Icon Series: Brown Porter
Saint Arnold Brewing Company

Icon Series: Brown PorterIcon Series: Brown Porter
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From:
Saint Arnold Brewing Company
 
Texas, United States
Style:
American Porter
ABV:
5.1%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.68 | pDev: 10.33%
Reviews:
9
Ratings:
90
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Apr 08, 2020
Added:
Mar 05, 2014
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  5
Our Brown Porter is a dark, medium bodied ale with rich chocolate malt notes. We used English malt and hops along with our Saint Arnold yeast that comes from a brewery in England.

This beer pours a dark brown color with ruby/garnet highlights and an off-white head. The aroma is predominantly chocolate with hints of nuttiness and lightly roasted coffee. The Saint Arnold yeast contributes mild esters, which are perfect for this style. Chocolate and roast are the primary flavors in this sessionable ale, with a distinct sweetness coming through as the beer warms up.
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Ratings by Ford:
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Rated by Ford from Texas

4/5  rDev +8.7%

Aug 19, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 5 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Apr 08, 2020
 
Rated: 3.56 by ericat78 from Texas

Jan 28, 2016
 
Rated: 4.16 by rsuarez1982 from Texas

Oct 13, 2015
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Reviewed by BeerAdvocate from Finland

3.94/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From BeerAdvocate Magazine #89 (June 2014):

Chocolate, Roast, Nutty, Grainy

A dark brown pour with copper hues and a creamy beige lacing. Grainy, biscuity, nutty, and notes of granola in the nose. Medium-bodied, smooth and creamy on the palate, with a malty sweet base, and some roasty, chocolatey, bready, nutty flavors that dry out with a cereal grain finish. Hint of fruitiness too. An interesting hybrid that leans more towards a classic English Brown Ale. We dig it.

STYLE: American Porter | ABV: 5.1% | AVAILABILITY: Limited
Jul 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by pmangold from Florida

Jul 02, 2015
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Reviewed by donspublic from Texas

4.25/5  rDev +15.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I have to admit that this beer is what turned me on to craft beer. Before this the only dark beer I had ever had was a Guinness. After trying this beer at a pub I started heading down the dark road.
Jun 13, 2015
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado

2.65/5  rDev -28%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
A brown porter which is black. Caramel dominant body. Lacks intricacy and nuance. Simple and plain, but imbalanced and overly sweet. Molasses notes feel out of place.

Full-bodied and sticky.
May 11, 2015
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Reviewed by marieli from Texas

3.41/5  rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Bottle. Started at 52 degrees. Thanks Russel for giving me your last one! First of all, this beer should be applauded for having to overcome one of the worst-looking labels witnessed in a long, long time. I'd upload a picture but the site won't accept it--I guess that's how blah it is. As for the beer, it pours dark brown with a medium tan head. Held up to the light it does show a ruby-amber glow and suddenly isn't so opaque. Smell is nothing distinguished, some chocolate and malts. Flavor is pretty much the same: chocolate and malt. Not bitter, a little on the sweet side. It is on the thin side, a little watery but nothing to stop me from drinking it. As with similar porters, I prefer my coffee and chocolate by way of stouts and my porters pretty straight up. Still it's not a bad beer. But it's retired and I don't see a demand for a reprise any time soon.
Mar 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by hoppy91 from Texas

Dec 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Whiskeydeez from Kansas

Dec 01, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by nathanmiller from New York

Oct 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.72 by ShinerStArnoldTX from Louisiana

Oct 05, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Basoos1 from Oklahoma

Sep 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by jshusc from South Carolina

Sep 06, 2014
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Reviewed by caffeineTX from Texas

3.5/5  rDev -4.9%
Another solid beer from Saint Arnold. The 2014 Icon Blue isn't as good as the 2013 release but this still impresses me against any of the year round releases they do.
Aug 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Dogleg from Pennsylvania

Aug 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by spence524 from Texas

Aug 06, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Tuck_leepulin from Texas

Aug 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Johan_van from Texas

Jul 22, 2014
Icon Series: Brown Porter from Saint Arnold Brewing Company
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 90 ratings