Port Omna
Kane Brewing Company

Port OmnaPort Omna
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From:
Kane Brewing Company
 
New Jersey, United States
Style:
American Stout
Ranked #33
ABV:
5.8%
Score:
91
Ranked #7,383
Avg:
4.08 | pDev: 6.86%
Reviews:
26
Ratings:
164
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 22, 2024
Added:
Feb 26, 2012
Wants:
  10
Gots:
  16
In the late 1860s, Michael F. Claffey came to America from the small village of Port Omna in County Galway, Ireland. Four generations later, we brewed this beer to both celebrate our Irish heritage and to honor our family on both sides of the Atlantic. Port Omna is an American Extra Stout, taking characteristics from each sub-style within the stout category. The medium body and smoothness is reminiscent of an oatmeal stout and supports aromas of roasted malts, rich coffee, and hints of cocoa. Flavors of bittersweet chocolate and the medium malt character of an American stout add a layer of sweetness, while it’s relatively high 6.6% ABV and assertive roast flavors are familiar characteristics of foreign extra stouts. Port Omna wraps our favorite stout flavors into one very special, very limited-release beer.

Style: American Extra Stout
Malt: Pilsner, Munich, Victory, Medium Crystal, Roasted Barley, Chocolate and Toasted Oats
Hops: Magnum
Yeast: American

IBU: 35
SRM: 38
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Ratings by Cfeezy:
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Rated by Cfeezy from New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Apr 15, 2015
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Reviewed by Roxchambeau from New Jersey

3.98/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours very dark. Huge head quickly disappeared. Sweet on the nose with vanilla and coffee. Goes down dangerously easy. Reminds me of a toned down modern imperial coffee stout. Mouthfeel is just a bit thin, but overall it's a great classic style & no complaints here.
Feb 22, 2024
 
Rated: 4 by doctorgary from New York

Jul 14, 2023
 
Rated: 4.9 by ptgb from New Jersey

Mar 19, 2023
 
Rated: 4.27 by johnlatona from New Jersey

Mar 04, 2023
 
Rated: 3.5 by bkwagie

Feb 27, 2023
 
Rated: 4.04 by Taenim from Maine

Feb 19, 2023
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Reviewed by Harrison8 from Missouri

4.4/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours black with a few fingers of dense beige-colored foam. Aroma is nutty, bready, earthy, and toasty malts with a hint of roasty malts just behind. It's like shoving the scent of a dense whole-wheat bread loaf up your nose. With that in mind, faint grassy hops combine with mild coffee and chocolate for an Irish stout scent. Flavor profile draws upon the same malts - bready, nutty, earthy, and toasty, and pairs them with dense chocolate and mild grassy and coffee notes. Chocolate is full and present for the first two-thirds, with coffee coming in the final third, and lingering past the finish. Great dynamics and shift, creating depth without requiring a large ABV. Finish is mostly dry save for the coffee and light bready notes that linger on the tongue. Mouth feel is medium in thickness with a still effervescence, with texture driven by light, but inconsistent, grit. Overall, this really packs a punch in all regards. It develops a wonderful depth in both nose and flavor profile, all the while retaining an 'easy going' attitude. To be frank, I can be a non-fan of many Irish stouts - they seem lacking - but this one does well to establish a hearty presence without the alcohol content or weight that many comparable stouts carry.

Served in a 15.5oz Spiegelau tulip from a 16oz can.
Apr 13, 2022
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Reviewed by FBarber from Illinois

4/5  rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Really nice stout from Kane - has some characteristics of a foreign/export stout and American Stout. Nice roasted malt and barley, rich malts, with a little bit of tobacco and ash. Really nice beer.
Mar 18, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by paulish from New York

Mar 06, 2022
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Reviewed by HoppingMadMonk from New Jersey

4.28/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Solid black appearance. Has light carbonation with about a medium body. There's a bit of a thick creamy feel to this which adds up to an overall nice body.
Aroma is a really pleasant deep rich combination of dark fruit, molasses, licorice, malt, roasted malt, and some black coffee.
Taste is mildly sweet with a really nice licorice/molasses/dark fruit mix. The body is slick and full which actually has an influence on the flavor.
Overall this is by far my favorite offering from kane and will look for it again
Apr 11, 2021
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Reviewed by deleted_user_995920

4.1/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours an opaque dark,ruddy color with a minimum amount of fast dissipating mocha colored head.Smell is cocoa,coffee,a medium sweet malt profile. Taste some of the aforementioned in smell and in addition a sweet nutty profile. Feels thin bodied,decent carbonation, the warmer it gets the better. Overall this is a nice pint of stout.
Mar 12, 2021
 
Rated: 4.25 by Latarnik from New Jersey

Mar 12, 2021
 
Rated: 4.25 by Husky-Topper from New Jersey

Apr 05, 2020
 
Rated: 4.27 by The_Kriek_Freak from Pennsylvania

Mar 09, 2020
 
Rated: 4.07 by Jdells09 from New Jersey

Jan 07, 2020
 
Rated: 4.16 by TheGent from New Jersey

Mar 24, 2019
 
Rated: 4.02 by Coronaeus from Canada (ON)

Oct 19, 2018
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Reviewed by Act25 from New Jersey

3.71/5  rDev -9.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Entirely too sweet. Not enough roast, char, or smoke for me
a) Pours dark brown color with tan head and good lacing.
s) As expected but too sweet: malt, coffee, molasses, chocolate, black licorice.
t) Ditto
f) Too light. kane beers pour a bit lighter in feel.
Aug 06, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by Brendanjames from New Jersey

Jun 03, 2018
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Beer rating: 91 out of 100 with 164 ratings