Saranac Barrel-Aged Imperial Rye Porter
Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
- From:
- Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Porter
- ABV:
- 11.5%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.19 | pDev: 16.71%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 20, 2017
- Added:
- Oct 09, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
Aged in American whiskey barrels for more than 6 months. With cocoa, vanilla, oak, and roasted malt flavor.
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Reviewed by DoubleMalt from New York
4.51/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.51/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
L-almost black with no light getting through the glass.
S-bourbon and alcohol and molasses.
T-molasses bourbon and rye with a little chocolate and the alcohol is definitely evident.
F-creamy smooth and thick.
Aug 04, 2016S-bourbon and alcohol and molasses.
T-molasses bourbon and rye with a little chocolate and the alcohol is definitely evident.
F-creamy smooth and thick.
Reviewed by cyberbmcd from New York
4.27/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Nominally, a porter. Drinks like a Scotch Ale. Creamy smooth pour, thick tan head. Persistent lacing. Creamy mouthfeel but not thick. The alcohol wafts up from the back of your palate. Reminding you it's 11.5% abv. Easily the best offering by Saranac I've ever tasted.
May 12, 2016
Reviewed by KWolf from New York
4.75/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
This is true Nectar of the God's. The pour reveals a huge cottony brown head. The nose is huge with rye influence, like wafting a top shelf bourbon. The taste is just like the nose, dark, malty with the rye bite. It hides the ABV extremely well, so be warned... Enjoy!
Jan 22, 2016
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
2.55/5 rDev -39.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.55/5 rDev -39.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
On tap at The Old Toad in Rochester, NY.
This one pours a fairly dark brown, nearly black, with a very small head, and no lacing.
Smells like whiskey, and maybe a little bit of rye, and maybe a little bit of chocolate, but it smells pretty bland.
Even after letting this one warm up to a proper temperature, it was still pretty lame. It had no rich malt depth, no delineation of flavors, and no real even flavors to speak of. You expect a 11.5% BA porter to be bold and strong, but this just felt like watery whiskey, with a little bit of rye spice, and not much else. This just felt like a pretty massive failure.
This is pretty thin, and watery mouthfeel-wise, with a moderate level of carbonation.
Not a fan of this one really at all. Just a poorly conceived barrel-aged beer, seems like they just threw a poor beer into barrels and hoped it would get good.
Jan 14, 2016This one pours a fairly dark brown, nearly black, with a very small head, and no lacing.
Smells like whiskey, and maybe a little bit of rye, and maybe a little bit of chocolate, but it smells pretty bland.
Even after letting this one warm up to a proper temperature, it was still pretty lame. It had no rich malt depth, no delineation of flavors, and no real even flavors to speak of. You expect a 11.5% BA porter to be bold and strong, but this just felt like watery whiskey, with a little bit of rye spice, and not much else. This just felt like a pretty massive failure.
This is pretty thin, and watery mouthfeel-wise, with a moderate level of carbonation.
Not a fan of this one really at all. Just a poorly conceived barrel-aged beer, seems like they just threw a poor beer into barrels and hoped it would get good.
Reviewed by JMHBut from New York
4.59/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.59/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
This is a very dark beer. There is a slight bitter after taste which initially I wasn't certain I liked. However, I quickly decided it was one of the better beers I've had in a long time.
Dec 30, 2015Reviewed by garyburak from New York
5/5 rDev +19.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +19.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Pours black in color with a tan head. Slight taste of chocolate , vanilla, oak , and of course whiskey. Saranac has finally gotten their barrel aged brew down this time!!
Nov 28, 2015
Reviewed by shigg85 from Japan
4.75/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
This is a pilot brew only served at the Saranac museum in Utica, NY. Pours like motor oil and is completely opaque. Don't drink this cold; you need to let it warm up to let the rye flavors and the 11.5%abv come out. When it does, get ready. This is a stellar brew!
Oct 09, 2015
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