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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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 Petrucci914 (574), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 28, 2008  
Pours a pitch black with a thin off-white head that leaves some spotty lacing. Aroma is rum, raisins, brown sugars, and some rich dark chocolate. Taste is bitter up front, some smoke, and finishes with some semi-sweet chocolate.


 Beershine (2678), Hue, Vietnam
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 28, 2008  
Bottle. Pitch black with tan frothy head. Chocolate aroma, smooth and sweet like a rich, rum-drenched chocolate cake. Good body and mouthfeel with quaffability and soft substantial carbonation. Slightly burnt but a nice sweetness throughout . Comes across as being too short. Would like it to linger more. Does not have a lot of depth but still has nice chocolate and coffee robustness. Not a "wow" beer but very nice.


 Dogbrick (2813), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Sample at the Columbus Ratebeer gathering at ogglethorp’s 11/20/08: The beer pours nearly black with a medium light brown head that diminishes steadily. Patchy sheet of lacing. Roasted malt, chocolate and hops aroma. Medium, dry body with a roasty character and flavors of coffee, hops and chocolate. Toasted malt balances the bitterness well. The finish is cocoa and malt, leaving a mild hoppy aftertaste. Pretty good overall.


 Oakes (8057), gone rambling, Vietnam
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Near black body. Thin, light brown head. Chewy aroma with some dark fruit and light chocolate. Rich dark fruits and a burnt coffee character. Less than what I wanted.


 SHANER4 (370), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 20, 2008  
26 oz bottle - Poured dark like night. Scent is hops, chocolate, vanilla and smoke. Tasted hops, chocoate and thats it. A pretty decent porter but not worth the $$$ I paid for the bottle. Should have spent less time on bottle and more time on beer.


 mj (4973), Colorado, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Nov 17, 2008  
Draft at the Portland pub. Deep black with a small tan head. First smell and taste is acrid burnt black malt and astringent smoke. Harsh and unsettling, but the palate succumbs to this harshness - numbed by it, actually - and the rest of the drink is more of a smooth smoked chocolate malt experience. Hop character is minimal or difficult to pick up under the astringent black malt . Finishes with a semi-bitter chocolate syrup note. Overall it’s pretty forgettable.


 daknole (2803), Plantation, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 15, 2008  
Bottle from Crown in Sunrise Fl. Black pour, brown head. Aroma is roasted malt and some chocolate. Flavor has a nice bite to it. It is pretty rich for a porter but it is quickly balanced out by the hops and toastiness at the end.


 Beardface (977), Eugene, Oregon, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 1, 2008  
Roasty and toasty with some oats thrown in to the typical coffee flavor. Pretty hoppy for a porter as well.



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