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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Single bottle, $1.60 at Binny’s. Pours deep black, initially with a big spongy head that falls in on itself in a hurry. Big coffee bean and chocolate smell, with notes of licorice as well. Nice. Taste is indeed robust. Feels at first like it should be big on alcohol, but then it’s just an illusion. Then I realize it’s another big coffee-roast malty beer, with prickly bubbles delivering a slightly American hop profile. And before I know it, it’s gone. Extra credit for the Jones Soda style label.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2011
at 20:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at hotel Bodegraven, shared with Dutchdrebus and Iluvatarmilan. Dark brown almost black color with some dark red coming through. Small light brown head. Smell alcohol, raisin and wood. Taste coffee, roasty, bitter, malts, chocolate. Low to medium carbonation, medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2011
at 06:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bottle - Pours black with a lingering tan head. The aroma is of roast coffee. It has a full flavor with roast coffee, a touch of chocolate, and includes a full bodied texture to give it a good mouthfeel. Very good porter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2011
at 17:07
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
yum....thats about it. black with a tan head, aroma is of chocolate roasted malts, almost extra stout like with a slight hoppiness but nothing crazy, this is the best reason to not have something made into an imperial.
Tried
on 15 Sep 2011
at 17:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample, Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 9 2011; eye: black, opaque, tiny ring of coffee head, light lacing; nose: roasted malt, dark chocolate, chocolate milk, light vanilla; mouth: roasted malt, dark chocolate, chocolate milk, light vanilla, acridness, light hops, finale in roasted malt with presence of acridness, full body, average carbonation, lightly bitter, lightly oily texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, Mondial de la bière, savourée le 9 juin 2011; œil : noire, opaque, petit anneau de mousse café, légère dentelle; nez : malt torréfié, chocolat noir, lait au chocolat, léger vanille; bouche : malt torréfié, chocolat noir, lait au chocolat, léger vanille, âcreté, léger houblon, finale en malt torréfié avec présence d’âcreté, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement amère, texture légèrement huileuse; en résumé : bien
Tried
on 09 Jul 2011
at 09:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Röstiger und süßer Malzantrunk mit einem Toffeetouch. Röstiger wird es im Mittelteil, Kaffeenoten kommen hinzu, die Süße steigt leicht. Dazu etwas herb und trocken. Dezent nach Pflaume. Vollmundiges Porter. 8/9/9/9/5/9
Tried
on 07 May 2011
at 02:27
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
355ml bottle. Pours a very dark brown with a tight, medium head. Aroma is peat, tar and a little bacon. Taste starts with peat and smoke. Tar and peat on the finish. Really nice beer, drinks above it’s strength.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2011
at 15:50