Black Robusto Porter
Drake’s Brewing Company in San Leandro, California, United States 🇺🇸
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7.37
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Drake’s Black Robusto Porter is a deep, dark “Robust Porter,” a beer style known for being darker, fuller-bodied, and higher in alcohol by volume than a standard Brown Porter. Our Black Robusto goes down smoothly with flavors of bittersweet chocolate an slight roast from Crystal and Chocolate malt. A touch of spicy, herbal hop character from Willamette hops balance out the finish. Enjoy a pint with dark, lingering satisfaction.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Very dark brown, thick head. Has a fairly roasty malt profile with leafy hop. Solid, good body, nice bitterness, has a lot of dark sugar sweetness. Very good big American porter.
Tried
from Can
on 07 May 2023
at 18:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Beer Republic. Bottled: 11/2019. Hazy black, thin, beige head. Aroma of coffee roast, cream, fondant, toast, brown bread, tobacco. Taste has restrained sweetish prune in a brown-bready, wholemeal-like, toasty, bit nutty malt body, earthy undertone. Ends with herbal hops, cold coffee and fondant powder, quite dry, nicely bitter. Medium body, slick texture, average carbonation. Rounded Porter, just plain good.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2022
at 13:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Das ist ein richtig schönes, rohes, kerniges Schoko-Kaffee-Porter. Toll wie es mittig an Rauchigkeit zunimmt. Langer Abgang, sehr lecker.
Tried
on 17 May 2020
at 15:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Huge, thick and dense tan-beige head, very regular, over rusty/russet-shot black beer; lacerings. Coffee, coffeecream, mocha, chocolate, capsicum; obviously very roasted, roasted chocolatecookies. Bitterish-sweet, very roasted if in a mellow way. Not that much coffee really. Breadcrust from health-grains bread. Well-bodied, bit slick, not thick. Medium carbonation. Nothing excessive, nowhere over the top, balanced, tasty - I like this!
Tried
on 15 Feb 2019
at 20:17
6/10
Teveel drop, te weinig koffie. Z’n geld niet waard.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2019
at 22:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
650ml bottle. Jet black colour with average to huge, thick, creamy, mostly lasting, moderately lacing, beige head. Roasty, dark malty aroma, hints of chocolate, coffee, cocoa, herbal-grassy and minimally fruity hoppy overtones with a touch of tobacco and pear, some liquorice. Taste is roasty dark malty, hints of chocolate, coffee, cocoa, a touch of liquorice, minimally fruity and herbal-grassy hoppy overtones with a touch of tobacco and pear, subtle sweetness. Creamy texture, smooth, soft and silky palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2018
at 21:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Very dark reddish brown with a light tan head that lasts well. Aroma of gentle roast, earth, nut meal, grass, creamy mocha. 7+ Medium bodied, creamy, lowish carbonation. Firm roasted and grassy/spicy bitter flavours emerge almost reluctantly from rich but not all that sweet chocolatey malt. There's a casual roughness to the finish I like. This is very good indeed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2018
at 14:01
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Black with a tall tan head. Coffee notes, cocoa, light earthy hops. Finish is bittersweet chocolate and dry. Medium bodied. A sharp, tasty porter.
Tried
on 17 Jan 2018
at 19:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Drake's Barrel Room, pours a deep dark brown / black with a small beige head. Aroma brings out toasted malt and some oaty heartiness. Flavour is very heart and robust, with lots of toasted malt, oats and lovely roasted barley. About everything I could want in a porter. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Aug 2017
at 02:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Rocky beige head quickly left a cover on a still, dark brown body. Chocolate, spice, hints of coffee & bitter fruit aroma. Medium bodied, so smooth. Bitter dark fruits, dark chocolate, spice & dark fruit tastes. Excellent.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2017
at 13:37