Labatt Brewers Collection Porter
Labatt Brewing Company Ltd.

Labatt Brewers Collection PorterLabatt Brewers Collection Porter
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From:
Labatt Brewing Company Ltd.
 
Ontario, Canada
Style:
English Porter
ABV:
5%
Score:
67
Avg:
2.74 | pDev: 21.9%
Reviews:
68
Ratings:
87
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 07, 2015
Added:
Jan 06, 2004
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Gots:
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Ratings by Cave-Dave:
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Reviewed by Cave-Dave from Canada (BC)

3/5  rDev +9.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
If you didn't know that this was supposed to be a porter, then it's fine - not great - just fine. But it's certainly not a porter. Don't know what Labatt was thinking when they called it this - it would be more suitable to call it simply a dark beer.
Jul 18, 2014
More User Ratings:
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Rated by wkvach from Ohio

3.32/5  rDev +21.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Not your typical porter. Slightly sweet like a combination of a porter and nut brown ale.
Aug 07, 2015
 
Rated: 2.5 by Sellen from Connecticut

Oct 04, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by DamoTO700 from Canada (ON)

Sep 26, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by Socialiste from Canada (QC)

May 13, 2014
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Reviewed by bluejacket74 from Ohio

2.55/5  rDev -6.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
11.5 ounce bottle, no bottle date. A friend gave me a bottle recently, figured I'd try it now. Served in a pint glass, the beer pours a clear reddish/brown color with almost an inch light tan head. Head retention and lacing are both decent enough. The brew smells like caramel and roasted malt, and some cola. It tastes like caramel and roasted malt, cola, minerals, and some bittersweet chocolate. Mouthfeel/body is light, it's a bit slick but watery at the same time. It's not one of the better porters I've had, that's for sure. I didn't have any problems finishing the bottle so it's not like it was horrible, but I know I won't be trying this again anytime soon.
May 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by beerhunter13 from Canada (ON)

May 03, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by nhirsch04 from Ohio

Jan 07, 2014
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Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas

2.75/5  rDev +0.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
Poured from bottle into a pint glass

Appearance- The beer pours a light brown color with a one finger of fizzy cream colored head. The head fades fast. Once the head is completely faded, it ends up leaving a light level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.

Smell – The aroma is heaviest of a sweeter caramel smell mixed with aromas of chocolate and a light roasted malt. Other than these aromas, are some lighter notes of some light grass and herbal hop rounding out the aroma.

Taste – The taste begins with a somewhat light roasted malt flavor mixed with a rather strong level of a caramel sweetness. These flavors create the bulk of the taste, lasting throughout. Toward the middle, a little bit of cocoa comes to the tongue. This very light cocoa is then latter followed by some light grssy hop flavors to leave a rather sweet and moderately crisp flavor to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is on the lower side in terms of thickness and creaminess with a carbonation level that is on the average side. A bit of a lower carbonation level and a much thicker body would have suited the style better possibly accentuating the roasted and darker flavors a bit better.

Overall – A little too sweet in flavor and thin in body without enough roasted flavors to balance it out the sweet. Not really the best porter out there.
Dec 01, 2013
 
Rated: 2.5 by sketchyhoodie from New York

Nov 27, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by leprechaunandfatman from Ohio

Oct 05, 2013
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Reviewed by barnzy78 from Illinois

2.9/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A - brown body, creamy tan head, good retention
S - not much here, faint chocolate, faint cola
T - chocolate, caramel, cola, slightly roasty
M - thinner body, ample carbonation
O - not the best porter I've had; definitely lacking some aroma, and even for flavor it's pretty lackluster
Sep 30, 2013
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Reviewed by rdeaton from Illinois

2.58/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Appearance - You can see through this beer. In my experience, you can't see through porters.

Smell - What is there for aroma is fine, but I am used to porters having a complex aroma with many layers. This is one dimensional and faint. Seems like maybe they made a porter and then made this beer with the second runnings.

Taste - Light, one dimensional, doesn't taste bad, but I expect more out of a real porter.

Mouthfeel - This has the mouthfeel of a pilsner. Overly carbonated maybe, feels fizzy.

Overall - I think everyone expects more out of a beer labeled porter. I bought this in a variety pack for a really good deal, so for the price I paid I wouldn't expect more. I got the pack for about the price of an american domestic. If you use that as a comparison, this is a good deal.
Sep 14, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by DoubleMalt from New York

Sep 02, 2013
 
Rated: 2 by apasternak from District of Columbia

Jul 12, 2013
 
Rated: 2.5 by ejimhof from Pennsylvania

Jun 28, 2013
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Reviewed by Haydn-Juby from Vermont

1.91/5  rDev -30.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
Served from a 341ml bottle to a snifter

A: Rather black looking an topped with a fluffy beige head.

S: Sweet caramel malts.

T: Just disgusting. Extreme caramel sweetness with no balance whatsoever. Finishes with a metallic tinge. I couldn't even finish it due to this sweetness and poured after I finished half the glass.

M: Decent I suppose.

O: A terrible tasting beer imo. There was no balance and it was just disgusting. My second drain pour after roughly 80 different beers.
Jun 09, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by rontmx5 from Pennsylvania

Apr 12, 2013
 
Rated: 2.25 by DaPan from Canada (ON)

Feb 13, 2013
 
Rated: 2.5 by bylerteck from Canada (ON)

Jan 18, 2013
Labatt Brewers Collection Porter from Labatt Brewing Company Ltd.
Beer rating: 67 out of 100 with 87 ratings