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Rogue Imperial Porter


 Percentile 
95
overall
Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter

Newport, Oregon USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
1993.72/5.03.69/5.0Special8.2%64.3Snifter
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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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 jstraw (750), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jun 30, 2009  
Dark mahogany with very good, creamy brown head / Winey nose of chocolate, dark fruit, coconut and oak / Medium to full body, chewy, with pleasing big hop balance and dry, somewhat hot, finish / Flavors of tobacco, bittersweet chocolate, dark roast coffee, coconut, and vanilla / Body doesn’t quite measure up to the alcohol.


 jimbowood (947), Athens, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/516/20
Jun 25, 2009  
Draft at Trappeze. Nice, malty, toasty, with a hint of alcohol. Nice, but I miss the old Rogue that used to push the envelope a little bit.


 astrofrk (218), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/513/20
Jun 14, 2009  
Black. Tan, creamy head. Aroma: Roasted malt, dark chocolate. Flavor: Deep roasted chocolate, almost burnt, earthy hops. Hides alcahol well. Bitter finish. This is basicly what I thought Rogue would do with a Porter... Hop the hell out of it! If you are a Hop-Head, this is the Porter for you. I won’t say this is the best Porter I have had but it’s very good. It’s like a Porter and an IPA had sex and this is thier child.


 smith4498 (822), Miami, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jun 12, 2009  
Draft @ Vine & Barley. Pours black with tan head. Burnt malt and coffee aromas. Roasted malt and chocolate flavors with some coffee and a nice hoppiness. Medium to full body with mild carbonation and a dry finish.


 Cirrhosis (610), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
Jun 12, 2009  
"Nice brown cap with a very dark brown body. First sip just blew my mind, so very tasty and yum yum yummy. Flavour is rich and full . malts are toasted to burnt with mild coffee, bitter to milk chocolate(depending on sip), strawberries and raisin bran muffins. Aroma is mild but complex hot chocolate, muffins, coffee. Thank god not a single trace of west coast hops only some mildly bitter herbal hops come out. The 8.2% is undetectable. I swear I’m getting faint traces of watermelon jolly ranchers. Mouth feel is silky smooth and seems to coat your mouth and throat in a soft blanket of love. This is by far the best I’ve had from the XS series no other one even comes close."


 nickd717 (1276), Palo Alto, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
May 24, 2009  
Tap at Rogue Ales Public House in SF. Dark brown, nearly black, with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, and roast. Flavor is more of the same with some smoke and mild hops - not as strong of a flavor as I’d like. Medium-full body.


 marcus (1821), Sacramento, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
May 16, 2009  
2008 bottle. This opaque brown ale poured into a snifter with a massive foamy tan head and a toffee aroma. The flavor is coffee and treacle with some subtle hop bitterness. It’s a straighforward porter that has a lot of taste.


 KyotoLefty (1371), Kyoto, Japan
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
May 14, 2009  
Tap at Popeye’s. Black with a touch of lace. Big winey, chocolate aroma with coffee, huge malts, dark fruits, and some wood and smoke. Smoky, burnt flavor; hugely burnt and bitter. Great aroma, flavor interesting bit a bit too burnt and bitter for me.



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