Uniontown Porter
Mad River Brewing Company

Uniontown PorterUniontown Porter
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From:
Mad River Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
English Porter
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.89 | pDev: 10.03%
Reviews:
240
Ratings:
382
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 15, 2021
Added:
Jan 23, 2001
Wants:
  13
Gots:
  39
Formerly Steelhead Scotch Porter and Steelhead Porter

This traditionally styled Porter has complex malt characteristics balanced with a mild hop profile. Scottish smoked and peated malts lend added complexity and a mild smokey flavor.
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Ratings by germaniac:
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Reviewed by germaniac from California

4.13/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Pours out a deep, dark brown. Almost looks black, but chestnut highlights are able to force their way through the depths. Head is volcanic, topping my beer with a foaming, fizzing maelstrom.

The aroma is mainly of semi-sweet chocolate, with a nice roasted malt warmth and a slight hoppiness.

Tastes of roasted, smoky malt, with a hop bite following close behind. The chocolate is there, too, working nicely with the overall smokiness this brew imparts.

Carbonation levels are just about perfect, and a silky smooth finish tops everything off. I would almost call this a "session" beer if the alcohol content was a little lower. Definitely worth seeking out.
Oct 20, 2005
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota

Oct 15, 2021
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Reviewed by penguinsgoboom from California

3.7/5  rDev -4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A: Pours a one finger head. Dark burgundy brown. Amazing lacing.

S: Coffee, cocoa, malty richness. A slight nuttiness

T: Very very creamy. Barley, bread, slight toastiness. Very flat and surprisingly light mouthfeel. Coffee and toasted flavors come alive at the end.

O: Wondering if I got a bad batch, because this was not what I expected.
Jan 10, 2019
 
Rated: 3.91 by Spaceman_Jer from Colorado

Jun 12, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by jibrahim414 from California

Mar 12, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by BlueSpader from Washington

Mar 06, 2017
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Reviewed by Skrumpy from Oregon

4.04/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Glad to see MRB rebranding their beers. It gives them a little more character. This is a lot better than their old Scotch porter for sure. Dark brown, like molasses. Creamy, tan head with streak lacing. Aroma is peated malt and hops- berries, spice, and pine. Earthy notes, and hints of coffee and vanilla. The flavor is well balanced with smokey and sweet from the malt, and some herbal and fruit qualities from the hops. A very good beer!
Dec 16, 2016
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.25/5  rDev -16.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
This one sits around that SRM of traditional porters and brown ales. The head was around 1/2" off white. The aroma hits of alcohol and some peat earthiness.

Taste is a thick, minor molasses/brown sugar. Good in small quantities, the mouthfeel is thick and viscous, there is a good amount of hopping in this to qualify as an English porter, but it is probably for the better. Good bitterness from the roasted and smoked malts as well as the hops which I suspect are Cascades. This is one of those cigar beers.
Aug 25, 2016
 
Rated: 4.12 by sinodux from California

Aug 24, 2016
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Reviewed by ThemThangs from California

3.11/5  rDev -20.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Pours very dark. Starts out somewhat sweet, then I get notes that mostly remind me of roast/char and citrus. The hops seem to be quite a bit more in the forefront than I usually detect in a porter. Not bad.
Jun 15, 2016
 
Rated: 4.19 by akopczyk from Ohio

Apr 29, 2016
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Reviewed by TruePerception from California

3.56/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Mad River Steelhead Porter, aged on old Scotch barrels. Not very Scotch-y, but a good porter with a bit of char character to it. More of the barrel quality in the aroma, than on the palate.
Apr 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by Anatole from Belgium

Feb 15, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by sharpski from Canada (BC)

Feb 15, 2016
 
Rated: 3.86 by Masonpp85 from California

Dec 11, 2015
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Reviewed by mmmbeer89 from New Mexico

4.28/5  rDev +10%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
this was on special so i decided to try it out even though it wasn't on tap. it's a very smooth and drinkable beer on the lighter side of taste/feel for a porter. i ordered one last one at the end of the night because i wanted another one after trying some other beers.
Dec 02, 2015
 
Rated: 3.77 by Kark from Minnesota

Nov 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4.29 by HoosierGaijin from Japan

Oct 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.03 by Refloosh from Australia

Oct 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.49 by OB1 from Ohio

Oct 07, 2015
Uniontown Porter from Mad River Brewing Company
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 382 ratings