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Ithaca Gorges Smoked Porter

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Type: Porter  
ABV: 7.5% 
   

Price 2   
Packaging 1.25
Aroma 14 
Flavor Beginning 17.5 
Flavor Middle  22.5
Flavor End 16    
Overall 12.5
Total 85.75


   Gorges poured a dark brown, blackish color with a pen width, tan head.  The aroma is big; smokey, almost beef jerkey like, with some dark malt.  The body is fairly thin for a porter, with a smooth, slick mouthfeel.  There is a huge smokeyness up front, with lots of malt, and some coffee notes.  The finish has some very faint dry bitterness.  Overall, this is a decent beer.  The smokeyness is nicebut it seems to all up front and even takes over the beer at times.  It is easy drinking, especially for a beer with a 7.5% ABV but a little unbalanced and falls apart a little at the end.      

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