Tall Dark & Smokey

Name: Tall Dark & Smokey
Brand: Pontoon Brewing
Rating: 3.9 (124 reviews)

Pontoon Brewing

Sandy Springs, GA

Tavour Rating

3.9

Style

Porter

ABV

7.5%

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About This Beer

Pontoon’s skilled crew collabed with Netflix’s own Rasheed Phillips of Philips’ Barbeque to create today’s decadent sipper! (If you’re into BBQ, give the ‘The American Barbecue Showdown’ a watch)!

To start, Rasheed specially-smoked the malts used in Tall Dark & Smokey. Then, Pontoon’s skilled brew-crew took those one-of-a-kind malts, brewed their Porter base, and added select vanilla beans and cocoa nibs for a roasty, well rounded, opulent dark beer!

Tasting Notes

Each silky sip of Tall, Dark, & Smokey tastes like a fluffy bite of luxurious lava cake, drizzled in smokey dark chocolate ganache.

Rich Decadent Silky Smokey

Noteworthy Ingredients

Cacao Nibs Vanilla Beans

Reviews

3.9

124 Ratings

caitlin329

4.25

Sweet and smokeyyyyy!

PiccinaRobo9

4.0

Solid! Loved it, right amount of smoke

mathieux68

3.5

Subtle smokiness in a smooth chocolatey Porter.

michael12112

4.5

The first sip was a little rough I won’t lie. Second sip was like wow. Third sip was a slight chug haha. Smokey chocolately goodness.

Gunderstorm

2.5

It's like someone poured together two beers that I would otherwise enjoy and combined them in an unpleasant manner.

athalyah

4.0

This one was definitely Smokey. Not my glass of beer but definitely my husband’s!

LindysBrews

4.25

Rich chocolate, sweet vanilla, and just a hint of smoke.

cwilk

3.0

Much sweeter than expected for a smoked beer with Smokey in the name. Still very solid for the style and a great gateway Rauch.

cory14

5.0

Didn't know what to expect but loved it. Very good finesse on balancing it out

holly456

4.0

Chocolate with a hint of smoke

faustorfamine

4.0

Very little smoke, but still delicious

blake32

4.25

Dark, roasty, and Smokey stout with lots of complexity brought out by the vanilla and cocoa.

craft_fan11598

4.0

Good Smokey notes on a smooth Porter

mda1

4.25

A good-ass beer. Slightly smoky chocolate

ryan10100

3.75

Definitely more mild than I was expecting based on the name and description. flavor is very good, I just want more of it.

ryan10930

3.5

Very… fine. Would I drink it again? Yes. I enjoyed the Smokey flavor, could be a go-to for me for meat smoking this fall.

jonathan2982

4.25

Not overwhelmingly smokey, but nicely malted and full of flavor.

KayJay726

3.0

Nice for a smoked stout, but the smokiness overtakes all other flavors. Tastes like smoked almonds. Wasn’t the worst but I prefer stouts without so much smoke.

corby1967

4.75

sweet and smoky. smokier than the barrel-aged version

Jdub

4.25

quite light bodied, yet rich flavor. I love the smoke, perfect on a rainy cold October eve… nice prelude to a fine dram of Lagavulin 16!

Leffebrown

4.5

nothing overdone or gimmicky about the beer. there may have been some smoke but not enough to remember. drank like a mild porter with some flavors coming through. I don’t remember it being that sweet

adam5648

4.25

This was fantastic, need more of them!

nyhopster

4.25

Smokey, malty and a little sweet such a great smoked porter

samsko

4.0

really enjoyed the smoky flavor!

karter3

3.5

a solid dark beer

illgato

4.5

Wonderfully dark, good smoky notes, easy drinking

chrismarlin8

4.0

This Porter grew on me after noticing the vanilla bean sweetness towards the end of the nose. Pretty cool on the story for this beer, the fact that a brewery and a barbecue hot spot can collab on a beer and the smokiness is pretty flavorful and unique!

Robik048

4.25

Smokey and chocolatey, then chocolatey and smokey and then just smokey as it warmed up. I liked it.

joshua845

3.25

dark n heavy

robin309

3.5

brian8310

3.75

good smoke flavor

Cleverseneca

4.5

perfectly balanced

joe12898

4.0

can I get more?!

calbear

4.25

Nice smooth porter with a light chocolate flavor. Nice subtle bitterness as well.

patrick3503

5.0

very smokey

brien

4.25

Amazing porter. The Smokey flavor works really well with the vanilla and cacao. R eally smooth and easy to drink