Hot Rocks Lager
Port Brewing Company in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Bend Brewing CompanyLager - Dunkel / Tmavý Regular Out of Production
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Score
6.99
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It's not too often the brewing process requires us to make beer in a mind over matter sort of way. Hot Rocks Lager presented us an opportunity to work with Tony Cornet of Bend Brewing Co. on a collaborative project. Working with our brewers to bring her recipe to fruition, she decided to "rock it" old school.
A robust, dark lager brewed with glowing-hot granite creating a “Super-Boil” that caramelizes the wort, resulting in giving Hot Rocks its caramel and toffee notes. Hot Rocks is one of Port Brewing’s early spring releases.
A robust, dark lager brewed with glowing-hot granite creating a “Super-Boil” that caramelizes the wort, resulting in giving Hot Rocks its caramel and toffee notes. Hot Rocks is one of Port Brewing’s early spring releases.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pour is a dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is some heavy dark malt with a nice chocolate. Flavor is a nice roasted malt with a big chocolate lingering in the back round. Finish has more chocolate notes with some almost a rye-like spiceyness. This was a nice dunkle. A real showcase of the malts.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2012
at 15:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours black with tan head. Good lacing. Nose/taste of black licorice, liquid smoke, steamed malt, toasted chocolate malt and caramel toffee. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2012
at 16:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 650ml @ Geokkjer
Pours reddish dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, chocolate, caramel, grass and floral hops. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours reddish dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, chocolate, caramel, grass and floral hops. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2012
at 14:36
Tried
on 20 Oct 2012
at 11:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle as shown. Pours a cloudy brown with medium frothy off white head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is caramel malt and toast with fruit. Medium mouthfeel with a sweet malt and chocolate with light bitter finish. A good dunkel from Port Brewing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2012
at 12:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Kihoskh. Clear dark brown with a big and lasting beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, heavy caramel and some roasted malt. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter. Full bodied. 290912
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2012
at 08:17
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Whole Foods Market Paramus. Pours a clear dark brown color with a large frothy brown head. Good head retention. Aroma of caramel, earthy notes, herbal notes, stone fruits and a faint bit of smoke. The taste is caramel, toasted notes, faint burnt notes, faint smoke, herbal hops. Medium bodied. Very nice beer.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2012
at 00:27
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 ounce bottle. Transluscent dark red, brown color. Large rocky beige head. Rich burnt caramel malt nose hints at roasted root vegetables and soy sauce. Roasted caramel malt flavor, more soy sauce. Rich and chewy with a hint of worcestershire sauce, chocolate, pumpernickel bread, currants and coffee beans. This brew improves as it warms and develops complexity as you slowly sip it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2012
at 20:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Marsiblursi. Pours hazy dark slightly reddish brown with a frothy goldenish brownish white head that slowly dissipates while leaving some thick lacing on the glass. Smell is sweet and malty with caramel, sweet dark bread, dates, sweetened coffee, fresh grass, peppery wood, apricots, burnt sugar, fruit toffee, roasted almonds and hints of oat flakes. Taste is slightly sweet, slightly bitter and malty with pumpernickel, plums, burnt sugar, dates, cereal, roasted nuts, sweet dark bread, fruit cake, brown sugar, straw, moist tobacco, hints of pine and very subtle hints of cabbage. Mouthfeel is round, tiny oily bitter and medium bodied. Finish is tiny sweet, slightly bitter and malty with sweet dark bread, burnt sugar, roasted nuts, pine, moist tobacco, lemon balm, dry wood and hints of toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2012
at 10:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle.Dark brown colour with head.Aroma of dried fruity,berries and chocolate,also good tosted flavor of caramel and malt.nice full body and nice well balanced full body,really nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2012
at 02:58