The Commodore
(has 3 batches)
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
7.13
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The Commodore came out of our search for a medium-bodied American Stout. The recipe began at our R&D pilot brewery, but quickly became a favorite of our crew. Strong flavors of roast coffee and bittersweet chocolate balance with light citrusy hop aromas, highlighted by a crisp, bitter finish. One sip of this gold medal-winning stout will have you ready to take command of your own fleet.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Tap into a small shaker showing pitch black with slightly tanned white foam and coffee brown rims. The nose shows a lot of heavily roasted coffee and malts. The palate is well carbonated, light bodied and foamy. The palate shows a hoppy tartness with steel tank notes and a mild coffee bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2015
at 20:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ Ballast Point Miramar, San Diego, CA
Pours pitch black with a smooth brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, licorice, hints of berries and cocoa. Taste is smooth, slightly roasty and grainy with hints of coffee and cocoa. Finish is smooth, sweetish and slightly roasty with hints of cocoa. Okay.
Pours pitch black with a smooth brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, licorice, hints of berries and cocoa. Taste is smooth, slightly roasty and grainy with hints of coffee and cocoa. Finish is smooth, sweetish and slightly roasty with hints of cocoa. Okay.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2015
at 19:05
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Enjoyed at gabf 2014. It pours with a mahogany colored body that supports a wafer thin mocha head. The aroma is full and rich and inviting with dark roasted malts, a bit of a coffee note and then a sweetness that is slightly nutty. Yum, the aroma notes fit together so nicely. The taste is similar dark roasted malts, slightly burnt malts, dark roasted coffee and then all of these notes are lightened up by malt sweetness and a touch of molasses. To midway it starts to feel like a nice chocolate brownie sensation. Solid rich balanced and varied stout here. Wow, I love this.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2014
at 22:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Keg at Ballast Point Tasting Room and Kitchen, 19/04/14 @6.1% ABV. Black with a moderate tan swirl and edgeing. Nose is big roast malt, earthy cocoa, dark toffee, light campfire smokey tones. Taste comprises good earthy roastings, light mineral pangs, dark chocolate, toffee, light spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid stout.
Tried
on 04 May 2014
at 15:35