Samuel Adams George Washington Porter
This dark unfiltered brew is medium-bodied with a deep roasted malt aroma. The molasses and licorice in this brew are authentic to American porters of the colonial era, as is the more assertive hop finish.
3.1
265 reviews
Boston, United States
Community reviews
Bottle, 10 months past BB date. Very phenolic aroma. Very dark brown colour with a red shine. Very small light brown head. The flavour is also very phenolic and has lots of raw liquorice. Late liquorice aftertaste. I seem to be alone in tasting the phenol, but it is nevertheless horrible to me.
Bottled. Dark brown, rich h ead. Aroma of cocoa and licoirce. Sweet with burnt malt and plenty of salty licorice. Boldly malty with some molasses. Salty licorice domiante the finish. A bit brash, but interesting.
A nice unfiltered stout. Fairly complex, with strong malts and bittersweet chocolate notes. Not much carbonation.
dark brown pour, descent head. Most notable on the nose is the dark roasted malt followed by some chocolate and licorice. I really ennoyed the historical attempt made on this series. Maybe not the greatest beers, but neat concept.
Pours evony and opaque with ruby highlights when held to light and a thick beige head that leaves good lace. Bold roasty malts, with heavy notes of molasses, prune and floral hops, licorice faintly discernable and smooth chocolate evident. Bitter roasty malts, bitter chocolate, unsweetened licorice, signigican floral hops and astringent black tea make up the flavor. Full body, gentle carbonation. Definitely an interesting beer, enjoyable and my favorite of the SA Early American series.
A nice dark redesh black in color with a medium thick tan head. The aroma is of licorice and a little coffe. The flavor is most definitely unbalanced. All that comes through is licorice. A possible good beer destroyed by to much spice.
Dark mahogany with a tan head. Can’t miss the sweet licorice on the nose, it pretty much overpowers everything else. Lots of licorice and molasses in the flavor, along with dark roastiness, bordering on a burnt flavor. Somewhat bitter finish, seems to me to be malt astrigency, followed by a small dose of resinous hops.
Damn, I had high hopes for this one, despite it’s somewhat low ratings. I appreciate what they are trying to do here, but I’m not sure how they let this one get put into production.
Off notes from 10/06. The fourth out of the Brewer Patriot Collection and the fourth miss. Pours a deep and almost impenetrable amber brown with a large head that leaves a lot of lacing on the way down. Nose has a mild sweet malt tone to it. Taste is like burnt everything. Smoky is good. Burnt bad. And the molasses is way too overpowering. I can understand a little bit, but so much just pushes it over the cliff. Authentic or not, who these days likes a mass of molasses in anything? Lots of potential here, in the whole pack really, but no delivery. Feel is nice on this one, but it doesn’t matter at this point. For beer lovers this will most likely be a disappointment.
Name: George Washington Porter
Date: 10/24/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Green’s, Atlanta
black, thin tan head, lots of lace, smokey sweet malt aroma, rich roasted flavor, coffee character, lots of licorice, smokey astrigent malt bitterness, funky smokey raw molasses aroma and flavor that detracts from everything else
Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.1/5.0
Drinkability: 4/10
Score: *+/4
12 fl oz. Pours deep brown with light orange/red hue and a light brown head. Aroma is slight roasted and with a dried fruity note. Liqourice flavoured, dry with bitterhops breaking the liqourice heavy flavour. Dry finish.
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Pours a slightly hazy light brown with an orange hue and a dense, creamy, beige head. Distinct aroma of roasted malt and licorice. Medium body with burned and slightly ashy malt notes and again these very distinct licorice flavours - almost salty - before a fairly bitter finish. 180807
Brown color with no head. Anise and lightly roasted malt on the nose. Similar body with a light finish.
Bottle purchased at Green’s. Pours dark brown. Thin, tan head. Aroma of licorice. Taste of molasses is very prevalent, but the hops were nowhere to be found.
12 oz bottle. Poured a clear dark brown color with reddish highlights. Head was thick and fluffy with good retention and lacing. Mushy warm barley aroma like the inside of a mash tun. I also definitely smelled the molasses and anise. Molasses and anise dominate the flavor. Interesting beer, but the anise and molasses were a bit much for me.
I was wondering was a knockoff of the one Yards puts out. This one was not as good as the Yards Washington Porter.
