Waypoint
Rising Tide Brewing Company

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From:
Rising Tide Brewing Company
 
Maine, United States
Style:
American Porter
Ranked #261
ABV:
5%
Score:
86
Ranked #18,834
Avg:
3.82 | pDev: 10.21%
Reviews:
14
Ratings:
75
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 08, 2024
Added:
Mar 21, 2015
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  27
Once the heat of summer breaks, it’s time to find your way to our coffee porter, Waypoint. This beer is brewed with the highest quality coffee blended and roasted by our neighbors at Tandem Coffee Roasters to give our mild porter a rich fruity complexity held up by a chocolatey, malty backbone. This East Bayside collaboration is available from foliage season into the depths of our Maine winter.
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Ratings by SpAiReArGsEonNE:
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Rated by SpAiReArGsEonNE from New Jersey

4/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Dec 16, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.5 by Fettpopps from Massachusetts

Feb 08, 2024
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Rated by MikeVTMA from Massachusetts

3.99/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Nice hints of chocolate and coffee combo with bitter aftertaste but not in a bad way. An interesting brew.
Dec 09, 2023
 
Rated: 4.18 by Mcb99d from Massachusetts

Sep 22, 2023
 
Rated: 2.75 by LAM01833 from Massachusetts

Jul 31, 2022
 
Rated: 3.5 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Jul 15, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by paulish from New York

Apr 18, 2022
 
Rated: 3.75 by acurtis from New Jersey

Apr 12, 2021
 
Rated: 3.75 by EatonHops from Massachusetts

Mar 22, 2021
 
Rated: 3.75 by atlbravsrno1 from Maine

Mar 01, 2021
 
Rated: 4.08 by tpauer from New Hampshire

Nov 14, 2020
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

4/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can dated 11/20/19 (I wasn't worried, are you?)
This was poured into a becher pint glass.
The appearance had a lighter brown color in the pour but yielded more of a dark brown close to black color in the glass. A pulled together eggshell white foamy head sat on top to fall off just the way I wanted it to.
The aroma had some ashy coffee to semi-sweet with a conjured bitter tone flowing into some char/dark chocolate/dark toast conglomeration.
The flavor seemed to roll into a sly bitterness initially but ultimately allowed some coffee roast to bitter and prescribed earthy to pulled ashy wood/charcoal dry quality. Brisk aftertaste of some dry coffee and dark chocolate.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a decent sipping quality about it. Good carbonation but yielding more towards a clinging dryness pummeling my tongue into submission. Finishes with some dry coffee to dark chocolate and dark toasty effects.
Overall, I'd say it's a pretty nicely done coffee porter worthy of coming back to.
Feb 21, 2020
 
Rated: 3.78 by brother_rebus from Maine

Oct 12, 2019
 
Rated: 3.67 by 22Blue from Kansas

Jun 07, 2019
 
Rated: 3 by JLaw55 from Missouri

May 01, 2019
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Reviewed by HopsAreDaMan from Missouri

3.84/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
16 oz can, dated 11.27.18 puts it at about 4 months old.

Look: standard porter: dark, with a coffee colored head, nice lacing.
Aroma: Nice roasted malts, a bit of coffee.
Mouthfeel: light to medium.
Taste: malts, with coffee; very flavorful.

Considering this is only a 5% beer, it was impressive.
Apr 06, 2019
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Reviewed by Suds from Missouri

3.77/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From a tall can, this brew has a ruddy, dark brown color...cream colored head. The aroma is of coffee and roasted grains....otherwise faint. The taste is balanced, if not just a little dry. Full in body. Interesting, but not exceptional.
Jan 27, 2019
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Reviewed by metter98 from New York

3.8/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A: The beer is essentially jet black in color—traces of brownish red are visible near the edges of the glass when it is held up to a bright light. It poured with a thin beige colored head that left a collar around the edge and some wisps of bubbles on the surface.
S: Light to moderate aromas of coffee beans are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has moderate flavors of roasted coffee beans with notes of cola. The beans contribute a light amount of associated bitterness.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate wand has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is nice aromas and flavors of coffee but still tastes like a porter.

Serving type: can
Dec 24, 2018
 
Rated: 3.85 by KMcGrath from Massachusetts

Dec 03, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by jayhunter357 from Massachusetts

Dec 02, 2018
Waypoint from Rising Tide Brewing Company
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 75 ratings