Camp Robber Coffee Porter
Big Sky Brewing Company

Taste: big bold roasted coffee beans, baker chocolate, tangy dark malts dry finish. Big coffee semi sweet nose. Black/brown hue, mostly opaque, with tan creamy head and some lace. Medium body. 32 IBUs, had it years ago.

I swear this brewery has like 3 coffee porters. There's Bobo's, Cowboy Coffee and this right?

Much like the others, this pours dark brown. Creamy beige head 1/2" on this one. This might be the one that looks the best because of its creamy head. Usual notes of coffee and roasted malt here. Like Radiohead said, something something and no surprises.

Taste is another roasted malt in restraint, made for normal drinking at 6%, and dark coffee notes. I don't think I could tell the difference in a blind test with their other coffee porters. There is a bitter hint that might be pushed along by some hops, its not just roasted malt contributing to the solid 50ibu like bitter feel to the beer. I don't think there is much else to write, its a coffee porter that has no off flavors and checks all the expected boxes for what a coffee porter is.

Nitro at Frontier Brewing and Taproom.

Pours pitch black, watching the cascading going on. Excellent lacing.

Smell is of coffee and roasted malt, not shy with either.

Taste is pretty much equal portions of coffee and roasted malt, bitter dark chocolate as well. Smooth tasting overall.

Creamy mouthfeel, enjoyable drinker.

 

 

Early 2015 vintage; drank 3/4/15 @ the Yarchives.

Poured from the bottle into a glass.

Black/black appearance.

Dark khaki head; strong lace.

Chocolate syrup, roasted coffee beans & fresh earth in the nose.

Medium thin mouthfeel.

Creamed coffee flavor up front; fresh earth finish. Decent taste bit thin & a touch dull.

 

 

 

 

 

Opaque and basically black in the glass. Dark orange-brown, viscous, semi-clear on the pour. Head is thick, foamy, even, a pleasant, light shade of brown. Big, heavy cap, but moderate or weak retention for the style. Lacing is alright. Aromas of medium roast coffee, meat, salt, a little chocolate, a little booze. Robust coffee flavors from start to finish. Toasty. A little sweet half way in, then tart, then light smoke bitterness with swallow and aftertaste. Full-bodied, light to medium carbonation, doesn't bubble up very much. Dry, astringent finish.

nice to get to try this one from the nitro tap. those expecting a huge coffee bomb here need to look elsewhere for that, this is pretty subtle on the java frankly, but is a nice porter overall. sometimes i cant drink a ton of coffee beer, for the coffee is too much, caffeine and belly and all that, but not here, this is sort of a coffee session type, intentional or not. good to see newer beers coming around from these guys too. its medium luster thick dark brown with maybe two inches of the creamy nitro head, looks great. smell is pretty minimal on the coffee, just an accent there, but its more alive in the taste, mingling with notes of raisin and dark chocolate, quite tasty and not overly complex. they did a good job reducing the acidity of the coffee, and not over doing the bitterness. the roast is short of burnt and ashy on the malt, so it works with the coffee, no double jeopardy there. excellent feel too, thick and creamy, not overly dry, smooth to finish. its big enough for cold weather, but drinkable enough for summer too. good versatility on this one.

Served in a Lagunitas mason jar.

Go ahead, bird: try to rob my camp. Get some. Anyway, this stuff pours a dark midnight sienna topped by a finger of dirty khaki foam. The nose comprises sweet coffee, chocolate syrup, and mild roasted malts. The taste leads with some strong green coffee beans, then into some bitter roasted malts and toasted pumpernickel and sourdough. The body is a lithe medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a sorta/kinda dry finish. Overall, this coffee porter didn't do it for me. The coffee and roast were both far too bitter for my liking, and the breadiness, especially near the finish, seemed out of place.