Robust Porter
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
7.54
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All New Englanders have a special place in their hearts for the old, dilapidated covered bridge of their youth. Maybe you rumbled over one every day riding shotgun in the family’s rusted-out pickup truck, or maybe one stands out from some rustic vacation largely long-since forgotten. No matter the case, they remain a symbol of nostalgia and youthful exuberance, a figurative bridge to another time.
For the traditionalist, the sentimental at heart, we offer Robust Porter, our take on a style of beer that, like these bridges, has remained impervious to trends, stalwart in the face of change. One gulp and you’ll be teleported to a simpler time. To that, all we can say is, Cheers
For the traditionalist, the sentimental at heart, we offer Robust Porter, our take on a style of beer that, like these bridges, has remained impervious to trends, stalwart in the face of change. One gulp and you’ll be teleported to a simpler time. To that, all we can say is, Cheers
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4.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
26/09/2013 Brasserie 4:20 (handpump, 2009). Nera, impenetrabile, schiuma abbondante color bianco sporca, abbastanza persistente. Al naso sentori di malti tostati, segni di ossidazione e infezione. In bocca è sgradevole, piatta, manca totalmente di corpo, tostato e acido, un mezzo disastro. Non ha retto i 4 anni, troppi per una birra del genere.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2013
at 16:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle courtesy of AirForceHops. Earthy roassty malt, chocolate, and creamy mocha aroma. Black brown with a huge tan head, nice lacing. Earthy roasty coffee, chocolate, and light ashy flavor with a roasty bitter finish. Body on the light side of medium, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2013
at 17:16
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bouteille 12oz, courtoisie de Hogtownharry ou Blankboy. De couleur brune-noire et opaque. Nez de chocolat noir, de café noir, de malt rôti doux et léger de vanille avec des notes fruitées (cerises noires) et houblon herbeux. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture moyennement crémeuse. Faibles notes fruitées (cerises noires) et boisées (bois humide) ainsi qu’un léger goût de vanille lors de l’entrée en bouche rapidement suivi d’un goût de chocolat noir et de malt rôti. Parallèlement, des goûts de café doux et de houblon herbeux se rajoutent progressivement pour dominer la finale . Post-goût long et légèrement sec, moyen-léger amer de rôti, moyen de café, léger de houblon herbeux avec des notes de chocolat noir. (2006)
Tried
on 12 Mar 2013
at 00:13
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle, best before February 29, 2012 (oops) set on the counter for a bit and poured into a shaker. Pours black with very small beige head. Some small bubble lacing, medium body, medium carbonation, and roasty aroma. Taste is dry coffee, dark chocolate, hint of cherry, and bitter slightly herbal hops. Good porter, better as it warms.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2013
at 18:42
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
It poured a nice black with a half inch foamy off-white/tan head leaving a superb foamy spider web lacing, very ringy. The smell had chocolate malts combined very nicely with a nice roastiness. The taste had the chocolate overpowering pretty much everything else, but in a good way, nothing overbearing, just really good balanced really well with the coffee. The palate was about a medium, perhaps maybe even closer to a heavier feel with nothing harsh on the tongue. Overall, this is good for the style and very good to me.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2013
at 11:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at The Reservoir in Waterbury, VT. Pours near-black with a small creamy tan head. Aroma of mildly roasted malts and some light espresso notes - certainly smells like a porter. Flavour is more robust, as the name suggests, with lots of roasted malts and a prominent hop component - not enough to be a black IPA, but enough to round this off. Excellent porter.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2012
at 13:25