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), nitro-tap (1), growler (1).

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Reviews by superdedooperboy:

superdedooperboy

Georgia

3.5/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12-ounce brown glass bottle poured into a stemmed flute. Thanks to Mike Marty and A-B Beverage for the sample!

Pours deep brown, inching towards black but lacking opacity and showing off nice ruby-mahogany highlights around the edges when held to the light. The solid two-fingered light tan head falls away fairly quickly yet with grace, grabbing occasionally at the walls of the glass and leaving behind a few thin rings and legs of lace.

A mild aroma yields notes of baker's chocolate, lightly roasted coffee, fresh earth and hints of sweet cream and herbaceous, earthy hops.

An opening of sweet caramel up front disappears quickly amongst notes of espresso and cacao. A bit of chalk and grassy hops swirl around the middle, mingling with coffee bean and drying the palate a bit before moving into a dry, slightly roasty finish with a lingering hint of dark bittersweet dark chocolate.

Light and deft on the palate, with the dry roastiness begging for another quaff, this is one easy-drinker and a fairly good, entry-worthy representation of the style that is not too complex but just interesting enough. Pair with braised beef, dark chocolate or drop in a scoop of ice cream for a grown-up float.

Serving type: bottle

06-28-2011 01:47:08 | More by superdedooperboy

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