The Commodore - Cinnamon Raisin
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured Rotating|
Score
7.20
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Our Cinnamon Raisin Commodore is truly a story of experimentation. Originally a gold-medal winning American stout first born in our R&D program, our brewers developed a new variation, adding cinnamon and raisins to this dark, bittersweet brew. The result is just the right amount of sweet and spice, with roasty maltiness at the helm.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle - nearly black pour, moderate white lace - nose of cinnamon, dark fruit, espresso, cherry, smoke - drier than expected from the aroma, with a fair amount of bitterness and roast - a bit of tamarind, raisin, cherry - chocolate and smoke - not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2016
at 21:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at harry’s in San Jose. Wow - I just loved the warmth and complexity that this beer brought. Doughy, spicy, like a great after-dinner relaxer.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Oct 2016
at 00:03
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle: Pours black, with a dark tan head. Cocoa, cinnamon scent. Taste is rather bitter.....chocolate malt, raw cinnamon, ash, old coffee.... Dry, bitter spicing and malts. Ok....but don’t expect a dessert-level beer....very bitter when cold....let it sit and warm for a while.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2016
at 18:04
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 9/7/2016. Pours pitch black color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, cinnamon, nutmeg, raisin, vanilla, caramel, toasted dark bread, and brown sugar; with lighter notes of coffee, toffee, smoke, char, and herbal/roasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and raisin/spice notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, cinnamon, nutmeg, raisin, vanilla, caramel, toasted dark bread, and brown sugar; with lighter notes of coffee, toffee, smoke, char, and herbal/roasted earthiness. Moderate roast/char and pine/herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, cinnamon, nutmeg, raisin, vanilla, caramel, toasted dark bread, brown sugar, toffee, and herbal/roasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and raisin/spice flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from roast/hop bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.5%. Overall this is an excellent spiced American stout! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and raisin/spice flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. Quite a bit different than the base beer. Less hoppy and aggressively roasty/bitter; with more dark malty residual sweetness, letting the raisin/spices have good presence. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2016
at 20:49
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle from Whole Foods Market Fair Lakes in Virginia Aroma: cinnamon, roasty, raisins Appearance: black with a brown head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, creamy, average carbonation, long finish, Tasty
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2016
at 17:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 oz bottle with DCLawyer and radagast83. Courtesy of DCLawyer, thanks Jason! Dark brownish with tan head. Aromas of cinnamon, grains, roast. Tastes of malt, bitter roast. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2016
at 19:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle shared by DCLawyer. Thanks! Poured a dark, almost pitch black color with a small tan head. Aroma was roasted malts, light raisin. Light cinnamon notes. Flavor was not sweet, like just bitter cinnamon notes. Very light dry notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2016
at 15:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pour is a black with a large tan head. Aroma is pretty much all cinnamon with some graham cracker malt. Flavor is again a large amount of cinnamon with some vanilla and marshmallow. This was surprisingly flavorful. This was like drinking a smore in beer form.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2016
at 19:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Ballast Point. Black pour. Aroma of cinnamon, creamy chocolate, raisin and moch. Soft smooth taste of cinnamon, soft hop bitters, cream, raisin and some choco malt. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2016
at 12:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
On tap at the Temecula location. It pours a dark brown color with a light brown head. The aroma has some strong cinnamon and background notes of roasted malt and fruity raisin. The flavor has some nice chocolate and cinnamon. Cookie-like sweetness. Solid bitter, roasted finish. The cinnamon and raisin come out nicely. Well done.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Mar 2016
at 22:03