06th Anniversary Porter
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Smoked Special Out of Production|
Score
7.46
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Considering that we were barreling down on a beeline path in what might have seemed to be a ruinous (get it?) direction with previous Anniversaries' IPA offerings to the hop god–hops are not a real religion, but perhaps they should be? Already a large and ravenous throng is ready and willing to offer their palates up on the sacrificial alter unto the not-yet deity–it might seem that we are grabbing the bottom of the steering wheel thrusting our full body weight and then some downwards to increase the force to the brakes while downshifting and spinning the wheel in an attempt at a vulpine Starsky & Hutch-esque move (how's that for a dated-not-pertaining-to-anything '70s reference there, Huggy Bear?) to reverse direction in a din of screeching tires and acrid rubber smoke (along with the obligatory camera shot of the lone-rolling hubcap) thus treating our brewery as if it were some sort of asphalt-faring drogher, to which I say a hearty "Nay!" to all that lurpy (which isn't even a real word, but it sounds cool and seems to somehow be apropos in this context) puerile nonsense for this is not what it seems by any stretch of the imagination as it is instead simply a very sharp turn within the context of that which is the Stone Anniversary Ale allowing us each to glow in our own individually pulchritudinous way as we pay homage with this sui generis "goosed up a notch or three" version of our much loved and equally misunderstood Stone Smoked Porter, which we think is truly the bee's knees in brewer's trousers.
Capice? Good. And don't worry about them succubuses (succubusi?)...our gargoyle is watching.
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oh6gdx (51139) reviewed 06th Anniversary Porter from Stone Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled. Brown colour, mediumsized beigeish brown colour with a smalll off-white head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is toasted malts, some herbs, chocolate and mild zesty notes. Flavour is ashy, roasted malts, some herbs, mild liquorice, some chocolate and in general quite big roasted ashiness.
Charlotte (10579) reviewed 06th Anniversary Porter from Stone Brewing 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle.Dark brown colour with medium beige head.Aroma of roasted malt coffee and chocolate nice creamy and toasted mouth feels and good oily texture.
Svesse (15730) reviewed 06th Anniversary Porter from Stone Brewing 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(Bottle) Black colour with hints of ruby when seen through light. Frothy beige head. Malty, roasted, hoppy nose with coffee, dark chocolate, black rye bread, caramel, prunes, nuts, pine needles and hints of smoke and wood. Malty, roasted taste with notes of coffee, cacao, black rye bread, wood, caramel, prunes, pine needles, a touch of smoke, some black pepper and a generous piney bitterness in the finish. Almost full body, with a certain sweetness. Quite complex, there's roasty malt, coffee, cacao, smoke and piney hops. Tasty and quite well balanced. Very nice.
CraftBeerNick (11005) reviewed 06th Anniversary Porter from Stone Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Bottle picked up in San Diego a few years ago, this was bottled in 2016, consumed, 19th November 2020. Pours a dark brown beer, aroma is liquorice, dark malts, peat and smoke. Taste is smoke, peat, iodine, dark malts, bitter and meaty. Pretty good
Hrabren (9642) reviewed 06th Anniversary Porter from Stone Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Older check-in, shared with Marko and Ogi, thanks! Murky dark brown, lasting off-white to tan head. Spicy aroma, light chocolate, dark bread, fruit, slightly tart dried dark fruit, light smoky touch, some herbal and grassy hops. Quite rich, dark malts, spice, hoppy finish, light bitterness, good balance. Creamy texture, soft, medium body, soft carbonation, moderately lasting finish. Not spectacular, but nicely soft and creamy with a hoppy touch among the rest.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Creamy lightbrown excellent fully lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate. Fantastic.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Dark amber with off white head - Malt aroma with some smoke - Malt body with some notes of smoke and chocolate - Malt goes into the finish with some smoke - This was good
Oxidised
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
23-02-19 // on tap at Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens Berlin. Pitch black with a brown head. Choco malt nose. Light smoke. Body is creamy, chocolate malt dominant, coffee, some light smoke touches. Good stuff.