State Pen Porter
Santa Fe Brewing Company in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
6.94
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A trademark beer of the Santa Fe Brewing Company’s master brewer, Ty Levis, the State Pen Porter has every reason to be one of his favorites. It is flavorful, swimming with notes of nuts and chocolate; it is drinkable, so drinkable that it is almost as if pint after pint were drinking itself; and it packs a punch, so much so that its drinkability rapidly gives way to a euphoric intoxication that only a true Porter drinker can understand.
Malts: 2-row pale, 30-37 l. Crystal, 70-80 l. Crystal, Chocolate.
Hops: Cluster, Cascade, Willamette.
Malts: 2-row pale, 30-37 l. Crystal, 70-80 l. Crystal, Chocolate.
Hops: Cluster, Cascade, Willamette.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz. can Pours black color with a white tan head, some lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, artificial chocolate, and ash. Flavor is sweet with caramel, artificial chocolate and a very thin body. Tastes like chocolate extract was overused. Nope.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2017
at 17:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours dark brown from the bottle and leaves a frothy, beige head. Aroma is strongly of coffee, accompanied by smokey, earthy notes. Taste is bittersweet with a very mild sour twist at the end. Overall covers a wide spectrum of flavor, and does so with a rich, smooth body that keeps the alcohol well hidden. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2017
at 00:08
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz. can. Pours almost black with a creamy beige head. Aroma of sweet roasted malts, chocolate and coffee notes. Taste is roasted malt at the forefront, with chocolate and coffee in the background. Some nuttiness also. Mildly sweet finish.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2017
at 23:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Can: Pours almost black with a chunky tan head. Chocolate, coffee, vanilla aroma. Taste is rich, dark chocolate malt, overcooked coffee, cream. A really solid, sweet porter that finishes with a nice roasty bittering.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Nov 2016
at 09:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Deep brown body with a frothy, beige head, mostly lasting. Aroma of roasted grain, chocolate, vanilla, light floral hops. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, creamy texture, lively carbonation. Taste of toasted grain, coffee and cocoa with light roast and hop bitterness carrying through the finish. Good porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2015
at 15:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle at the November 2015 DC Gathering. Poured a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Aroma was light grain, oats. Light brown sugar notes. Light dark chocolate, light sugar. Alright.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2015
at 09:35
7/10
Tried
on 19 Nov 2015
at 18:03
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 4
12oz bottle pours a watery deep brown with some cloudy head. Nose has malt, bread, oats. Flavor is the same, malty, oats, bread, brown sugar. Slick finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2015
at 20:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the DC Gathering. Thanks DCLawyer. Dark brown with beige head. Aromas of caramel, toffee. Tastes of caramel, chocolate, toffee, roast. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2015
at 14:42