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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explosivedog (14050) reviewed 06th Anniversary Porter from Stone Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
650ml bottle. Pours black. Smoke, smoked meat, plum, wood, cherry, chocolate. Medium body. Decent.
lore (7878) reviewed 06th Anniversary Porter from Stone Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
tasted two weeks ago (finally, I've found my notes!); thank you very much for sharing, kapusil! dark brown colour, medium sized beige head; aroma and taste of cocoa, some vanilla, woody notes, dried fruits, coffee and caramel; great one!
kapusil (2791) reviewed 06th Anniversary Porter from Stone Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
0.65l bottle. Pitch black body with a light brown head. Aroma and taste of vanilla, coffee, cocoa, smoke and floral hops. Very nice.
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nephirem (2599) reviewed 06th Anniversary Porter from Stone Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle, 0.65l. Black pour, one finger creamy beige head. Good retention, thick lacing on the glass. Roasted malt and berries on the nose, slight fruity tart in the background. Medium to full body, medium carbonation. Thick and creamy texture. Roasty bittersweet taste with notable alcohol presence. Aroma of roasted malt, coal, dark fruits and berries. Some woody notes, herbal liquor, mild caramel and vanilla. Coffee. Drying mouthfeel, slightly sticky. Long finish, bitter, dry and boozy. Overall, pretty good and enjoyable porter. Nicely done.
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ogivlado (19466) reviewed 06th Anniversary Porter from Stone Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled 650ml. -shared with Marko and hrabren. Almost black coloured, medium to big sized brown head, some malt and alcohol in the nose. Sweetish roasted malt, light chocolate and smoke with notes of alcohol and rather dry finish. Stone can better.
Marko (22181) reviewed 06th Anniversary Porter from Stone Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Chestnut brown body, off white head, medium retention. Full, heavy malty aroma, mild coffee, mild cherry, alcohol. Dry smokey taste, so dry, with noticeable oaky aroma, ending dry, mild bitterish touches. Nicely smooth but ends too dry. Not bad buuuut... I'm not that impressed.
potjebier (6609) reviewed 06th Anniversary Porter from Stone Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draught @ Beer Temple. Very dark brown color, but not quite opaque. Stiff and frothy light beige head. Aroma's: sweetish, roasted, dark fruit. Retronasal: sweetish, bitterish, roasted. Flavor is moderate bitter, roasted, drop, no sweetness. Medium bodied. Finishes roasty with a firm bitterness/