Porter - Southern Tier Brewing Company

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rAvg: 3.67
pDev: 12.26%
Reviews: 389
Hads: 212

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Southern Tier Brewing Company

New York, United States

Style | ABV
American Porter | 5.80% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (368), on-tap (19), growler (1), nitro-tap (1).

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Reviews by Kinsman:

Kinsman

New Hampshire

3.45/5 rDev -6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a dark brown, almost black body with a semi-sticky light tan colored head. Fades a bit too quick but leaves some lace.

Aroma is chocolately sweet with just a hint of coffee, and even a bit minty from the hops. Not the robust espresso (or burnt coffee) you often find in American Porters but still welcoming.

Sweet chocolates and toffee tell the malts story while a flowery mintiness introduces the hops. I'm used to robust porters with strong up front coffee and roasted barley notes but with ST Porter they sit more on the back burner. It' fine for a nice change of pace from the norm, but I think I like a bit more umphh from my robustness.

Mouthfeel is light but smooth. At 5.2% ABC, this porter is certainly makes a nice "light" desert when something stronger would be too much for your swollen belly.

Serving type: bottle

08-28-2011 02:18:56 | More by Kinsman

More User Reviews:

Hana

Massachusetts

3.5/5 rDev -4.6%

05-21-2013 12:53:41 | More by Hana

seplo

Connecticut

3.5/5 rDev -4.6%

05-20-2013 23:29:43 | More by seplo

chinchill

South Carolina

3.84/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Undated 12 ounce brown glass bottle of "DARK ROBUST PORTER" served in a snifter.

Appearance: Very dark and reddish mahogany body that looks nearly black but is clear and has exceptional ruby-mahogany edges. Creamy tan colored head soon reduces to a ring but leaves some decent lacing on the glass.

Smell: Medium and dark roasted malts with light spicy hops and hints of coffee and roasted nuts. Aroma strengthens and improves with warming.

Taste: Hops contribute a nice bit of spiciness and lead to an excellent sweet/bitter balance, but the flavor is clearly dominated by roasted malts. Mostly a dark roast and there's a touch of smoke in the finish, but no unwanted burnt flavors. Roasted nuts, dark malt and an abundance of coffee in the lingering and mildly bitter aftertaste.

Mouthfeel: Nice and smooth, with a medium+ body and near perfect carbonation.

O: a relatively gentle, subtle and refined American porter with admirable balance and complexity. Not as rich or strong as a typical Robust Porter.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 22:57:39 | More by chinchill

twenty5

Pennsylvania

3.25/5 rDev -11.4%

05-17-2013 14:49:17 | More by twenty5

tweezer159

Alabama

3.75/5 rDev +2.2%

05-15-2013 05:21:18 | More by tweezer159

gcamparone

Rhode Island

3.86/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a snifter.

A- Pours a deep brown body with a small white head that reduces quickly and leaves little lacing. Nice color.

S- Big milk chocolate and coffee notes, pretty nice smelling.

T- Subtle coffee, milk chocolate, vanilla notes with a cardboard-like phenolic finish. Not too flavorful but the flavors that are there are good. Aftertaste is roasted malt.

M- Thin-ish but drinkable. Medium carbonation.

Overall not a bad porter - the shining point is how easy it goes down. Could be a little more robust, considering the label says "robust porter". Worth a try.

Serving type: bottle

05-10-2013 02:44:19 | More by gcamparone

blknikon

Massachusetts

4/5 rDev +9%

05-07-2013 21:42:29 | More by blknikon

kingmaker

Louisiana

3.5/5 rDev -4.6%

05-07-2013 01:48:52 | More by kingmaker

Danderson

Maryland

3.6/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Had to pour a little vigorously to get any head, which was light and thin. Perhaps it's my mood (long day at work) but the smell was perfect - smooth, soft, creamy-chocolatey. At first, seemed to go down more smoothly than expected, but by the end, noticed the carbonation (not bad; just seemed to change over time). It was a little colder than was necessary; still regulating the beer fridge, so that may have dampened the flavor a bit, but still felt that it had a distinct light-chocolate/coffee taste.

Serving type: bottle

05-07-2013 01:11:56 | More by Danderson