Coffee Porter
Real Ale Brewing Company in Blanco, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Winter|
Score
7.04
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Born from owner Brad Farbstein’s homebrewing experiments in college — our porter is a rich, robust ale with a dry finish. Fresh, cold-brewed organic fair trade coffee courtesy of Katz Coffee in Houston, TX is added just prior to packaging. Our most popular seasonal release, it’s a whole new way to enjoy your coffee with breakfast, lunch or dinner.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Craig’s 16th Oct 2012
Dark ruby brown, thin tan head around glass
Aroma - dark chocolatey malts, very soft coffee, mocha coffee
Taste - soft coffee, dark caramel malts, soft chocolate, less flavour than I was expecting, but its OK
Palate - medium carb, thinnish body.
Overall - Fairly good coffee porter, found it a bit too mellow though
Dark ruby brown, thin tan head around glass
Aroma - dark chocolatey malts, very soft coffee, mocha coffee
Taste - soft coffee, dark caramel malts, soft chocolate, less flavour than I was expecting, but its OK
Palate - medium carb, thinnish body.
Overall - Fairly good coffee porter, found it a bit too mellow though
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2012
at 11:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home ... deep black ... thin tan lacing ... soft dry chocoollate roast ... sweet creamy toffee malts ... quite thin ... soft mellow roast ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2012
at 11:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Got this one in a trade. 12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best by 2/2/2012. Pours slightly hazy dark reddish brown color with a nice fairly dense 2 finger khaki head with good retention that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Some spotty lacing on the glass. Aromas of chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, coffee, and light herbal hops. Nice and well balanced aromas with decent strength. Taste of chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, toast, caramel, and light herbal hops. Slight bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, chocolate, and rasted malts on the finish for a bit. Good balance of flavors. Medium carbonation and body; with a creamy and slightly slick mouthfeel. Very easy and smooth to drink; with hardly any alcohol warming present for 5.6%. Overall this is a nice and enjoyable porter offering. This one was past best by date, but maybe if it was fresher the coffee would be more prominent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2012
at 17:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle from thirdeye11
Appearance: Black with a small beige head and spotty lacing
Aroma: Dark roasted coffee
Taste: Roasted malts, chocolate and roasted coffee
Nice
Appearance: Black with a small beige head and spotty lacing
Aroma: Dark roasted coffee
Taste: Roasted malts, chocolate and roasted coffee
Nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2012
at 12:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark brown. Roasty with light coffee notes. Light, chocolatey, fudgey taste. Very sweet, silky with only a light coffee character. Balanced, tasty.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2011
at 21:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle courtesy of ericandersnavy, for FREE. Thanks Eric! Pours a clear dark reddish brown color wirh a fizzy tan medium sized head that dissipates quickly. Aroma of big coffee notes with lots of roastiness, and quite a bit of chocolate. The taste is bitter chocolate, coffee, roasted malts a faintly tart note. Faint bit of hop bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied. Quite drinkable. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2011
at 19:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
trade with jtclockwork–12oz bottle-pours a tan head and black color. Aroma is roasty dark malt-cocoa/ashy, some earthy hops. Taste is coffee/ashy/cocoa/peat-dark malt, secondary earthy hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2011
at 05:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Courtesy of markwise. Pours mahogany with amber edges and tan head. The aroma is sweet but also offers a mild level of milk chocolate, some black strap molasses, dark roasted malts, a touch of charred malts and vanilla flavored dark roasted coffee. The taste is at first sweet with sugary molasses and malts blending into some coffee, dark roasted malts, a dash of burnt malts and a sense of milk chocolate. Nice brew.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2011
at 08:06
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Review from notes, sampled 1/20/2008 Got a Growler of this in a trade with BeerZack, thanks for the opportunity. Pours a dark brown/black with some deep ruby highlights when held to the light. Stingy head that dissipates quickly to lace on the glass. The aroma is coffee first and foremost with some roasted grains and some dried fruit. Taste is coffee and chocolate and some more retrained fruits. The body is bit thin. The mouthfeel a little grainy and creamy. Aftertaste is all coffee. Really decent Porter, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Received a bottle 12/28/2009 as an extra in a trade with TexIndy, thanks for the opportunity. Pours a dark as night brown that borders on black with the faintest of brown highlights on the outer edges. Stingy tan head dissipates quickly leaving minimal lace. Smells of coffee and chocolate up front with a sweet milk sugar aroma in there as well. Lots of coffee up front in the mouth. Followed by some caramel, dark fruit, some sweet malts finishing with a long lingering roast bitterness. I though I might have found some hops in the taste, but then I lost them again. Mouthfeel is almost creamy bordering on watery. Body is kind of thin, I was expecting a bit more, and the carbonation is medium to high. Decent brew although I would have liked a bit more body. Maybe if I was drinking this in Texas in Aug I wouldn’t be saying that. I certainly would turn down another one if it came my way.
Tried
from Growler
on 23 Jan 2011
at 11:44
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 7
Darkish brown pour with tan head. Strong coffee notes. Coffee, caramel and roasted malts in the taste. Rated 10/18/09
Tried
on 29 Apr 2010
at 18:52