Yuengling Porter: 12

Taste: 3 Finish: 3 Visual: 4 Aroma: 2
Total: 12

Yuengling Lager may be a bit disappointing, but what about it's porter?

It's almost black in color with hints of red streaking through. A thin head at top. It has a faint sweet aroma. A bit of roasted malt, but not much.

Same with the lager, it has an overly carbonated flavor to it even though it doesn't have much fizz to it. It's that CO2 flavor. Not what you want in a beer. It really masks the middle of the beer. At the end, it has a muted dark chocolate flavor to it. It could be so much better. You can tell there is good flavor in there. It's just masked by the CO2. I don't know what Yuengling is doing to make this flavor but they should stop.

Given this is a porter, the beer should have a stronger flavor, more chocolate, more malt. More! It's the generic version of a good porter. Even without the off flavor it would not be a great porter. But it goes from good to fair pretty quick. In the end, pass on Yuengling Porter.