 SuperDave70 (832), Beautiful Sunny Mesa, Arizona, USA
Sep 30, 2008 On tap at Papago. Pours a deep cocoa brown color with a huge creamy brown head that lasts throughout and sticks to everything. Aroma of dark roasted malt and grain, espresso, bittersweet chocolate and caramel. Flavor is rich, roasty, and chocolaty as well. Creamy on the palate. This is a seriously good porter. Nice job Papago!
ChainGangGuy (1602), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
Jun 15, 2008 Appearance: Pours a black body with a small, dark brown head.
Smell: Aroma smelling of roasted barley, chocolate, cold coffee, caramel, and the unmistakable scent of buttery diacetyl.
Taste: Roasted barley topped with cocoa powder and a few pats of unsalted butter. Charred sugars still manage to lend a little sweetness. Some caramel kicks in and, with the diacetyl, gives it a slight butterscotch taste to it. Dash of coffee. Roasty bitterness. Chocolatey, roasted finish.
Mouthfeel: A hair above medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.
Drinkability: Still tasty even though it’s riddled with diacetyl, but, then again, aren’t we all?
Shag (1787), Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
May 18, 2008 I finally get another Arizona rating beside Cave Creek Chili Beer. A dark black appearance with a moderate tan head. The aroma contains some coffee, chocolate, whipped cream, and artifical creamer. The flavor is very silky with some german chocolate, whipped cream, and chocolate. A slight buttery mouthfeel. If you dont like hint of diacetyl you might not dig this, but I do!
kp (6300), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
May 11, 2008 Updated: May 23, 2008Name: El Robusto Porter
Date: 05/10/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: opaque dark brown, fine tan head,
Aroma: huge buttery chocolate aroma with lots of sweetness coming from the butterscotch,
Flavor: rich chocolate malt flavor, lots of dark chocolate bitterness, butterscotch and caramel adds a touch of sweetness, the dark malts do a good job covering up most of the dyactyl,
Overall: the chocolate and butterscotch almost work together
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **/4
CaptainCougar (4664), Rockville, Maryland, USA
May 10, 2008 Growler thanks to Bockyhorsey: Pours anboily opaque with a thin ring of wispy-lacing dark tan head. Aroma of sweet caramel and roasted malts with some butterscotchy diacetyl. Body starts with decent fullness and sweet dark caramel malts with some slick diacetyl notes before a bittersweet roasty dark chocolatey finish. If you take out the diacetyl, this would be a very nice imperial porter.
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