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José Martí American Porter
Cigar City Brewing
- From:
- Cigar City Brewing
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.06 | pDev: 10.34%
- Reviews:
- 272
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 05, 2019
- Added:
- Aug 11, 2010
- Wants:
- 103
- Gots:
- 133
This is a heavily hopped high gravity porter featuring the hopping levels of an India Pale Ale with the rich and roasty malt profile of a robust porter. Heavy hop rates, while uncommon in today's porters were not unknown historically and recipes from the British porter producers of the 1800's evidence hopping rates far in excess of what is common for the style today.
65 IBU
65 IBU
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Ratings by AltBock:
Reviewed by AltBock from Ohio
4.22/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.22/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
I found this unreviewed winner in my phone. On tap at Cigar City on November 21, 2012. I decided to take this one with me in a growler. Out of the growler and into an imperial pint glass.
It appears to pour a solid midnight black, but a closer look led me to believe that it's more of a deep dark cola brown color. On top was a dark tan 3/4 to 1 inch head of foam. It had good retention that left behind a thin tan film and huge number of streaks and spots of lace.
The strong scent of roasted coffee beans was just pouring out off this beer. I didn't even need to stick my nose in to the glass to get this fine roasted coffee aroma. Behind the coffee was some dark roasted malt, dark chocolate, and a subtle splash of sweet caramel. If its swirled around, a dark fruit or two will emerge. Nice and roasted!
Unlike the aroma, the taste was equally balanced between all the dark roasted flavors. The first roasted flavor that's up to bat is the dark roasted malt. That's followed by the roasted coffee beans, and then the dark chocolate. After all the roasted tastes had their turn in the spotlight, the beer then finishes up with subtle caramel sweetness and a fine roasted hop bitterness. Great roasted Porter!
The mouthfeel was medium bodied with a nice thick long lasting roasted aftertaste. You get more roasted coffee, malt, and dark chocolate in the aftertaste. You'd think the same tastes over and over again would get boring, but they didn't. It will take more than one glass of water to cleanse your mouth of this roasted aftertaste.
I didn't have high hopes for this beer, but Cigar City smashed that! This is a fine roasted Porter from Cigar City. I would definitely buy this again. Another winner from Cigar City.
Jan 13, 2013It appears to pour a solid midnight black, but a closer look led me to believe that it's more of a deep dark cola brown color. On top was a dark tan 3/4 to 1 inch head of foam. It had good retention that left behind a thin tan film and huge number of streaks and spots of lace.
The strong scent of roasted coffee beans was just pouring out off this beer. I didn't even need to stick my nose in to the glass to get this fine roasted coffee aroma. Behind the coffee was some dark roasted malt, dark chocolate, and a subtle splash of sweet caramel. If its swirled around, a dark fruit or two will emerge. Nice and roasted!
Unlike the aroma, the taste was equally balanced between all the dark roasted flavors. The first roasted flavor that's up to bat is the dark roasted malt. That's followed by the roasted coffee beans, and then the dark chocolate. After all the roasted tastes had their turn in the spotlight, the beer then finishes up with subtle caramel sweetness and a fine roasted hop bitterness. Great roasted Porter!
The mouthfeel was medium bodied with a nice thick long lasting roasted aftertaste. You get more roasted coffee, malt, and dark chocolate in the aftertaste. You'd think the same tastes over and over again would get boring, but they didn't. It will take more than one glass of water to cleanse your mouth of this roasted aftertaste.
I didn't have high hopes for this beer, but Cigar City smashed that! This is a fine roasted Porter from Cigar City. I would definitely buy this again. Another winner from Cigar City.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.5/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -13.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
CCB drops into the big hop realm for a porter on this one. Brown beer, brown pour, lighter brown 1/3" head. Aroma of brown malt and PacNW hops.
