Brewery Location: Portland, Maine, United States
ABV: 4.2%
History & Availability: This beer won the NY Times' award for best porter in the world. Otherwise it's about as available as any other Geary's, maybe a little less since it's not one of their flagship beers.
Appearance: One of the blackest beers I've had yet, with just a tint of mahogany around the edges. Pours with a thin but beefy dark tan head. Totally opaque. Looking like a porter, no doubt about it. This head looks like it's gonna stick around.
Smell: A significantly stronger smell than the other Geary's beers, the London Porter gets you right off the bat with a strong hit of malt and chocolate. It smells super sweet but definitely in the malty direction rather than a pure sugar direction. Little bit of espresso in there too. Not coffee, because that's way overplayed.
Taste: Largely just malt here. It's definitely not as choco-rich as some other porters. In fact I'd venture to say the chocolate and coffee values have traded places from the smell, leaving a marginally noticeable coffee taste with almost no choco-goodness.
Mouthfeel: Above average in the smooth department. Again Geary's gets the feel right by keeping the carbonation low without compromising the head.
Drinkability: Pretty good, pretty light, not too filling. There's also no excessive added single flavor to make you hate the decision to have a third.
Overall verdict: B, I wish there was a little more complexity but it is a pretty faithful English recreation.
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