Rogue Imperial Porter

Draft at capones. Pour s dark brown with ruby hues and a coffee head. Dominated by a roasty coffee, light malty milk aroma. A dry malt profile. So roasty it almost came across as metallic.

Pours a very dark brown with tan head. Roasted malts, chocolate, nuts, citrus and hints of plum and chocolate. It’s alright.

Tap @ Flying Saucer, pours a dark brown/black with a thin tan head. Aroma is roasty malts, chocolate and some background coffee. Flavor is nicely roasty, with more light chocolate, coffee and citrus hops. Nothing overly complex, but an easy drinking porter.

On tap at Capone’s. Poured a deeper brown color with reddish tints and an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of coffee, chocoalte, roast, and caramel. Tastes of coffee, chocoalte, roast, pine, and some citrus. Sweeter tastes.

Tap at Capones. Pours a deep brown with amber notes and a medium creamy tan head that left spotty lacing. Aroma of milk chocolate, pine, caramel, toasted malt and vanilla. Flavor of light roasted notes, coffee, pine, dark chocolate, and some grapefruit notes.

Draft: Poured a dark brown color with not much head. The aroma was coffee and some chocolate. The flavor was bitter chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, and a touch of hops. Overall, a good porter, but nothing that stands out.

pours a very deep brown with a thin mocha head. good lacing and retention. smells mostly of citrusy hops and also a bit malty...like bread. very tasty but drinks more like an ipa with citrusy hops and a a tea-like flavor that overpowers roasty malts and chocolate. the mouthfeel is a tad thin but at least the finish is roasty and porter-like.

2008 XS bottle. Poursa dark brown with some red hints and a lasting dark tan cover. Some licorice, a bit of a foreign stout sourness, coffee and bitterness in the aroma. Taste is lots of sweet chocolate and bitter coffee beans, some anise, fairly light and fruity for a big dark beer.