Green Flash Brewing Company Cosmic Ristretto

Cosmic Ristretto

 

Green Flash Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter - Baltic Regular
Score
7.53
ABV: 8.2% IBU: 45 Ticks: 86
Live long and drink Cosmic Ristretto. This highly revered brew will go down in history as one of the first graduates of our Genius Lab program into our front line. Marvel at its rich black appearance with bruleed edges and mocha-colored beer foam. Breathe in its coffee aroma and sweet malts, and savor its smooth, espresso, chocolate flavor. Don’t fight its gravitational pull. This bold, complex, java-centric Baltic Porter with Espresso is irresistible. Houston, we have a problem, my glass is empty.
 

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9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 10

Thxi to Benzai. 650 ml. bottle sampled @ RBBSG V. Dark brown, little tanned head. Nose is delicious coffee, there is sweet coffee & chocolate base, also roasted coffee & espresso, mellow, complimentary, not too bitter. Taste is same, great mocha base, chocolate, sweet, sugar, faintest molasses with not overly bitter (for me), complimentary espresso & roasted coffee notes,… Easy bodied, very drinkable, very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2016 at 07:45


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared with the work crew. Pours dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of strong dark coffee, light chocolate. Taste is crisp and clean, more coffee, light sweet finish.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2016 at 02:57


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Imported from my RateBeer account as Green Flash Cosmic Ristretto Baltic Porter (by Green Flash Brewing Company):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5

3/IX/16 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ RBBSG V (Klaas' place) - BB: X/8/16 (2016-951) Thanks to Benzai for sharing the bottle!

Clear dark brown beer, practically no head. Aroma: coffee, more coffee, roasted, just coffee actually. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: coffee, little sweet, mocha, malty, slightly roasted, more mocha. Aftertaste: cocoa powder, mocha, some caramel, roasted finish. Decent beer, just a bit too much coffee for me.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2016 at 16:06


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

At rbbsg16. Thnx for sharing People ! Pours dark, ni real head. Smell is coffee, roasty. Taste is coffee, roasty, dark malts. Ok, but too Sharp coffee.

Tried on 03 Sep 2016 at 09:12


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

66cl bottle @RBBSG2016. Fast schwarze Farbe, geringe beige schaumkrone. Geruch nach Kaffeebohnen, trocken, schokoladig. Geschmack süß schokoladig, Kaffee, Vanille, milchig.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2016 at 09:08


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pours dark mahogany tinged black into an English pint. Mocha head with excellent retention recedes leaving scant sheets. Espresso and dark chocolate aromas. Creamy milk chocolate upfront turning to dark espresso before the lasting milky pit fruit finish. Nice.

Tried from Can on 02 Sep 2016 at 16:17


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Custom Green Flash bomber pours with a mahogany colored body that supports a nice light mocha head. The aroma offers up loads of chocolate followed by a bit of molasses covered raisins and lightly roasted coffee. The taste delivers chocolate, roasty coffee and sweet malts laced with a bit of molasses. To midway a mild sweet raisin and prune fruity ester sensation comes to the surface and leading into persistent coffee into the finish. As it warms a little I get hints of earthy coffee notes creating a pretty nice Baltic Porter experience.

Tried on 29 Aug 2016 at 21:49


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bomber. Black, low head. Nose is cocoa, coffee, light soy. Big flavor, roasty, sweet cocoa and coffee, bitter roast finish. Rather full body.

Tried on 28 Aug 2016 at 15:05


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Bier:Thirty dark brown black modest tan head and thick lacing that dries on the sides. Big dark roast and coffee aromas and flavors. Quite bitter and bold. Big lingering espresso roast bitter trailer. I feel like this would improve with several months in the bottle

Tried from Draft on 19 Aug 2016 at 13:54


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle with a Best Before Date: 25 August, 16. Deep brown (almost black color) thin beige head without lace. Nose is rich hazelnut coffee and roasted malts. Glad I got to this now because it seems like the espresso bean is on the verge of turning the other direction.

Borderline astringent coffee bean. That said, it has a stern roasted backbone with a medium plus body. Texture is pretty smooth and creamy and pleasing. No alcohol notable anyplace in the flavor. Overall, I am glad I got to this now but I have a strong feeling had I sampled this 3 months ago, my rating would be much higher.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Aug 2016 at 22:47