Planet Porter
Boulder Beer Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.27
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Planet Porter is a big beer for everyone. Don't be afraid of the dark; this beer is very drinkable and remarkably smooth, brewed for a malty, coffee-like flavor.
A once almost extinct style of ale, Boulder Brewing helped revive the category and this is now one of the oldest American porters.
A once almost extinct style of ale, Boulder Brewing helped revive the category and this is now one of the oldest American porters.
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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle: Dark brown pour with a large tan head and good lacing. Aroma of coffee and roasted malt. Taste is mostly roasted malt with hints of coffee and cocoa. Mild intensity. Pretty ho-hum. Nice full body and easy to drink, but was served well under the recommended temperature.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2007
at 20:40
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
"Loose" 12 oz. bottle from Sam’s Wines, Downrs Grove. Opens to a nice smell of coffee, molasses, a touch of smoke, and cola. Pours a proper dark color, but with a fizzy, short-lived head. Despite that, a nice enough taste. Some rich chocolately porter malts, more of that smoke, but not too much. Again, the carbonation is too heavy for this style. OK beer. No date, but neck label celebrates the brewery’s 25th anniversary in 2004.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Feb 2007
at 22:08
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A deep dark porter with a thick dark creamy moka head. Aroma of chocolate and cheap coffee, a bit oxidized. In mouth, a rathe rlight sweet chocolate taste, no hopping present, short in mouth, signs of oxidation. Bottle was bought at BOTW, Oct. 2006, 1.30$.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2007
at 16:15
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz. Bottle at 810 Zone in Leawood, KS. Served too cold, initial taste was a bit thin. Hoped it would be denser when it warmed, but it wasn’t. All of the traditional flavors are there, roast, coffee, malt, yet the body is too thin and the flavors too muted for this one to matter much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2007
at 09:32
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pour is jet black with a small tan head. Aroma is mild chocolate with some coffee in there. Flavor is so-so for a porter. Some coffee and chocolate show up but it is very subpar. Still this is decent for sipping on, not just the best i have ever had.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2006
at 17:39
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz bottle Pours out a nice black topped with a tan head. A nice aroma of Malt. Or not to great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2006
at 20:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours a very dark brown - close to black - with a reddish hue and a small, beige head. Sweetish, roasted malt aroma. Medium body with lots of sweet, roasted malty flavours and loads of chocolate accents. Slightly burned finish with touches of aroma hops. A very pleasant brew. 060706
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2006
at 06:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle - Poured black with a thin, disappearing head. The roast malt aroma is typical for the style but good. The flavor was of course mainly of roast malts with some coffee notes and a mildly hoppy finish. The medium body did not seem terribly watery to me, but it could have been a bit thicker. This beer was quite drinkable. It just seemed quite average or a little below for a porter though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2006
at 21:07
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
First impression: Watery with only hints of sweet malts and smoke. A little chocolate, perhaps. Lots of fizz. My first impression didn’t change by the end. This just seemed too thin to raise it above average.
Tried
on 06 Aug 2005
at 15:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
This beer is a dark brown color with a ruby tint. Thin light beige head and light lacing. The scent is lightly malty, along with a little coffee. Medium-bodied with mild roasted coffee, malt and burnt chocolate flavors. No flavor really stands out more than any other, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The finish is lightly smoky with a bitter character. Overall this Porter doesn’t really distinguish itself in the field, either as especially good or especially bad. It’s just kind of...there.
Tried
on 20 Jul 2004
at 16:39