London Style Porter
Arcadia Brewing Co. in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Smoked Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.29
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Travel to a time of brewer's lore, when smoke was spelled "smoake," when dark beers held the collective hearts and minds of the people of merry old England. Believe it or not, back in the1850s, Porter ruled the beer world, and no one brewed Porter like the brewers of London. Drawing their water from the Thames, blending old and new batches, and experimenting with new types of malt, Porter evolved throughout the years, and probably at one time held some substantial smoakiness. Arcadia's London Porter draws on this rich historic tradition, but adds a few special twists to make it all our own. The flavor of London Porter is multi-layered, starting with a bold, pleasing sweetened coffee richness, which gives way to round and subtle smoke, much like a delicately smoked ham. Porcine sweetness is capped by a gloss of fig jam or cherry compote, fruity and complex. Faint pear and hay notes barely poke through, reminders that there are some delightful American Glacier hops under all the finery.
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8/10
Tried
on 19 Jan 2014
at 14:02
8/10
Tried
on 01 Jan 2014
at 04:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark chocolate, smoked malt and alcohol aroma. Black with moderate tan head. Sweet dark chocolate, light smoked barley malt and alcohol flavor. Not bad - pretty boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2013
at 16:37
8/10
Tried
on 29 Nov 2012
at 20:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled 12/16/2011. Pours very dark reddish brown color with a nice 1-2 finger dense tan head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Some decent spotty lacing on the glass. Aromas of big chocolate, caramel, roasted malt, coffee, light fruitiness, molasses, biscuit, and herbal hops. Very pleasant and well balanced porter aromas with decent strength. Taste of big chocolate, caramel, molasses, roasted malt, slight dark fruit, cocoa, smokiness, biscuit, earth, and herbal hops. Fair amount of bitterness on the finish, with lingering notes of chocolate, coffee, biscuit, caramel, and herbal spiciness on the finish for a good bit. Nice balance of flavors that are quite robust, with no cloying sweetness at all. Medium carbonation and body; with a nice creamy and slightly slick mouthfeel. Alcohol is well hidden with only a slight warming after the finish present. Very smooth to drink for 7%. Overall this is a damn nice robust porter. A good amount of very robust flavors and nice balance make this very enjoyable. I would have it again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2012
at 19:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 12fl.oz.[ Trade by polomagnifico ]. Clear dark red brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, molasses - caramel, dark chocolate, chimey - coal, burnt sugar, light wood - smoke. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, wood, dark malt, smoke. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20120211]
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2012
at 01:29
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a medium sized foamy brown head that lingered and left great lacing. The aroma was licorice, coffee, cocoa and a bit of raisin. The flavor was dryish and bitter with toasty malts, vanilla and faint notes of coffee, cocoa and licorice. The finish was short, dry, roasty and had lingering vanilla. Medium body. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2011
at 18:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled@Monks Café Sveavägen (Summer 2010). Very deep ambery brown colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is ashes, chocolate, coffee, some toffee as well as mild roasted notes. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, some ashes, mild smoked wet wood as well as some slight vanillaish notes. Rather pleasant Strong Porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2010
at 06:31
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours black with nice tan head. Nose is chocolate coffee malt. Taste is lovely velvet chocolate with lots of coffee undertones and dry finish. Rated 8/25/08
Tried
on 04 May 2010
at 19:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Gilly's, 3/24/10
Aroma: The aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, earth, and some nutty notes
Appearance: Pours a dark brownish color with a light brown head
Flavor: The flavor is highly malty up-front with a lightly bitter finish
Palate: Medium-full body, lively carbonation, and a somewhat creamy mouthfeel
Overall Impression: This porter is a pretty solid beer, it has a lot of roasted flavors to it. It has a nice combination of malty flavors that work pretty well together.
Aroma: The aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, earth, and some nutty notes
Appearance: Pours a dark brownish color with a light brown head
Flavor: The flavor is highly malty up-front with a lightly bitter finish
Palate: Medium-full body, lively carbonation, and a somewhat creamy mouthfeel
Overall Impression: This porter is a pretty solid beer, it has a lot of roasted flavors to it. It has a nice combination of malty flavors that work pretty well together.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2010
at 21:37