Erie Porter
Rocky River Brewing
- From:
- Rocky River Brewing
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 4.3%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.85 | pDev: 2.86%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jan 15, 2018
- Added:
- Dec 22, 2008
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by AltBock from Ohio
3.73/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.73/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
This new R.R.B.C beer was available there around 12/17/2008. Instead of drinking it there, I took this one home with me in one of their growlers. The beer menu said this was an American Porter that was black in color, with a gravity of 1.057, and ABV of 4.3%, and with a bittering of 25.4. I poured this Porter into a small Great Lakes Christmas Ale Snifter.
Did it pour a black color like R.R. said it was going to be? You bet your ass it did! This beer wasn't as thick as oil, but they shared the same color. I held it up to the light to see if any light could shine through this beer and the only place where light could shine through this beer was at the bottom where the beer's color is at its weakest. Sitting on top of this solid black brew was a 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch head of tan colored foam. This tan head of foam simply had good retention that left behind a small string of foamy tan rings and quite a few small blots of tan lace around the glass.
This beer had the standard roasted Porter aroma. That means the aroma was heavily roasted with a ton dark roasted malts, dark roasted coffee beans, and dark chocolate. Behind those roasted aromas were a little more roasted aromas. That included a dark fruit or two, a quick splash of sweet caramel, and a subtle touch roasted hops. Nothing out of the ordinary, but it was still a very good roasted aroma.
The taste of this American Porter was mildly roasted and dry. In fact, it was more dry than roasted. The taste was mildly roasted with dark roasted malts, a hint of dark roasted coffee beans, watered down dark chocolate, and then this taste finishes up with a subtle pinch of roasted hops. No sweetness in here. I think this beer needed that sweetness to help balance out this beer's dryness. There was that and it tasted like they dumbed down the roasted flavors from what they were in the aroma. Don't even get me started on the watered down dark chocolate. Even though the flavors were dumbed down a little bit, it was still a pretty good mildly roasted Porter.
This was a light to medium bodied roasted beer with a light dry and roasted aftertaste of dark roasted malts, a little dash of roasted coffee beans, a hint of watered down dark chocolate, and a tiny touch of roasted hops.
It started off nice, but then it went south when the taste came into play. The taste needed to be more like the aroma. Even with those tiny minor problems, this was still a good dry roasted Porter to end the day with at Rocky River or at home.
Dec 22, 2008Did it pour a black color like R.R. said it was going to be? You bet your ass it did! This beer wasn't as thick as oil, but they shared the same color. I held it up to the light to see if any light could shine through this beer and the only place where light could shine through this beer was at the bottom where the beer's color is at its weakest. Sitting on top of this solid black brew was a 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch head of tan colored foam. This tan head of foam simply had good retention that left behind a small string of foamy tan rings and quite a few small blots of tan lace around the glass.
This beer had the standard roasted Porter aroma. That means the aroma was heavily roasted with a ton dark roasted malts, dark roasted coffee beans, and dark chocolate. Behind those roasted aromas were a little more roasted aromas. That included a dark fruit or two, a quick splash of sweet caramel, and a subtle touch roasted hops. Nothing out of the ordinary, but it was still a very good roasted aroma.
The taste of this American Porter was mildly roasted and dry. In fact, it was more dry than roasted. The taste was mildly roasted with dark roasted malts, a hint of dark roasted coffee beans, watered down dark chocolate, and then this taste finishes up with a subtle pinch of roasted hops. No sweetness in here. I think this beer needed that sweetness to help balance out this beer's dryness. There was that and it tasted like they dumbed down the roasted flavors from what they were in the aroma. Don't even get me started on the watered down dark chocolate. Even though the flavors were dumbed down a little bit, it was still a pretty good mildly roasted Porter.
This was a light to medium bodied roasted beer with a light dry and roasted aftertaste of dark roasted malts, a little dash of roasted coffee beans, a hint of watered down dark chocolate, and a tiny touch of roasted hops.
It started off nice, but then it went south when the taste came into play. The taste needed to be more like the aroma. Even with those tiny minor problems, this was still a good dry roasted Porter to end the day with at Rocky River or at home.
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