Review: Stone Smoked Porter with Chipotle Peppers
No guessing about this one. The recipe’s right there in the name.
With this limited edition (summertime) beer, Stone brews up its year-round, peat-smoked porter, made with Magnum and Mt. Hood hops, then adds Mexican chipotle peppers to the bill.
The results are impressive. The nose is big and malty, with notes of leather and hints of smokiness and dark chocolate. The body takes that ball and runs with it, offering up-front notes of whiskey barrel, old wood, and malt, then brings forward a gentle heat. Think jalapeno, but fleeting, just a hit of fire, then it fades away just as fast as it arrived. The beer finishes with a modest bitterness, its hops finally showing their face.
While it’s more of a “just for fun” one-off rather than something you’d drink every day, the spiciness and smoke work very well in a beer like this. Amazing with BBQ.
5.9% abv. Recommended drinking time: within 120 days of bottling.
B+ / $8 per 22 oz. bottle / stonebrewing.com
Stone Smoked Porter with Chipotle Peppers
$8
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