Crooked Rook
Mankato Brewery

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From:
Mankato Brewery
 
Minnesota, United States
Style:
American Porter
ABV:
5.6%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.79 | pDev: 10.82%
Reviews:
9
Ratings:
29
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 14, 2017
Added:
Dec 24, 2014
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  3
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Ratings by jera1350:
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Reviewed by jera1350 from Minnesota

3.81/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Nice lighter Porter with coffee, roasted malts and chocolate. Coffee in the aftertaste with some toasty notes. Lighter bodied for the style, but well done overall.
Mar 01, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.25 by a77cj7 from South Dakota

Oct 14, 2017
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Rated by NodakEric from Minnesota

3.72/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Foamy from the bottle.
Sep 30, 2017
 
Rated: 3.58 by Demi from Minnesota

Aug 11, 2017
 
Rated: 3.46 by mattmarka1 from Minnesota

Mar 06, 2017
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Reviewed by TX-Badger from Texas

4/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a dark brown color with light tan colored head. Roasted malts, light cocoa, a little oak-like note, and some hints of coffee on the nose; follows onto the palate. Medium, almost full bodied. Finishes with mostly roasted malt and a little cocoa.
Feb 03, 2017
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Reviewed by Tone from Missouri

4.26/5  rDev +12.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a black color. 1/4 inch head of an off-white color. Decent retention and good lacing. Smells of chocolate, sweet malt, hint of roasted malt, slight alcohol, and a hint of oatmeal. Fits the style of an American Porter. Mouth feel is smooth and clean, with an average carbonation level. There is also a slight roasted bitterness. Tastes of hops, sweet malt, slight chocolate, slight sweet malt, hint of alcohol, hint of pine, and a hint of oatmeal. Overall, decent appearance and aroma, good feel, great blend and body.
Jan 20, 2017
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina

3.9/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 2/10/2017. Pours clear nearly opaque dark brown color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, dark bread, light nuttiness/smoke, herbal, floral, wood, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Slight yeast fruitiness as well. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, dark bread, light nuttiness/smoke, herbal, floral, wood, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/spicy hop and roast bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted biscuit, dark bread, herbal, floral, wood, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light dryness from hop/roast bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5.6%. Overall this is a very nice American porter. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. Great malt complexity with nice supporting hop flavors; without being too roasty, bitter, or drying. A very enjoyable offering.
Jan 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3 by WaveDragon from Minnesota

Dec 27, 2016
 
Rated: 4.17 by MrUse from Minnesota

Aug 27, 2016
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Reviewed by hoptheology from California

4.23/5  rDev +11.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Crooked Rook pours a hazelnut brown which then develops into a deep, dark chocolate brown color. The head is beautiful and is root beer float-like...Guinness like...leaving walls of lace on the side.

Aroma is world class. Roasted, mildly acidic coffee, chocolate syrup, and roast malt. Those three elements combine to form one of the most amazing beer aromas I've ever nosed.

Flavor is decidedly coffee forward with crumbles of chocolate, roast-almost-burnt-but-not-quite malts, and a wonderful acidic mild coffee finish.

A mild, creamy feel with apt carbonation and biting sharpness. Perfect match for this porter.

Overall I have to admit I was not expecting much, but this porter hit the spot tonight, and it's now one of my favorites. Total awesomeness right here.
Jun 28, 2016
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Reviewed by vette2006c5r from Minnesota

3.88/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Crooked Rook pours a blacker color with a small head. Nice creamy aroma, with hints of roasted malts and coffee. Taste is creamy, smokey and lots of roasted flavors. A little flat, otherwise a good feel. Overall, just a little watery, but otherwise its a very good plain porter.
May 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.69 by mkh895 from Arizona

May 01, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by ovaltine from Indiana

Apr 30, 2016
 
Rated: 2.75 by kraticus41 from Minnesota

Apr 22, 2016
 
Rated: 3.97 by morimech from Minnesota

Apr 14, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by Hopstout from Minnesota

Mar 05, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by DiggerDahl from North Dakota

Jan 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.94 by Wer34truh from Minnesota

Jan 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.58 by cbcrunch from Wyoming

Oct 19, 2015
Crooked Rook from Mankato Brewery
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 29 ratings