Homework Series Batch #6: Robust Porter
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Imperial Series Out of Production|
Score
7.22
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Dark black with ruby red highlights, this Robust Porter is rich and complex. A blend of UK malts, chocolate rye and Belgian candi sugar provide a sweet chocolate, yet rich earthy quality. Malt forward with an aroma full of roasted malts, toffee and dark fruit, this National Homebrew Competition medal-winner is a great dessert beer or to pair with hearty foods. Happy brewing!
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle split at L6 Tasting, thanks to LKS, 13/10/22. Light black with a tan cap that clears to a swirl. Nose is chocolate, roast malt, toffee, dried fruit rinds. Taste comprises nutty tones, burnt toffee, roasted bite, cocoa powder, fruit cake mix. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. It's okay if perhaps lacking some depth for the ABV.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2023
at 15:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared in CW - picked up in the US. Pours clear, deep brown with a frothy, tan head. Light-medium sweet with notes of burnt toast, a little cocoa, earth, faint ash. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Dry finish, more toast, a little ash, bitter cocoa. Solid, throwback kind of deal.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2022
at 17:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the Columbus tasting 13/10/2022. Many thanks to LKS. A clear dark brown coloured pour with a lasting loose light tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, fruit cake, dried fruits, raisin, powdered chocolate, mellow earthy roast. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, earthy roast, light ash, dried fruits, bitter roast in the finish. Palate is semi sweet, light spicy, little thin, dry finish, mellow carbonation. ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2022
at 17:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the Miramar location. Pours a clear deep amber brown with an earthy brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has light chocolate and earthy roast with a bit of bready dark grains backing. Flavor has lots of bread and light roast with some earthy chocolate backing.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Feb 2022
at 00:25
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Medium roast, medium chocolate, medium body. Pretty much medium on all the flavours. But very clean and nice to drink. Ballast pt SD. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
on 28 Apr 2017
at 17:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Ballast Point Little Italy. Almost black with a tan head. Roasted with chocolate, some hints of dark fruit and caramel. The body was around medium. Decent stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jan 2017
at 14:09
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is cocoa and roast. Medium body, cocoa, cracker, roast, dry finish, good.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jan 2017
at 13:59
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft @ Ballast Point - Home Brew Mart, San Diego, CA. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty coffee and chocolate aroma. Roasted malty coffee and chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jan 2017
at 07:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at the Beer & Beyond shop. Thanks beerandbeyond. Dark brown. Aroma of roast, chocolate, caramel, some dark fruits. Sweet flavor with roast, caramel, chocolate, coffee, nuts, a bit of fruitiness. Medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2016
at 15:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 oz. bottle from One Stop Market, Haverhill, MA. Aroma is of roast, coffee, cocoa, dark fruits, and chocolate.
Taste is similar to the aroma. Has a medium-full body with a creamy mouthfeel and a semi bitter, long roasty earthy malt finish. Overall, a very nice imperial Porter that is well crafted. Nothing that really stands out. But for a home brew recipe, it is pretty kick ass!
Taste is similar to the aroma. Has a medium-full body with a creamy mouthfeel and a semi bitter, long roasty earthy malt finish. Overall, a very nice imperial Porter that is well crafted. Nothing that really stands out. But for a home brew recipe, it is pretty kick ass!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2016
at 18:25