Beer of the Week: Sierra Nevada Porter

Beer score: 7.6

Company: Sierra Nevada
ABV: 5.6
IBU: 32

This one has been around a few decades now and it's always a good beer.

Pours a dark brown, but when you hold it up to the light in a clear glass it appears almost red.

Smells of coffee and earthiness with touches of baked bread.

It has a strong maple taste, but not too much of a burnt flavor as in common in some similar beers. Dry in the mouth. Very heavy, almost like a stout. The sweetness here is strong, but not overpowering.

Goes well with steak or bar food.

On a side note, Sierra Nevada has redesigned its bottle labels over the last few years, and while the newer labels are nice, I feel they are a bit generic, looking like just any other brewery. I prefer the older, color-coded labels because I felt they stood out more on store shelves. But that's just me.