Black Robusto Porter
Drake’s Brewing Company in San Leandro, California, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
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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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From tap at Drake’s Dealership, Oakland. Black color with beige brown head. Roasted malty aroma, chocolate and coffee. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Light to medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2017
at 13:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at GABF. Pours a dark brown with medium beige head that lasts. The aroma is strong roast coffee, chocolate, earth hop. Medium body, similar flavors to nose, nice bitter roast finish, good.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2016
at 08:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[2/1/16] Draught at Hop Grenade in Concord. Black with tan foam. Aroma of roast, coffee, chocolate. Bittersweet flavor, with roast, coffee, dark chocolate.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2016
at 06:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap the the barrel house. Pitch black coloured pour with a lasting sticky mid tan head. Aroma is robust rich black roasted barley, charcoal. Dark choc. Flavour is composed of milky coffee, dark roast, slight ashy, rich. Palate is medium sweet frothy airy carbonation, slightly creamy. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Feb 2016
at 19:00
8/10
Tried
on 13 Nov 2015
at 22:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
65 cl bottle @ hotel room, San Diego. Bottled 10.06.2015. Aroma has licprice root, sweet malt, molasses and some burned wood. Flavour has coffee and some licorice. Finishes dry with salty licorice and ash. Too ashy and dry but not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2015
at 19:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
650ml bottle from Whole Foods Hillcrest, San Diego
Pours pitch black with a small foamy head. Aroma of roasty malts, chocolate, hints of syrup, toffee and coffee. Taste is smooth, sweetish and syrupy with hints of chocolate, toffee and coffee. Finish is smooth, malty and sweetish with hints of chocolate and syrup. Okay.
Pours pitch black with a small foamy head. Aroma of roasty malts, chocolate, hints of syrup, toffee and coffee. Taste is smooth, sweetish and syrupy with hints of chocolate, toffee and coffee. Finish is smooth, malty and sweetish with hints of chocolate and syrup. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2015
at 19:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at 21A
Black with a medium sized tan head, lots of lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate and roasted coffee. Flavors of roasted malts, dark roast coffee and ashy
Nice and smooth
Black with a medium sized tan head, lots of lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate and roasted coffee. Flavors of roasted malts, dark roast coffee and ashy
Nice and smooth
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jan 2015
at 13:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft sample with a great dry roasted nose of chocolate and ground coffee. Nice thicker \ fuller body. Really great flavor for a under 7 % ABV porter. Nice layers of dark malts with a creamy Nitro pour, well it takes like it was on Nitro. Smooth as all hell.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Aug 2014
at 01:06
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pitch black throughout. Nose is creamy, chocolate and espresso bean. Very creamy mouthfeel. Wish it was a bit sharper (think HFS everett) but the signs are all there to be a great porter. Burnt oak finish
Tried
on 15 Aug 2014
at 00:24