Guilt
Selkirk Abbey Brewing Company

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From:
Selkirk Abbey Brewing Company
 
Idaho, United States
Style:
Imperial Porter
Ranked #148
ABV:
8.3%
Score:
87
Ranked #15,558
Avg:
3.9 | pDev: 9.49%
Reviews:
18
Ratings:
55
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 13, 2024
Added:
Jan 05, 2014
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  10
Belgian Coffee Porter

Our 2013 homebrew contest had 34 entries. This beer won. One sip will tell you why. We were happy to enter it as our Pro-Am beer at the Great American Beer Festival. We very proudly use coffee from our neighbor, DOMA coffee roasting company, in this beer.
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Ratings by Juno_Malone:
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Rated by Juno_Malone from Idaho

3.99/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

May 27, 2015
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Rated: 4 by PapaGoose03 from Michigan

Jan 13, 2024
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Reviewed by Pivopijak from Washington

3.93/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
draught
Off-white, thin head. Nearly black, and looks like no sediment in it. Quite light, heavy toasted malt aroma. Medium, heavily toasted grain flavor, with a medium light body.
Sep 06, 2021
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Reviewed by EMV from Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a bomber into a Dogfish Head tulip

L: Nearly clear dark-ish mahogany brown pour. Thin off-white head leaves nice lacing.

S: Coffee and sweets. Fruit and grains.

T.F: Sweet up front. Belgian candy sugar and toasted grains. Caramel and plum. Surprisingly fruity. Almost a cola/root-beer flavor. Light hopping... less roast than I was expecting. The coffee is subtle but works well with the Belgian base. Medium bodied with smooth carbonation.

O: A really nice Belgian porter. Great flavor... a little sweet but not cloying. Enjoyable beer.
May 13, 2020
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

4.34/5  rDev +11.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
really incredible stuff here. my favorite from my visit to their awesome little brewery, hands down. i have long been a fan of belgian yeast in stout and porter, its an underutilized combination, and its magic when done well like this. the beer is ebony in the glass, with a tall creamy tan head that rises above the rim, thick as shaving cream and lasting. it smells amazing, lots of warming hearty dark roast, a little licorice spice thing in there with the yeast but somewhat subtle, at least while its cold, coffee is mild but plays well with the roast, some deep cocoa, tanned leather, pipe tobacco, and black pepper too, just fascinating and intoxicating and sexy. there is a bit of bitterness in the flavor that i like from the dark grain, and some cozy alcohol, more as it warms, along with more from the yeast, esters of prune, pear, and anise, gorgeous with the dark roast. the coffee also adds a cozy wintery element to this, but is never the star of the show, its an accent and a beautiful one, smooth in here, never acidic or bitter. insane depth, complexity, and balance, and the mouthfeel is just as good, with a rich frothy texture and an almost creaminess, but still effervescent like i want in a belgian style. really an incredibly well executed and original brew, maybe the best i have had from these guys to date, which is really saying something. i think along with ommegang and a couple others, these guys in this tiny little town in northern idaho are making some of the most relevant and high end belgian style beers in the country. this is pure gold!
Nov 19, 2019
 
Rated: 4.1 by Kolb from Montana

Apr 26, 2019
 
Rated: 4.5 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Jan 03, 2018
 
Rated: 3.27 by rab53 from Washington

Jun 18, 2017
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Reviewed by beerjerk666 from Florida

4.21/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured from a 22 oz. bottle into a freshly washed Snorkel glass.

Appearance: A deep dark brown to almost black body with a khaki colored head, about 1/2 a fingers worth that dissipated to a thin cap. Some of that brown body shows more when held up to the light.

Aroma: There's just layers upon layers going on here. Dark fruits, plums/prunes, dates, a hint of coffee, a tiny notion of funkiness for lack of a better term.

Taste/Mouthfeel: Incredible. There's just a huge wave of sweet, yet subdued, plum flavor upfront, with an almost hay-like dryness in the middle and then after the swallow this beautiful dark roasted coffee flavor comes in and just mellows it out. Let me just say that this is a very calming beer to drink. One to sip and savor. There's more going on here than I can put into words. It's not overly abrasive with any one flavor and the carbonation is light and appealing. Not a real high abv at 8.3% and I'm not getting any of it.

Overall: It appears that I am liking this beer more than most who have reviewed this beer, but I don't care. This one is hitting the spot today and tantalizing my tongue with it's flavors. I sure as Hell would NOT turn this one down if offered again in the future!
Apr 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.7 by BeerForMuscle from New Jersey

Feb 17, 2017
 
Rated: 3.67 by BigMike from Pennsylvania

Feb 05, 2017
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Reviewed by RJLarse from Washington

2.93/5  rDev -24.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
I bought a bomber of Guilt Belgian Coffee Porter in a bottle shop. Poured in to a pint glass.

Pours a black walnut color, opaque, with a thin tan head.

Smell is very sweet, molasses and burned sugar scents along with a smell of booze.

Taste is also very sweet up front, with some coffee bitterness and strong booze finish, with a little alcohol heat.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied and slightly cloying.

Overall more of an imperial porter in my book. A lot of alcohol heat and bourbon flavors tend to overpower the traditional beer and even the coffee flavors.
Jan 15, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by MjBrewhouse from Idaho

Nov 06, 2016
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.04/5  rDev -22.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
I wish the coffee beers would say "coffee" in the title. Hard to tell what’s under all that coffee . While not overly strong, coffee dominates aroma,taste and palate. They should serve this at Starbucks. Note:My bottle did not say "Coffee" on it., like the picture.
May 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.9 by ummswimmin from New Jersey

Apr 26, 2016
 
Rated: 4.19 by jason_nwx from Oregon

Jan 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.8 by Cdidden from Pennsylvania

Jan 09, 2016
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Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas

3.51/5  rDev -10%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from bottle into a pint glass

Appearance – The beer pours a deep brown color with a tiny head of tan colored foam. The head fades almost instantly leaving a trace of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.

Smell – The aroma of the brew is actually very light of coffee, with just a hint of it in the nose. It is however rather strong in a sweet milk chocolate smell mixed with aromas of caramel and some smells of vanilla and a bit or roasted malt. Mixed with a little bit of yeast and some grain the overall smell, while not huge on coffee, is rather sweet and inviting.

Taste – The taste begins with strong roasty malt flavor mixed with a surprisingly strong coffee taste (at least in context of the weak coffee nose). Upfront there is also some sweeter caramel and chocolate tastes with the chocolate fading over time. As the chocolate fades some light yeast and grain flavors join the taste profile. With these changes and an increase in the coffee and roast, one is left with a moderately bitter, but lightly sweetened dark roast coffee flavor to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is on the thinner side with a carbonation level that is rather low. The thin body, while not great for the darker flavors of the brew, was nice for the yeasty and sweeter tastes. This mixed with the darker flavors of the brew, which were enhanced by the slightly lower carbonation, give a rather decent feel overall.

Overall – An interesting coffee porter overall. Thinner in nature then the normal porter with a bit less sweetness, but all while still holding a nice coffee flavor. While not my fav. In the porter department, it was a nice try and one I would recommend merely due to the fact that it is a coffee beer brewed with Belgium yeast (this was my first in that category…)
Jan 06, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by LeeEvolved from Virginia

Oct 18, 2015
Guilt from Selkirk Abbey Brewing Company
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 55 ratings