Token Porter - Bourbon Barrel
Alpine Beer Company in Alpine, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.26
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ Papsoe tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, bourbon, alcohol, wood, chocolate and hops. I still dont understand destroying beer in bourbon barrels.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2012
at 10:15
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of bu11zeye. Pours a clear brown with a warm reddish hue and a small beige head. Sour, rotten nose with some overripe fruit. Medium body, sweet rotten fruits, tart, perhaps a little bourbony but the infection overpowers most. Very sad. 020212
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2012
at 10:13
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bomber shared by Marcus. Pours dark brown black with a transient beige/tan head. Flavor is bourbon/vanilla/chocolate. It’s very smooth. There’s a slight sour aspect. But it is and finishes bourbon/vanilla/chocolate.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2012
at 15:26
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bomber. Clear, dark brown/almost black liquid with brown edges and small to medium tan head. Aroma of vanilla, chocolate, wood, bourbon, butter, ash and light licorice. Lots of butter. Taste is light sweet, light sour, light to medium bitter with notes of bourbon and wood. Unappropriatly sour. Medium bodied with low carbonation. Way to buttery and also weirdly sour. Didn’t really like it.
Tried
on 10 Jan 2012
at 11:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to PeteinSD. Pours black with light brown head. Nose/taste of sweet cocoa, vanilla, milk chocolate, light bourbon barrel and lactose sweetness. Barrel aging is mild, but present. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2011
at 11:57
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
How do you spell "infection?" Poured a clear brown, small off-white head. Aroma is sour, touch of sweet malts, chocolates - meh. I kept drinking it but this is certainly not what I think they intended - if I get a chance - will wipe this rating clean and start fresh.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2011
at 22:46
4.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle thanks to JohnnyJ. Pours a clear deep brown with a ruby hue and a brown head that dissipates very slowly to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma is full of butterscotch with backing roasted malts with some sweet chocolate. Flavor begins with butterscotch and transforms in to a sour cherry. Clearly infected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2011
at 13:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Brouwer's for Big Wood, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of bourbon, vanilla, light chocolate and molasses. Flavour of molasses, smooth Belgian chocolate, vanilla (from the barrels), and no roast at all. Full-bodied for a porter but still somehow "light" on the palate. Delicious.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Dec 2011
at 22:57
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours up mahogany with dark cherry colored hues and tan head. The aroma has a nice load of dark roasted malts and toffee candy goodness with a bit of earthiness and a faint tartness in the background. The taste has a nice dark roasty maltiness and then quickly gets into red wine tart notes. OK, after a few ounces I only get red wine like tartness. Too much barrel time for my taste maybe.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2011
at 21:10
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle thanks to mattolesh. Pours with a deep brown, near black body with a small tan head. Aroma has some very strong diacetyl notes (very strong!), maple, brown sugar, barrel and light chocolate. Flavors of diacetyl, cocoa, barrel, oak and a bit sticky. Pretty smooth with a hint of sourness coming on. Balanced alcohol character, but it seems that this is on the road to infection. Too bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2011
at 10:46