Smoked Porter - Vanilla Bean - Stone Brewing Co.

Displayed for educational use only; do not reuse.

BA SCORE
89
very good
-
899 Ratings

rAvg: 3.95
pDev: 12.91%
Reviews: 363
Hads: 536

Ratings Help

Brewed by:
Stone Brewing Co.

California, United States

Style | ABV
American Porter | 5.90% ABV

Availability: Rotating. bottle (224), on-tap (92), cask (28), growler (18), nitro-tap (1).

Notes:
No notes at this time.

View: Beers (95) | Reviews (247) | Events (4)

Reviews

Sort by: Latest | High | Low | Top Reviewers |

Alström Bros | Show Hads:

« first ‹ prev | 1-25 | 26-50 | 51-75 | next › last »

Reviews by d4114:

d4114

California

3.93/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

April 28th 2011-

Wow super strong smell with the vanilla beans it almost takes over all the other smells, I personally really enjoy it though. Taste follows the nose really strong vanilla flavor, really good, pretty rich though. Overall I liked this a lot and would get it again. I could see if someone didn't like this though because I can see it getting overwhelming after a whole glass.

Serving type: on-tap

05-12-2011 00:31:25 | More by d4114

More User Reviews:

djre4orm

Virginia

4/5 rDev +1.3%

06-13-2013 18:25:43 | More by djre4orm

zacharrry

California

4.5/5 rDev +13.9%

06-12-2013 03:07:46 | More by zacharrry

Hopswagger

Oklahoma

3.63/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

P: Deep dark mahogany body with a thick frothy ice cream float top. Thick chunky lacing clings for life.

S: Rustic smoke, vanilla bean, cardboard, dark malt, milk chocolate, a subtle similarity to icy hot.

T/M: Taste follows the nose and creates a vanilla cream flavor with nutmeg and cocoa. Zesty medium body with a semi dry smoked finish.

O: A solid smoked porter that hits all the highlights. I've had the chipotle pepper version which was much better but there is nothing really wrong here.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2013 23:21:30 | More by Hopswagger

savagepm

Colorado

4/5 rDev +1.3%

06-07-2013 22:38:10 | More by savagepm

ohiobeer29

Ohio

4/5 rDev +1.3%

06-06-2013 06:05:46 | More by ohiobeer29

J_Dub

Texas

4/5 rDev +1.3%

06-04-2013 01:31:56 | More by J_Dub

Jtrigonis

California

3.23/5 rDev -18.2%

06-03-2013 19:21:13 | More by Jtrigonis

spark3148857

New York

3.5/5 rDev -11.4%

05-28-2013 00:15:20 | More by spark3148857

andysc83

South Carolina

4.5/5 rDev +13.9%

05-26-2013 17:45:44 | More by andysc83

sludgegnome

Pennsylvania

3.5/5 rDev -11.4%

05-25-2013 22:12:37 | More by sludgegnome

BWH999

California

3.75/5 rDev -5.1%

05-25-2013 01:37:21 | More by BWH999

4000qtrap

Missouri

1.75/5 rDev -55.7%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5

Source/Serving: 12oz bottle

S: Smooth, bourbony alcohol-laced vanilla and dark chocolate are prominent. Hints of cola, marshmellow, fireplace ash. A little bit harsh overall, but has some uniqueness to it.

T: Slightly sweet cola upfront with a bitter chocolate note in the background. Vanilla comes through slightly. Almost immediately the smoke hits and its harsh, acrid, and largely unpleasant. Very intense and I like smoke beers, with quite an unpleasant burned/charred character. Rather than balance the sweet vanilla note it overpowers, clashes, and doesn't work at all. This does subside slightly halfway through the sip to reveal some bourbon, coffee and vanilla, whose sweetness is a respite from the harsh, bitter smoke and work nicely together, but this quickly gives way to a harsh, unpleasant ash/charcoal note which dominates the finish and makes the lingering flavor of each sip unpleasant.

Notes: A really harsh, awful brew and I'm a really big fan of this style of beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-24-2013 22:55:29 | More by 4000qtrap