La Cruda Porter
Port Brewing Company in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.24
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In 1996 a little brewpub named Cervecerias La Cruda opened in downtown San Diego. While open for less than a year, the beers were nothing short of remarkable, and that fall, brewer Troy Hojel and his assistant, Tomme Arthur, won the Gold Medal for Robust Porters at the Great American Beer Festival. The Makanudo Porter was only the third San Diego beer to ever to earn a GABF medal. 2011… San Diego is now the epicenter of Craft Brewing and our homebrewing community thrives like never before. This past April Troy Hojel, Skip Virgilio and Tomme Arthur, each a homebrewer who followed their dreams and turned pro, reunited for the first time in 15 years and recreated that legendary La Cruda Porter. Their hope was to send a message in a bottle out to homebrewers everywhere: Never stop daring, Never stop experimenting. An most of all, never stop imagining the places beer can take us.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
660 ml bottle @ Patricks. Dark brown body with a small beige head. Nice aroma of dark chocolate with a hint of vanilla and toffee, quite fruity. Flavor of malt, dark chocolate, coffee, nuts and yeast with a rather robust bitterness. Medium body, what is rather surprisingly taking all the flavors in consideration. A bit alcoholic vinous or acidic in the aftertaste. Unusually but very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2012
at 08:55
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, kindly shared by gunnar. 6.7% ABV. Very dark brown to black colour, moderate beige head. Perfumed aroma, also some vinous notes, chocolate and coffee. Easy drinking flavour, nicely balanced, moderate notes of chocolate and coffee. Good beer, but not exceptional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2012
at 12:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 660ml @ Patricks Pub og Restaurant, Kristiansand
Pours deep reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, dark chocolate, vanilla, toffee and fruity hops. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long roasted, coffee, chocolate finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours deep reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, dark chocolate, vanilla, toffee and fruity hops. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long roasted, coffee, chocolate finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2012
at 12:40
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Brewdog Aberdeen. It pours very dark brown, with a thick beige head. The nose is chocolate, wood, caramel and dark fruit. The taste is very fruity: blueberry, blackcurrant, raisin, as well as wood, caramel, roasted malt, chocolate and fudge, with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Great balance and very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2012
at 11:40
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ Tasting by Fin & Loz ].Clear dark amber brown colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, nutty, caramel, chocolate, leather. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, funky, coffee dusty, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111021]
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2011
at 05:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Fin & Loz’s tasting with Jan, Charlotte, Craig, Stella & kids consumed 21.10.11 I think that Jan brought this along, many thanks for this Jan! Dark chocolate, malty and with some biscuits this is very nice. Pours dark brown with a light beige head. Soft in the mouth, some alcohol warmth, chocolate comes through again. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2011
at 22:52
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
bottle at fins ... deep black red ... thin tan head ... soft chocoate berry nose ... oery fiz... soft mellow toffee roast ... light dark fruits ... soft roast ... ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2011
at 15:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown and black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and chocolate malty. Chocolate and dark malty. light malty. Roasted malty with a lingering chocolate note into a dry and roasted finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2011
at 03:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. An unclear brown beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of chocolate and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and chocolate as well as lighter notes of bread, leading to a dry and bitter finish. Thanks yespr for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2011
at 06:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Courtesy of Yespr
Black color; generous head. The aroma is full of chocolate, with some coffee too, and light sourness. Correct body structure; the mouthfeel is quite dry; there is some chocolate flavor, ending with a light dusty feeling. Correct bitterness. Average.
Black color; generous head. The aroma is full of chocolate, with some coffee too, and light sourness. Correct body structure; the mouthfeel is quite dry; there is some chocolate flavor, ending with a light dusty feeling. Correct bitterness. Average.
Tried
on 02 Sep 2011
at 14:05