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Planet Porter
Boulder Beer / Wilderness Pub
- From:
- Boulder Beer / Wilderness Pub
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 5.51%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.43 | pDev: 14.29%
- Reviews:
- 236
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 01, 2018
- Added:
- May 20, 2003
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 13
No description / notes.
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Ratings by ColoradoBobs:
Reviewed by ColoradoBobs from Colorado
3.91/5 rDev +14%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev +14%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 4
NOTE: THE WEBSITE LISTS THIS BEER AS 5.51% ABV.
Appearance is dark, near opaque black-brown-red, under a one-finger head that fades quickly to a thin ring, leaving a bit of lacing.
Smell is nice warm chocolate malt with lots of prunes, figs, dried cherries dark chocolate and espresso. Really good smell. Hope it tastes this good.
Taste just a bit of the smell -- it's all there, though not so pronounced. Nice dry finish, with a bit of sour fruit at the end. Pretty nice
Mouthfeel is more like a lager than a porter: a bit thin for my palate.
Really quite drinkable, with the only drawback being that thin mouthfeel.
Overall, a decent brew from Boulder Beer, Colorado's oldest microbrewery. Definitely worth a try. I'd like to have it on tap sometime.
Jan 28, 2007Appearance is dark, near opaque black-brown-red, under a one-finger head that fades quickly to a thin ring, leaving a bit of lacing.
Smell is nice warm chocolate malt with lots of prunes, figs, dried cherries dark chocolate and espresso. Really good smell. Hope it tastes this good.
Taste just a bit of the smell -- it's all there, though not so pronounced. Nice dry finish, with a bit of sour fruit at the end. Pretty nice
Mouthfeel is more like a lager than a porter: a bit thin for my palate.
Really quite drinkable, with the only drawback being that thin mouthfeel.
Overall, a decent brew from Boulder Beer, Colorado's oldest microbrewery. Definitely worth a try. I'd like to have it on tap sometime.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado
4/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz. Bottle
Pours a pretty nice dark brown color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice one-finger light tan head, which leaves some sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, with some chocolate/toffee, slight vanilla, nutty. The taste is malty, chocolate/toffee, nutty, with some vanilla. Medlium body. Overall, a nice little brew.
Apr 03, 2017Pours a pretty nice dark brown color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice one-finger light tan head, which leaves some sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, with some chocolate/toffee, slight vanilla, nutty. The taste is malty, chocolate/toffee, nutty, with some vanilla. Medlium body. Overall, a nice little brew.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.03/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.03/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Brown pour, looks equal parts brown ale and porter, this is on the thinner side, less than half an inch of off white head. Aroma was mildly roasted, not much else.
Taste came in as suspected, brown malt, chocolate malt, minimal bitterness, not much mouthfeel, something a little bigger than a brown ale, a little smaller than a porter. It did allow the flavor to come through in the mouthfeel somewhat nicely, but this is a very much gateway kind of porter for the person thinking about upgrading from Newcastle.
Average.
Jan 29, 2016Taste came in as suspected, brown malt, chocolate malt, minimal bitterness, not much mouthfeel, something a little bigger than a brown ale, a little smaller than a porter. It did allow the flavor to come through in the mouthfeel somewhat nicely, but this is a very much gateway kind of porter for the person thinking about upgrading from Newcastle.
Average.
Reviewed by barczar from Kentucky
3.54/5 rDev +3.2%
3.54/5 rDev +3.2%
This beer is about a year past its date.
Toffee, deeply caramelized malt, toffee, and molasses dominate the aroma. There's a touch of chocolate and roast malt, along with dark fruit, but the buttery toffee dominates. Flavor reveals that fruity malt/acrid character at the base, with a lightly roasted, lightly bitter finish. Nutty malt dominates the flavor. A little heavy on toast and lacking in chocolate, but a very approachable brew.
Nov 10, 2014Toffee, deeply caramelized malt, toffee, and molasses dominate the aroma. There's a touch of chocolate and roast malt, along with dark fruit, but the buttery toffee dominates. Flavor reveals that fruity malt/acrid character at the base, with a lightly roasted, lightly bitter finish. Nutty malt dominates the flavor. A little heavy on toast and lacking in chocolate, but a very approachable brew.
Planet Porter from Boulder Beer / Wilderness Pub
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
395 ratings
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