Williamsburg AleWerks Brewmasters Reserve Rapadou Porter

Date: 03/22/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: dark brown, fine tan head, bits of lace,
Aroma: dry dark chocolate aroma with a light smokey character and a touch of dark caramel sweetness,
Flavor: rich dark chocolate flavor, very dry, bitterness rises out of the dark chocolate, lasting bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **/4

(22oz bottle, thanks kmweaver) Brown head with cola black body. Aroma is moderately sweet, coffee/roast, molasses, some smoke. Taste is medium sweet, roast/smoke, some caramel, molasses, light chocolate. Creamy medium body.

Pours an opaque oily black with a spotty-lacing off-white head. Aroma of lightly sweet dark caramel malts and some toasty earthy roasted malts. Starts fairly full and dark caramely malty sweet with a nice smoky balance and good dark fruity complexity before a drier bready earthy finish. A nice imperial porter.

22oz bottle acquired in trade with The_Beer_God (thanks!). Bottle # 1859 of 2007. Poured a dark black color with a large sized brown head. Aromas of roast, chocolate, some dark fruits, smoke, sugary, and caramel. Tastes of dark fruits, chocolate, some caramel, roast, and light coffee. Alcohol content well hidden.

Thick properly dark brown body with thick legs, viscous lacing and a oily texture, underneath a tan to dark tan head. Strange starchy, spicy bread in the nose, with strong notes of toffee and caramel. Moderately thick texture, surprisingly thick, actually, with a hefty dose of chocolate, toffee, coffee grounds, spiced wood? Very strange but very good – quite different I think than anything I’ve had before. Resembles a foreign stout with the level or roast combined with exotic spices and coffee and such.