Imperial Porter
Thomas Hooker Brewing Company

Imperial PorterImperial Porter
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From:
Thomas Hooker Brewing Company
 
Connecticut, United States
Style:
Baltic Porter
ABV:
8.7%
Score:
91
Avg:
4.07 | pDev: 11.79%
Reviews:
283
Ratings:
360
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 30, 2018
Added:
Nov 30, 2003
Wants:
  66
Gots:
  19
Full bodied and rich color, our imperial porter has hints of roasted coffee, cocoa with a generous hop finish. Dark roasted malts blended with the crispness of English hops, this beer is smooth yet complex.

65 IBU
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Reviewed by hoptheology from California

3.72/5  rDev -8.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
12 oz bottle from connecticutpoet. No bottle date, may be a cellar item.

Pours an odd muddy purple-brown color with no head, yet oddly slightly broken lace forms on the glass.

Aroma is HUGE actually...has a nice mix of vanilla spice, heavy tobacco and leather, slight burnt chocolate. Much like cheap cigars in a car stacked with vanilla-roma trees.

Flavors are heavy on tobacco, with slight redeeming milk chocolate, slight ash, slight astringent dark berry, and a huge smack of leather on the finish. The nose, translating to the palate, does not work as well in my opinion. Like rolled dessert cigars.

Feel is creamy but a bit under-carbonated, leading me to think this is probably a few years old. Lingering resins.

Overall, I'd say this was a decent beer but that palate is just ugly. It'll destroy anything before and after that you've had, I think you really have to have an attachment to cheap dessert cigarillos to appreciate this one.
Jul 30, 2018
 
Rated: 4.03 by DudMan from New Jersey

Jan 14, 2018
 
Rated: 4.1 by h4ger from Connecticut

Jul 16, 2017
 
Rated: 4.05 by RickyBfromCT from Connecticut

Jun 05, 2017
 
Rated: 2.5 by Fettpopps from Massachusetts

Jan 27, 2017
 
Rated: 4.1 by jaxon53 from Connecticut

Jul 31, 2016
 
Rated: 3.98 by orangesol from Pennsylvania

Apr 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.81 by SiegeSpitfire from New York

Apr 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.8 by emptyglassagain from Massachusetts

Nov 19, 2015
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Reviewed by CTHomer from Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
A: dark brown; opaque; 1 finger medium tan head that receded slowly to a thin cap; very nice lacing;

S: milk chocolate, roasted grains; dark fruit;

T: milk chocolate up front, then roasted grains and dark fruit; bittersweet chocolate at the finish; mild to moderate, long lasting bitterness at the end;

M: medium bodied; moderate carbonation; dry finish; hides the ABV well;

O: nicely done;
Oct 31, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by chefjohn15 from New York

Sep 17, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by jakea from Wisconsin

Jul 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4.21 by JOrtiz from Connecticut

Jun 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3.96 by JoeMans from New York

Apr 04, 2015
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Rated by Keithp3939 from Connecticut

3.9/5  rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Great beer! Aroma was pleasant, flavor and taste enhanced by leaving it out for a while. A solid offering.
Jan 30, 2015
 
Rated: 4.71 by FullRW from Connecticut

Jan 05, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by Rideguy64 from New Hampshire

Dec 07, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Sspeer1 from Massachusetts

Nov 27, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by BrahptimusPrime from Connecticut

Nov 05, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by pwdiamond from Connecticut

Oct 07, 2014
Imperial Porter from Thomas Hooker Brewing Company
Beer rating: 91 out of 100 with 360 ratings