Taste, well carbonated mouth feel compliments heavy dose of hops, brown malt. Hearty amount of roasted malt going on here. Coffee from the malt tones. Somewhere in between those hoppy porters of Black Butte and SN realm, but with a blast of black ipa along the way. I liked it, but wouldn't set up trades for it or anything.
Nov 29, 2016Taste, well carbonated mouth feel compliments heavy dose of hops, brown malt. Hearty amount of roasted malt going on here. Coffee from the malt tones. Somewhere in between those hoppy porters of Black Butte and SN realm, but with a blast of black ipa along the way. I liked it, but wouldn't set up trades for it or anything.
Reviewed by a0lbudman from Alabama
4.43/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
L-black with a light brown head that does not fade away and leaves a large lacing
S-chocolate and hop smell
T-has a chocolate taste that turns into a hop aftertaste that stays with you for a while
F-Medium carbonation and full body
O-gives you a different porter with the heavy hops, first sip was porter all the way then the hops kicked in Enjoyed it
Sep 08, 2016S-chocolate and hop smell
T-has a chocolate taste that turns into a hop aftertaste that stays with you for a while
F-Medium carbonation and full body
O-gives you a different porter with the heavy hops, first sip was porter all the way then the hops kicked in Enjoyed it
Reviewed by Mateo2699 from Texas
3.89/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pour is a dark brown, nearing black hue. Khaki colored head that lasts for the whole session. Nice lacing. Aroma is roasted malt foward, hints of licorice, bakers chocolate, and slight coffee. Taste follows the nose, big roasty malts, hints of licorice and tabacco leaf, dark chocolate. Mouthfeel is relatively velvety, still a little thin. Low carbonation. A solid stout, nothing too complex.
Aug 15, 2016Reviewed by HopBomb515 from New Jersey
4.21/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Nearly pitch black with a big light tan head with great retention and lacing. Huge aromatic nose on this one. Notes of dry bakers cocoa, caramel, toffee, light citrus, lightly overdone toast, light char and burnt marshmallow. Medium body, approaches creamy but falls short with a light prick of carbonation and a semi dry finish. This is a fantastic Porter, well done all around and big roasted char flavor.
Jul 09, 2016Reviewed by tillmac62 from South Carolina
4.39/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.39/5 rDev +8.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Black pour. World class head volume, lacing and retention.
Quite outstanding nose of chocolate, light roast, caramel, molasses and a very light touch of char. In the background is a light floral hop note.
Light full body that is quite smooth and silky, but not quite creamy, in texture. Outstanding carbonation / body balance with a mildly effervescent middle and a nice prickly finish.
The flavor profile is world class. The higher hopping rate adds a new component to this already complex porter. It begins with roast that shifts to bakers chocolate just before the middle. The middle is buttressed by a rich caramel and molasses sweetness that makes the chocolate shine and shift from bakers to sweet chocolate. Here the hops also shine contributing a moderate bitterness and pine/grapefruit note. As the bitterness fades, the hop flavor shifts to light sweet fruit as the solid malt base sweetness ascends into the close. The finish is a delicious slow fade of chocolate and hops. A light char note lingers.
Jun 03, 2016Quite outstanding nose of chocolate, light roast, caramel, molasses and a very light touch of char. In the background is a light floral hop note.
Light full body that is quite smooth and silky, but not quite creamy, in texture. Outstanding carbonation / body balance with a mildly effervescent middle and a nice prickly finish.
The flavor profile is world class. The higher hopping rate adds a new component to this already complex porter. It begins with roast that shifts to bakers chocolate just before the middle. The middle is buttressed by a rich caramel and molasses sweetness that makes the chocolate shine and shift from bakers to sweet chocolate. Here the hops also shine contributing a moderate bitterness and pine/grapefruit note. As the bitterness fades, the hop flavor shifts to light sweet fruit as the solid malt base sweetness ascends into the close. The finish is a delicious slow fade of chocolate and hops. A light char note lingers.
José Martí American Porter from Cigar City Brewing
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
971 ratings
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