Cocoa Cream Graham Cracker Porter
Denver Beer Co.
- From:
- Denver Beer Co.
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 15.67%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Apr 22, 2018
- Added:
- Jan 29, 2014
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by StoneTSR from Colorado
4.23/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
APPEARANCE: An aggressive pour produces a quarter-inch of white head, which contrasts starkly with a jet-black beer beneath it. The iPhone flashlight shown through it is only faintly noticeable as a vague redness on the other side of the glass. As the head recedes it leaves an island of wispy foam with a little ‘mountain’ of bubbles in the middle that seems to be supplied by a flow of bubbles from the etching on the bottom of my glass.
SMELL: The aroma is intense (always a good thing for me). A roasted malt, but not quite coffee-like smell dominates and is quite pleasant. Dark chocolate notes are all over this thing as well. The only thing I’m not really loving is a faint soapy smell, but it’s not enough to ruin the overall experience of whiff or two.
TASTE: I don’t know if I’ve ever written this in a BA review, but yum. That’s what the first sip made me say. That subtle roast from the nose is there, but it takes a back seat to a very, very nice dark chocolate, but the dark chocolate here isn’t super bitter, it tastes like a 60/40 blend of dark and milk. A little caramel and vanilla round out the Cocoa Cream, the only thing I can’t really taste is the barrel, but as it turns out, I don’t really care that I can’t.
MOUTHFEEL: Despite the big, dessert-like flavors, the body is more in the medium range. Of course, this is on the sweeter side, but at no point does it become cloying or overwhelming.
OVERALL: This is a very pleasant surprise for me in the first Denver Beer Co. beer I’m reviewing. I feel like I’ve said pleasant a lot in this review, but that’s appropriate because that’s exactly what this beer is in almost every way. The bottle says “Super Limited Release” and I don’t know enough about these guys to know exactly what that means, but I just hope that I do get to taste this beer again sometime.
By the way, no ABV listed here on BA, but the bottle says 7%.
May 13, 2015SMELL: The aroma is intense (always a good thing for me). A roasted malt, but not quite coffee-like smell dominates and is quite pleasant. Dark chocolate notes are all over this thing as well. The only thing I’m not really loving is a faint soapy smell, but it’s not enough to ruin the overall experience of whiff or two.
TASTE: I don’t know if I’ve ever written this in a BA review, but yum. That’s what the first sip made me say. That subtle roast from the nose is there, but it takes a back seat to a very, very nice dark chocolate, but the dark chocolate here isn’t super bitter, it tastes like a 60/40 blend of dark and milk. A little caramel and vanilla round out the Cocoa Cream, the only thing I can’t really taste is the barrel, but as it turns out, I don’t really care that I can’t.
MOUTHFEEL: Despite the big, dessert-like flavors, the body is more in the medium range. Of course, this is on the sweeter side, but at no point does it become cloying or overwhelming.
OVERALL: This is a very pleasant surprise for me in the first Denver Beer Co. beer I’m reviewing. I feel like I’ve said pleasant a lot in this review, but that’s appropriate because that’s exactly what this beer is in almost every way. The bottle says “Super Limited Release” and I don’t know enough about these guys to know exactly what that means, but I just hope that I do get to taste this beer again sometime.
By the way, no ABV listed here on BA, but the bottle says 7%.
Rated by drone from Oregon
2/5 rDev -47.8%
look: 3 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2/5 rDev -47.8%
look: 3 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
The graham cracker porter is pretty good, but the cocoa creme here just ruins it.
Apr 12, 2015
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