Rivertown Brewing Company Roebling Porter

Roebling Porter

 

Rivertown Brewing Company in Monroe, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter - Imperial Regular
Score
6.74
ABV: 7.9% IBU: 35 Ticks: 23
Crafted for the ones that are free to enjoy their Porter all year round. This rich, Imperial Porter combines the perfect blend of LaTerza espresso, vanilla and innovation into a big, rich, chocolate, espresso infused brownie of a beer that is as innovative as its namesake. Rivertown was asked to craft a beer for a community festival in 2011 which celebrated the 145th Birthday of the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge linking Cincinnati, OH and Covington, KY. This Imperial Porter is inventive, unique, well balanced, strong, and has been created to be as timeless and remarkable as the Roebling Bridge, the man who dreamed big and the community that brought that dream to life.
 

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7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Really great. Dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma is mocha and roasted vanilla. Taste is coffee and chocolate. Good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2025 at 06:54


3.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5

Bottle. A- Sour, oak, vanilla, funky. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, beige head. T- Sour, green apple, fish oil, musty. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, astringent finish. O- Really looking forward to this one but it was not good. Thought it might be a bad batch but looking at other reviews perhaps it's just a poorly done brew. Just bad. Killed my average rate for my favorite style for this!?

Tried from Bottle on 12 Jan 2019 at 02:54


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Deep dark brown coloured body with a almost tan, but more off-white head about three centimetres tall that fades fairly quickly, but leaves a nice top to the beer. Aroma of roasted malt, prunes, licorice, grain and a dose of pure vanilla extract/essence to the mix with a nice deep robust roasty scent throughout. Medium-bodied; Nice mellow malty flavour with a roasty bite at first that shows some light coffee, but more of the pitted fruits and grain aspects and finishes with a light but noticeable vanilla kick. Aftertaste shows some refined sugars with a bit of the licorice still roaming around, but more of the vanilla and roasty malts that come through along with a kick from the coffee which is still lingering throughout. Overall, a nice and robust porter with a definite kick from the licorice and vanilla and a bit less so from the coffee and earth. Nice to try and well recommended as long as you realise that this is a 'normal' beer not 'imperial'. I sampled this stubby twelve ounce bottle purchased from Knightly Spirits (Orange Blossom Trail) in Orlando, Florida on 28-December-2017 for US$2,29 sampled in my hotel room here at the Disney World Dolphin on 30-December-2017.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2017 at 14:30


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Pretty good, I really enjoyed the coffee in this, it had a good punchy flavor, tasted like a good cold brew to some extent, and the vanilla gave it a pseudo-cream element, of course there was a decent semi-sweet chocolatey porter underneath.

Tried on 14 Jul 2017 at 21:52


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Okay vanilla porter, not all that imperial but not the super-sweet vanilla bomb I was expecting, either. Mostly dry, mild chocolate notes with a firm vanilla finish. Pretty terrible nose, homebrewish and sour, but luckily the taste doesn’t follow suit. A bit thin, but tasty.

Tried on 14 May 2017 at 16:37


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Clear dark brown with a fine-grained off-white head. The aroma is light cocoa powder. The flavor is roast malts, some chocolate accompanied by a strange sourness that detracts.

Tried on 31 Aug 2016 at 17:54


6.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a thin almost black color with a trace soapy brown head that faded and left no lacing. The aroma was vanilla and brewed coffee. The flavor was vanilla cream, brewed coffee, cocoa and hint of wood and dark fruits. Medium length finish. Medium body and smooth but undercarbonated. Feels like its close to being really good but keeps falling short in every category.

Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2016 at 19:31


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle (from FL). Dark brown color, small off-white head. Aroma has artifical chocolate, cardboardish malts, espresso. Light-bodied. Sweet chocolate, cocoa, vanilla, harsh. Njet.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2016 at 16:10


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottled. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is espresso, wood and some mild dusty and a bit earthy notes. Flavour is espresso, vanilla, some toffee and mild liquorice. Lovely for the sweet tooth.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2016 at 16:03


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Draft @ Titanic brewpub. Pours dark brown color with tan head. Big chocolate and lightly roasted malt aromas. Milk chocolate and roasted malt flavors with a hint of espresso. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Decent.

Tried from Draft on 05 Nov 2015 at 10:34