Blue Top Porter
Skagway Brewing Company
- From:
- Skagway Brewing Company
- Alaska, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
Ranked #520 - ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #33,127 - Avg:
- 3.61 | pDev: 10.25%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Today at 04:01 AM
- Added:
- Nov 22, 2008
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Blue Top was traditionally brewed to nourish the working class of Skagway and still is brewed to rejuvenate today. Our porter exhibits stout-like characteristics and is near-black in color. Hints of roasty dark chocolate provide a robust flavor and smooth finish.
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Rated by NeilSilber1 from California
4.41/5 rDev +22.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.41/5 rDev +22.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours dark coffee brown with light khaki foamy cap. Heavy bites of coffee with slight toffee. Creamy and slightly sweet with a nice stout like bite.
Jul 09, 2023
Reviewed by Stevedore from Oregon
2.88/5 rDev -20.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.88/5 rDev -20.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
On draft at SBC. The color on this is all wrong. It is a lighter copper brown body, not even close to cola hued. That threw me off, and while there is a little bit of roast and toasted grain along with a light earth and caramel, but the body is also off, with a lighter wateriness to it, not as much depth that I associate with any type of porter. Basically, the execution is all wrong here and this misses the mark by a fair bit. This would probably be more of a brown ale in classification, I think.
Aug 12, 2018
Reviewed by tigg924 from Massachusetts
2.77/5 rDev -23.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.77/5 rDev -23.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Had on tap. Pours hazy, milk chocolate brown in color with minimal head. Taste is big roasted coffee and light milk chocolate. Roasty, medium bodied, with low carbonation. Drinks like a stout and is very coffee forward...A bit one note. Worth a try if you enjoy coffee, but there are several other porters I prefer.
Aug 07, 2017
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
2.92/5 rDev -19.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.92/5 rDev -19.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
At the brewpub, this was poured into a pint glass. The appearance had a brown to almost black color with a slim bar pour’s kind of head. The smell had some light caramel malts roasted and a light roasted coffee and chocolate side note. The taste was mainly roasty and somewhat malty. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium, more so closer to the light side. It actually seemed barely carbonated - uh...too smooth to be true? Hmmm....interesting. Overall, okay porter, its nothing special, but could be either borderline construed a brown ale or maybe even a hybrid, still do-able.
Jun 10, 2017
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
3.02/5 rDev -16.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.02/5 rDev -16.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A little sweeter than I'd expect for a lighter porter like this, coming from notes of molasses it seems, as roasted malts is very light and it's over all like cola.
Dec 24, 2015
Reviewed by SitkaSteve from Idaho
3.75/5 rDev +3.9%
3.75/5 rDev +3.9%
On tap pour in a pint glass at the brewery yielded a dark brown colored body.
The smell had a light bready, toasty chocolate thing going on. Slight coffee was in the background.
The taste was smooth and rich through the bready chocolatety thing. Coffee comes in on the aftertaste and leads to a dry finish.
The mouthfeel was long and smooth just gently rolling over my tongue.
Overall, good Porter to come back to.
May 21, 2014The smell had a light bready, toasty chocolate thing going on. Slight coffee was in the background.
The taste was smooth and rich through the bready chocolatety thing. Coffee comes in on the aftertaste and leads to a dry finish.
The mouthfeel was long and smooth just gently rolling over my tongue.
Overall, good Porter to come back to.
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