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Rogue Imperial Porter


Percentile
95
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
2013.72/5.03.69/5.0Special8.2%64.4Snifter
Commercial Description:
JLS Release #16: Imperial Porter ~ for summer you ask? Why the hell not! This is not your average porter, this is not Mocha Porter. This is a huge mouthful of malt and hops. It has notes of bitter rich chocolate and hints of tar. A new hop variety called Summit was used to give it the perfect hop balance. This Porter is the Creme de la Creme! Unfiltered, Unrefined, Uncompromised. Imperial Porter is brewed with two row pale, Munich, dark crystal, chocolate and black malts; and 100% Summit hops. Original Gravity @ 18.7 degrees plato, Finishing Gravity @ 4.75 degrees plato, IBU’s around 60!
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bonk0076 (51), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/512/20
Nov 26, 2009  
Deep brown color with a medium brown head. Aroma is chocolate molasses caramel. Taste is the same. Light mouthfeel.


DavidHawman (12), Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/516/20
Nov 10, 2009  
2008 Ceramic Bottle Poured a deep, opaque reddish brown with a finger thick head that faded to lasting lacing. Smelled of roasted coffee and grain. Taste starts off with a hint of fruit that quickly gives way to roasted coffee, malt and finally fades to a roasted chocolate. Palate is good, if maybe a bit thin. Very enjoyable mix of flavors.


 TBone (6741), Pori, Finland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Nov 7, 2009  
Draught@Oliver Twist as "XS Imperial Porter"
Pitch black, small brown head. Roasted, a bit licorice and glue in the nose. Sticky licorice, coffee, roasted malty flavor. Slightly glueish notes disturb.


 DerWeg (760), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/512/20
Oct 28, 2009  
Tap at Rattle n Hum, dark brown malty goodness. Very roasty with fresh espresso and dark chocolate over the malt sweetness. Some dark fruits and toffee... though honestly I found it a bit short of the brilliant Mocha Porter, so a re-try is in order here..


 Leighton (265), New York, New York, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Oct 23, 2009  
Oh, so good. Had some from the tap at Rattle n Hum. Pours a dark brown with a bubbly off-white head. Nose of heavily roasted malts, coffee. Flavor is rich and complex. Strong coffee and chocolate character with notes of dark fruits and caramel. Thich and filling. Clean, delicious and lasting finish makes every sip a joy.


 Pwn3d (1054), Manhattan, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 20, 2009  
On tap @ RnH. Surprisingly hoppy with cherries and roasted malts. Perhaps some candied figs are involved as well. Strong and packs some heat, not exactly a beginners beer.


 DaSilky1 (1974), San Diego, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/514/20
Oct 11, 2009  
Pours a dark brown, firm, somewhat spotty, but anti-dissapating head....looks exactly the same between 1 seconds after pour and 4 minutes after pour. Nose has bits of roasted malt and chocolate and touches od hop resin. Flavors are extremely roasty and mouthfeel, at least at first, is fairly wet. Fairly aggressive bitterness in the finish...the baltic porter style designation on hamilton’s blackboard is a little misleading...this is no doubt ale yeast at work here and hop levels that are completely a different language than baltic...but whatever. The flavors here are dry cocoa, bitter, powdery....almost a little lactic in the finish...tangled in with the bittering hops...not bad, but nothing intriging.


 MadIndian (994), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Oct 10, 2009  
Had during the annual Boston/Salem/Marble head tour. Not sure where I sampled this one at it may have been sunset. Brown pour with coffee aroma nice blended roast flavor. It was a good beer.



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