Samuel Smith's, The Famous Taddy Porter
Pours dark black and the light that gets through is a ruby red shade. Big cream colored head that dissolves slowly and leaves nice lacing on the sides. Very unique smell. Malts. Something sweet - smells a little like yeast but it's a type I'm not familiar with. The beer, unfortunately, comes off as a little flat and uninteresting. More like a mild English ale than a porter. This porter doesn't come at you with smokiness or chocolate flavors. And that's fine, but I'm also not getting the "dry, tangy character" mentioned on the bottle. I'm not getting much "character," period. It's just an average tasting beer. The mouthfeel is boring - too watery. For all that, it's a drinkable beer - inoffensive, easy to drink, looks quite nice on the way down.