AleWerks Brewing Company Brewer's Choice Rapadou Porter

Brewer's Choice Rapadou Porter

 

AleWerks Brewing Company in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter - Imperial Special
Score
7.37
ABV: 8.5% IBU: - Ticks: 22
An Imperial Porter brewed with a Haitian sugar called Rapadou. Rapadou is a traditionally processed cane sugar that lends a great toffee caramel flavor to our 8.5% ABV Porter. Watch for this one aged in oak barrels in the future. Limited edition of 2007 bottles.
 

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6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
2nd January 2010
Opaque black beer, short lived chocolate coloured head. Dark chocolate on the nose. Semi dry palate. Rich dark toffee and chocolate with licorice - alcohol. None of it sweet. Finishes much the same way with a dark malt aftertaste. Rich and flavoursome but it lacks something to counterbalance it’s heaviness. Decent though.
Tried on 05 Jun 2012 at 02:53

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Eric. Pours near black with a light earthy brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of roast joined by a good amount of toffee with slight hints of bitter chocolate and caramel. Flavor begins dark with roasted malts and dark chocolate but has a bit of sweetness from toffee in the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2011 at 14:28

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Courtesy of ksurkin. Pours dark with mahogany edges and mocha head. The aroma is pretty darn rich with molasses, caramel, prunes, dried cherries, chocolate, a mild note of black licorice and a muted array of Noble hops. The taste is smooth with near creamy molasses, burnt malts, caramel, dark roastiness, chocolate and a bit of toffee. Well put together.
Tried on 22 Aug 2010 at 19:37

8.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle: Dark brown, near black pour with a finger of creamy brown head. Aroma is sweet and chocolate laced with a bit of the roast and coffee shining through. Flavor is rich and chocolatey sweet with some lingering roast and espresso. A bit more sweetness that regular chocolate, maybe thats the cane sugar? Silky, smooth, and delicious. Really quite terrific. Thanks Immy.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2009 at 20:18

8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Bottle from Wine Specialist. Pours dark ruby garnet ending brown with a good tan head. Aroma is dark. Like molasses and coffee and dark fruit. Medium plus body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is tarry molasses, coffee, dark fruit, and chocolate. Although it’s full of malt, the finish is relatively dry. There is something like wood that comes forth in the finish, but this isn’t the oak aged stuff. Gol darny, but it is strong and tasty. One of us should send a bottle to Maria. One of us from the East coast.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2008 at 22:00

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours dark brown with brownish head. Roasty, caramel malt, light touch of coffee, sugar cane is present. Very impressed, wish this beer was available here in FL.
Tried from Can on 22 Jun 2008 at 11:04

7.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Lightly charred oak and chestnut aroma, with cocoa also present. Thick viscous black pour with a firm medium dark brown head, great lacing. Mainly charred oak flavor with date and grass notes. A little like battery acid on the palate. Full mouthfeel with good balance. Not really as good as I hoped.
Tried on 26 Apr 2008 at 17:06

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 9
22oz bomber. Opaque pitch black color. Mellow roasted malt aroma. This is a hell of a beer. Big and full bodied, with a sugary sweet finish. The ABV is reminiscent of an Imperial Stout, but the taste is all porter. Well done. Creamy and quite drinkable. A quality beer.
Tried on 09 Apr 2008 at 21:17

8.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle 1901 of 2007. Pitch black body with a medium creamy brown head. Sweet roasty and caramel aroma with some hints of molassas. Sweet roast, lots of caramel, light molassas, very creamy. Medium full body with low carbonation and a very smooth creamy finish.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2008 at 22:58

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
22oz bottle-pours a rich creamy light tan head an black color. Aroma is soft sugary. Taste is burnt cane sugar, dark malt which finishes quickly, acidic/earthy. Finish is acidic with some coffee and dustiness. Not my style although interesting. Nicer at cellar temperature.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2008 at 17:54