Charles River Porter
Cambridge Brewing Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
7.01
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CLW (16859) reviewed Charles River Porter from Cambridge Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at the brew pub. 5 oz taster. Nose is almost nothing at all. Light weak roast at best. Taste is average. Chocolate malt, light espresso notes. Roasted barley. The finish doesn’t really longer. It’s short and dry. Average without any problems.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
6th August 2009
Cask at GBBF. Very dark brown beer, just about transparent. Softish palate. Rich malt with a light roast. Well hopped. Not bad, perhaps a bit hoppy.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Cambridge Charles River Porter (by Cambridge Brewing Company):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5
2/10/2011 on tap @ CBC (2011-491)
Very dark brown to black beer, creamy beige to brown head, bit stable, non adhesive. Aroma: mocha, dark caramel, nuts, sugary, some alcohol. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: roasted nuts, roasted malts, mocha, coffee, hop bitter. Aftertaste: coffee, roasted, bitter ashes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at the brewpub. Poured dark brown with a gray head that dissipated slowly to the edges and laced nicely. Aroma was full of roasted malt with a bit of bitter backing hop and a hint of dryness. Flavor began with chocolate and roasted malt with a backing pine note. Finish was slightly dry.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Shaker pint pour at the brewpub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pour is a murky brown with a smallish tan head. Nice coating lacing lines the glass as it goes down. Aroma is soft natural roast and bright pine. Nice integrated, fresh, clean nose. Taste is creamy roast malt along with the pine hoppiness. Palate is medium bodied, with a nice active carbonation and a crisp dry bitter finish. Straight forward, but really clean and drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Opaque with amber hints. Tan head collar, big roasted malt. Dry finish and lots of coffee on the palate.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear dark brown color with a average, fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090806]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at GBBF. Dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of dark fruit, roasted malt and licorice. Dry and fruity flavoour with loads of roast character.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at GBBF 2009. Black, dark brown edges, thin lasting dark beige head. Good choc aroma, very dry bitter dark choc in mouth. Quite fruity in swallow, some raison and dark cherry, bit of ginger. Good/solid.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Gravity cask, one-third pint from the USA bar, GBBF 09. Black as pitch, possible a bit cloudy. Bubbly low beige head. Sweet smell of lacteal malts and hoppy fruits. Comprehensive flavour of dark caramel, slightly roasted, nicely followed by a good amount dark fruits. Sophisticated porter, very pleasing (Earls Court, 06.08.2009).