Noble Empire
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.65
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In our 20th year, we had the good fortune to grow, expand, and relocate to our new home on what was originally named Empire Street. The city soon recognized us by renaming that street to AleSmith Court, a rare honor. Now at our larger facility, we continue to explore our passion for complex beers and expand our barrel-aging program. We have thus created Noble Empire, a brawny, complex, imperial version of a traditional English-style porter as a tribute to craftsmanship of the highest quality. Rich with chocolaty flavors derived from a variety of specialty malts, this beer has patiently found the delicate balance between sweet notes of vanilla and toast from the bourbon barrels. Enjoy this tribute to the former Empire Street and its noble evolution for the sake of craft beer. Cheers!
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap at Cap Tap. Aroma is chocolate, dark treacle, and some whiskey. Med +++ body - ok full. Flavor is chocolate, dark treacle and whiskey. I think wood shows. Maybe a touch of dark fruit. Barrels must have been "fresh". Definitely delicious.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Mar 2017
at 14:53
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at AleSmith, in the Barrel Aged room, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out decadent bourbon barrels upfront, with notes of vanilla, light roast and caramel. Flavour is along the same lines, with roasted malt, bourbon barrels, vanilla and caramel. Amazing depth to this. The bourbon character is so deep and complex. So elegant.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Feb 2017
at 23:50
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Anvil & Stave. Black with a small tan head. Roasted with bourbon, vanilla, dark chocolate and oak. The body full and the finish was long with some nice warming alcohol.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2017
at 08:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft @ the brewery. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty woody caramel chocolate vanilla aroma. Roasted malty bourbon woody caramel and dark fruit flavor. Has a roasted malty woody bourbon caramel chocolate flavor with hints of dark fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2016
at 16:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours black with medium tan head that lasts. The aroma is strong, roast, bourbon, wood. Thick body, chewy, roast, bourbon, vanilla, dry finish, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2016
at 11:40