin light tan head. Traces of light lacing. Dark roastd malts with some coffee and chocolate. Flavor is slightly bitter dark roasted charcoal notes, some coffe afain and a fairly thin feel. Lingering dark chocolate trailer. Pretty good. Lacking that ascidic sour porter twang that turns me off a bit on thie style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2006
at 00:03
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
[First rating in Denmark is the one that counts] A black beer with a nice brown disappearing head. The aroma is of roasted malt and chocolate. The flavor is sweet roasted with notes of malt and chocolate.
[Second rating in DC] A red-brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet slightly hopped and slightly roasted. The flavor is sweet with a light touch of roasted malt, leading to a dry bitter end. What is a Scotch Porter? [6/4/6/3/13]
This is by far the biggest deviance I’ve ever had in a rerate - I wonder what made the difference, the second rating wasn’t a bad bottle, but ofcourse it might have been old?
[Second rating in DC] A red-brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet slightly hopped and slightly roasted. The flavor is sweet with a light touch of roasted malt, leading to a dry bitter end. What is a Scotch Porter? [6/4/6/3/13]
This is by far the biggest deviance I’ve ever had in a rerate - I wonder what made the difference, the second rating wasn’t a bad bottle, but ofcourse it might have been old?
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2005
at 14:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Deep red-brown hazy body, thin light cream head. Rich aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, molasses and a touch of wood and licorice. Rich body with plenty of chalky roast and chocolate, hints of licorice and coffee cream, and a rather subtle peaty smoky finish. Definitely a unique taste, this beer is rich like a stout but imbued with the unique non-overpowering, non-dominant smoked flavors. Thanks Dan (jah noth) for this gem!
Tried
on 03 Feb 2005
at 21:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
An interesting combination of scotch ale and porter - it has all the best of both styles - the smokey, roasty notes of the peat smoked malt compliment the hearty, chocolate and caramel, porter flavors - nice, mellow carbonation and a medium body make it smooth to drink, but heavy enough to want to take your time with - very nice.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2004
at 20:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Deep ruby highlights shine from this brown beer. Nice lacy mocha colored head. Aroma is peated malt, hops, and toasted marshmallows. Flavor is smooth, rich & smoky. Smoky sweetness with a bitter finish. More smoke. Likeably different.
Tried
on 27 May 2004
at 19:11