Narrative 2: Smoked Porter
Austin Street Brewery in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Smoked Series Out of Production|
Score
6.97
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Canned 1/14/21, drunk 8/1/21.
Deep mahogany-to-ash-black pour has a tan head atop showing modest retention. Didn't check clarity, assuming it is clear.
Nose smells very prototypical American porter with not much of the smoke showing through in the nose. Hard to separate the smoke from the black malt/unroasted barley. But that's fine - it makes it more approachable to people that are scared off by smoked beers. Clean, with strong mineral character, coffee-like roastiness and light vanilla.
Soft, malty, dry and engagingly carbonated in the mouth with proper attenuation, plentiful coffee, vanilla, earth and mineral as seen in the nose. Lightly sticky caramel and pine-accented hops on the finish. Nicely balanced with a deep, deep, dry woodsmoke character on the aftertaste. Nice, loving smoked beers, I'd prefer more smoke character than the very light showing here, but it's perfectly fine as light background character. More importantly, the beer is clean and dry.