The Daily Grind
Microbrouwerij Rooie Dop

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From:
Microbrouwerij Rooie Dop
 
Netherlands
Style:
American Porter
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.71 | pDev: 14.56%
Reviews:
10
Ratings:
35
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 22, 2019
Added:
Feb 19, 2013
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  6
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Ratings by ohiobeer29:
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Rated by ohiobeer29 from Ohio

3/5  rDev -19.1%

Aug 14, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.63 by Brenden from Ohio

May 22, 2019
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Reviewed by BeerWithMike from Nebraska

4.24/5  rDev +14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Sampled back on 1/16/16. Comes in a 330ml (11.2 ounce) single bottle for around $5.99. Bottle chilled down to 36 degrees F in my beer cooler and poured in to a snifter.

Brew pours very close to pitch-black in color with a very thin head. Some spotty lacing is seen when sipped. Aroma is what would be expected with roasted black coffee beans with maybe a light hint of spice. Bit more going on with the taste as there is some caramel and light chocolate in the mix as well. A few specks of ground coffee beans are seen after each sip, which I like actually. The coffee isn't overpowering at all though as you might think with no bitterness noted. Goes down very easy. Medium-bodied with lighter carbonation. Overall a very good brew.
Feb 06, 2016
 
Rated: 3.46 by Fabianno from Brazil

Dec 21, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Gkruszewski from New York

Nov 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.2 by spycow from Illinois

Oct 04, 2015
 
Rated: 4.87 by Vylo from New Jersey

Aug 22, 2015
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Reviewed by Marius from Netherlands

3.5/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Coffee and alcohol in the nose. Coffee and alcohol in the taste, along with some toffee, caramel notes. Watery mouthfeel and sweet aftertaste, the alcohol overly present. Ok, but nothing spectacular.
Aug 14, 2015
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.8/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
330ml bottle - nice punny name for a coffee-infused, um, brew.

This beer pours a solid black, with faint amber edges when held to the light, and a fistful of puffy, finely foamy, and mildly creamy beige head, which leaves some layered sudsy lace around the glass as it slowly seeps away.

It smells quite prominently of earthy coffee beans, caramel malt, bittersweet chocolate, slightly oily nuts, vanilla pods, and faint weedy, leafy hops. The taste is more rich and roasted coffee beans, gritty milk chocolate, a sharp nuttiness, grainy caramel malt, a softy acrid black fruitiness, mildly boozy vanilla, and some tame earthy, dead leafy hop bitterness.

The carbonation is rather more fizzy than genially frothy in its probing of my palatal reaches, the body an adequate medium weight, and a bit edgy and tacky in its lukewarm attempt at smoothness. It finishes off-dry, just, as the tartness of fruit and coffee bean alike pull down the other basic New World porter tenets.

The Daily Grind is certainly worthy of its name, both from a coffee-inflected perspective, and from the sense of acknowledging how stuff like this really helps us all just get through the day sometimes - I know mine is now a bit easier to, er, stomach.
Jul 21, 2015
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Reviewed by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia

3.78/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Dark brown body with a small beige cap. Coffee, roast, chocolate. The flavor follows suit, with some earthy, ashy notes. The aroma is a little better than the taste. Decent.
Jun 04, 2015
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Reviewed by thebeers from Pennsylvania

3.8/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Close to black in color with a modest tan head that's very quick to dissipate. Rich coffee, chocolate and plum on the nose. Darkly-roasted malts dominate the taste up front and linger afterwards, with some coffee and fruit in the background and a little hop bitterness for balance. Medium bodied and a bit creamy. Pretty good, but not a good value stateside.
Mar 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by Sir_Goatman from Oregon

Nov 23, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by RobertH50 from Texas

Nov 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Sarmento from Brazil

Nov 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by samEBC from Belgium

Nov 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

Nov 07, 2014
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Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania

3.36/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
330ml bottle, date of 20/03/14 on the back label. Brewed on March 20, 2014?

pours very dark brown, thin white head fades fast. smells of black coffee, quite strong aroma. taste is fairly bitter and acidic, with just enough sweetness so that it's not too unbalanced. coffee flavor and roast. body is medium, very low carbonation.
okay, but was a bit overpriced for what it is.
Oct 30, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by MaximumYuks from Oregon

Oct 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3.7 by wethorseblanket from California

Oct 09, 2014
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Reviewed by seedyone from New York

3/5  rDev -19.1%
From bottle at home. Pours to a tan head that dissipates quickly. Very little lacing. Slight coffee aroma followed by a significant coffee flavor. Best part is there is no bitterness at all. The coffee tasted near to espresso...like the beans used in store bought chocolate covered espresso beans. Body was light. No alcohol taste even with the 6.5% ABV.

I'd like to taste it from a nitro tap for a bit more texture.
Sep 28, 2014
The Daily Grind from Microbrouwerij Rooie Dop
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 35 ratings