Cache La Porter
Pateros Creek Brewing Co.

Cache La PorterCache La Porter
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From:
Pateros Creek Brewing Co.
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
English Porter
ABV:
5%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.6 | pDev: 17.5%
Reviews:
12
Ratings:
35
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 29, 2016
Added:
Aug 02, 2011
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  4
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Ratings by GilGarp:
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Reviewed by GilGarp from Colorado

4.05/5  rDev +12.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Growler served into a pint glass at around 50 degrees.

Appearance is that of Coca-Cola with deep redish brown color and good clarity. The head is creamy smooth but settles quickly.

Aroma is sweet and roasty with a little bit of earthy hops.

Flavor is somewhere between a brown and a porter. It has the roasted malt of the porter but in a more mild/less assertive way. A caramel, toffee, milk chocolate type of sweetness is something more like what I would expect in a brown. Almost like a sweet stout? Maybe I should stop trying to define it by style and just enjoy it.

Mouthfeel is medium light in body and low in carbonation. It's drinking really nice from the growler.

Overall a really enjoyable and sessionable dark ale of some variety or another.
Sep 06, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.27 by Miami66 from Nebraska

May 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.32 by WDJersey from Colorado

Dec 05, 2015
 
Rated: 3.26 by Skagnetti from Colorado

May 15, 2015
 
Rated: 4.21 by Chris_Carl_Johnson from Wyoming

Feb 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.7 by RyanCrawford from Colorado

Jan 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.64 by mkrass from Colorado

Dec 26, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by ManBearPat from Colorado

Dec 02, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by GRG1313 from California

Oct 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by LXIXME from New Mexico

Aug 17, 2014
 
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Reviewed by Foyle from North Carolina

1/5  rDev -72.2%
look: 1 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Poured from 16 oz can into pint glass.
(Reviewed for a 2nd time after trading in 'bad' beers for supposedly good ones).

Appearance: pours with a 3/4" tan head that slowly recedes. Some mild lacing. Color is dark brown and completely opaque. Some carbonation bubbles clinging to sides of glass.

Aroma: off flavor dominates (vinegar?) with a background of some chocolate, bread dough, and a hint of hops and yeast.

Mouthfeel: unpleasant mouthfeel (infected?) with a sour, extremely astringent finish.

Flavor: dominate flavor is an unpleasant off-putting astringency and vinegar. Behind that unpleasantness is some chocolate and roasted barley malt. The hops are hard to pick up because they get a bit lost in the bitter vinegar.

Overall: I returned the first batch of this beer to the brewery, where they replaced it with beer that was supposedly not infected. It was. I had to drain pour the last two.
May 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Dave2234 from Minnesota

Mar 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by 22Blue from Kansas

Mar 11, 2014
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Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado

3.56/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Poured a deep brown color with a rich, creamy, light tan head; nice lacing on the glass. Soft, roasted grain smell with a hint of cocoa. Flavor is an infusion of charred grains, milk chocolate, cocoa, and a slightly metallic hop bitterness creeping through at the finish. Medium bodied; smooth; semi-dry finish.

A respectable porter that won't disappoint flavor-wise although it doesn't break any new ground for the style. It the mouthfeel seems a little weak and watery at times although the smooth grainy sweetness and dark malt flavors make up for any deficiency. Another beer that, after a while, seems to be better than the sum of its parts.
Feb 20, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by jaydoc from Kansas

Dec 29, 2013
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

2.75/5  rDev -23.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
a real miss for me, and a disaster in the can. the cans have a tendency to burst open, either a cheap can or a carbonation issue. a major gusher this one, amber bubbles ooze out of the can as soon as it is opened. once i can get it settled enough to pour, its all head, airy bubbles piling up over a hazy red tinted watery brown liquid with plenty of sediment. turbid stuff. the nose is metallic like the cheap can, medium roast on the barley, and generally thin. the flavor is the same, with almost none of the complexity and richness of better porters. its also way over carbonated, thin, and devoid of much finish aside from an off and slightly astringent property that is rather unflattering. doubtful if i will revisit this beer.
Dec 08, 2013
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Reviewed by Brianofthemarsh from Oklahoma

3.9/5  rDev +8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
a- dark brown with decent mocha head
s - roasted malt, coffee, hint of chocolate
t - mostly roasted malt and, despite what can says, notes of medium roast coffee and chocolate. Spicy hops.
m - on thin side of medium
o- I like this beer for what it is...an easy drinking light porter. Better than any brown ale I can think of.
Nov 30, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by spoony from Colorado

Nov 16, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by famous_mortimur from Colorado

Oct 07, 2013
Cache La Porter from Pateros Creek Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 35 ratings