Is Ticking Clock (2020)

Name: Is Ticking Clock (2020)
Brand: Smog City Brewing Co.
Rating: 4.1 (461 reviews)

Smog City Brewing Co.

Torrance, CA

Tavour Rating

4.1

Style

Barrel Aged Porter

ABV

10.6%

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About This Beer

When you hear “Bourbon Barrel Aged Coffee & Coconut Porter” What do you think of first? Boozy? Desserty? Cellarable? No matter what you think first, with Is Ticking Clock (2020), you’re right! This bold Porter is a big bodied, boozy brew with all the luxe flavors of an end-of-night treat, practically made for some time stashed away.

Tasting Notes

It starts with a malty sweetness, hints of coconut sprinkled fudge flavors, and a roasty backbone underneath to balance the brew in decadent delight. There’s also thick, rich notes of caramel, and a belly-warming heat underneath each sip.

Roasty Thick Rich Boozy

Noteworthy Ingredients

Bourbon Barrels Coffee Coconut

Reviews

4.1

461 Ratings

cwilk

4.0

Plenty of barrel flavor, I’m not as wild about the wave of coconut behind this one.

mathieux68

4.0

Roasty coffee, but I was missing the coconut until it warmed.

Mattd5454

0.25

Horrible. Wet used old coffee grains. That’s what this beer tastes like. Huge disappointment! Maybe I had a bad beer or one from the bottom of the cask. Either way it was horrible. Poured it out.

Bossbold

3.75

Has the backbone to be something good but just not delivering. Taste the a hint of coconut. Coffee is there with some bourbon. May just need more time in the bottle to develop. Too bad this is my only bottle.

Crumpers

3.0

Good but not impressed

treyfraley

4.0

Heavy on the coconut which works well.

kevin6842

4.25

Love the balance and it brings a little heat too. The coconut comes through nicely and the coffee certainly isn’t hiding, but wish it was just a bit. Super fun and would love to have more to try. Cheers.

benjamin993

4.0

Coffee

jaybomb36

5.0

Nice & smooth & tasty !

robert132

2.5

Not my thing. Couldn’t get over the tobacco-ish flavor

craft_fan11598

4.0

Little light on the barrel but the coconut and Porter play off each other great

patrick3503

5.0

Bottle looks delicious. Stickers looks kinda cute. I’m so drunk I don’t Remember taste of beer.

Butcher42

4.0

Not a fan of coffee flavors but the coconut helped to smooth that out. Not a fan of this one, that’s just me. I shared it with a buddy and he loved it.

nate830

3.0

Not great didnt dig the coffee. Light flavors

eric5162

4.0

Not bad for the rating

Dieseltrain

4.0

Very well balanced.

matt7007

4.0

It was good. Not special but very solid.

george40

3.75

Just ok

nick.fil.a

4.75

Not much of a coconut hint but great all-around porter.

robin6

4.25

Coffee

brooke417

3.0

Coffee flavour was a little to powerful for my liking but got exactly what was promoted coconut and coffee.

Jasmine

3.5

Strong coconut and coffee flavours, surprisingly sweet. Hard to drink a lot of.

taylor1843

4.5

rather dry for now-a-day stouts, but very enjoyable. lots of barrel and roast.

charles1345

4.0

pretty good very coffee forward after sitting for awhile but still very enjoyable

Veryundude77

3.0

Waaaaay too much coffee, hardly and coconut, and hardly any taste of barrel aging.

JAK408

4.5

Trying this in mid-2022, the barrel and coconut have all but disappeared but it left a very satisfying coffee profile that dominated.

jason3621

5.0

best coffee porter out there imho. I will buy no one else for a caffeinated porter. I’ve no need to try.

kelly1843

4.25

thick ~ warming ~ enjoyable ~ a bit coconut heavy but that is not my fav flav