A deep dark porter with a thick moka head, with floaties sinking to bottom of glass. In aroma, an interesting aroma of molasses, chocolate, reminiscent of the molasse cookies we used to buy in the Bas St.Laurent, and light licorice. In mouth, a nice roasted chocolate, with loads of good quality licorice candies, a bit of smoked peat. Overall, I really enjoyed this one. Bought in Oswego, Nov. 2006.
Bottle sampled on 2/21/07: Pours a transparent dark mahogany with a wispy-lacing light tan head. Aroma of dry earthy, smoky malts. Body starts with decent viscousity, a hint of sweetness and a drier, earthy mildly smoked finish. Needs more malty sweetness.
Old bottle and it shows. Dark and opaque pour with a small beige head that leaves some lacing. Aroma of licorice, nuts, and dark roast. Medium body with some overcarbonation. Taste is nutty and roasty. Some smoke and molasses. Some oxidation serves up some cardboard. Not my favorite of the Brewer Patriot series.
12oz bottle. Just picked this one up at a singles store and notices the BB date of October, 2006. POured a deeper brown color with a huge sized off white head. Aromas of roast, light molasses, smoke, and chocolate. Tastes of molasses, smoke, and roast. Thinner body and tastes.
I got this in the mail from a friend in Rhode Island. This beer poured nice, but didnt necessarily smell well. I was expecting a nice porter from Samuel Adams, but this isnt really what I got out of the bottle. The taste wasnt strong or memorable at all and I dont think that I would buy it myself in the future.
Pours a five finger brown head that fades slowly to a thin layer leaving a good lace. Nearly black with hints of mahogany color. Light carbonation and very heavy bodied. Smoky/malty nose. Flavor has sweetness at first, finish reminds me of rubber tires - not your usual porter. $9.99 - 4-pak, 12oz bottle from Shaw’s Supermarket Concord, NH.
12oz bottle. deep brown, almost black pour with a diminishing head revealing adequate lacing. black spice, clove, and dark sweet malt in the aroma. tastewise? it’s very pig-ish. bacon, smoked ham, etc.; and it’s a very smoky/dry finish. i suppose this is a food beer, b/c as a stand alone, it’s just not happening. thus, my rating here is for the stand-alone aspect. not the fav of the 4.
Deep brown color with a white head. Very sweet malty aroma. Flavor is kind of spicey with a dry finish.
I like Sam Adams as a whole and have nothing against their beers. I love the fact that they are trying new things and I really went into this variety box with a very open mind and enjoyed what I had so far. BUT this onehad something that just really didn’t agree with me. The rest of the table liked it but it was very dry and very bitter and astringent to me. The finish was long and pulling at the tongue and I thought the aroma was smokey and ashey with notes of bacon. the flavor was smokey as well. the body was decent at the light to medium side and the appearance was great. A clear deep chestnut color with a small beige head.
Bottle from UncleMattie! Thanks Matt! Nose of molasses and licorice with minor coffee and hop notes. Deep cherry brown with a medium but quick disapating tan head. Flavor is chocolate with molasses and a little hops. Good if this is a recipe from 1790.
Distinct roasted malt and molasses aroma with hint of licorice. Poured deeeep coffee color with small orange-tan head, quickly settling. Flavor is full roasted bitter chocolate with mild hop sting. Surprisingly balanced in comparison to the rest of the four pack. Still, a little thin, but tastey.
this was a good porter, nice and dark with a slightly bitter taste. 2nd place out of the 4 - pack.
bottle . . pours BLACK with a thick tan head . . Aroma is roasted malts, slight hops . . taste is coffee, roasted malts, grass, bitter . . not much alcohol flavor . . bitter after taste . . eh!? again this 4 pack wasn’t very nice
Of the four, this was the least desirable offering. It pours a dark brown color with a large, light brown head. Good lacing, mostly diminishing head. Muddy consistency. Aroma is of heavy coffee malts, and soapy yeast with hints of licorice. Initial taste was lightly sweet, quickly growing to a heavy sweet finish with a long duration. Medium to full on the mouth, it has an oily texture with soft carbonation. Comments from the review: the aroma is less than satisfactory; it tasted like coffee grinds, many days old; I can’t finish it -- sean.
Reviewed on September 14th, 2006.
This probaly was the best beer in this horrid 4 pack.Sam adams needs to stick to modern brewing.Poured black with a heavy burnt aroma.I would say if you set your corn flakes on fire and poured alcohol over this would be the result.At least it was drinkable.