Oak Aged Smoked Porter - Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery

jera1350

Minnesota

4.28/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Picked up a 750 of this for $7 at the brewpub. Bottle 16 of 72.

Pours a solid black color with a shorter head that is chocolate brown and leaves a little lace.

Getting some roasty malt and chocolate, but can't seem to find any of the oak or smoke.

Roasty toasty malt with a big chocolate presence and their is the oak barrel and some light smoke. The oak and smoke characters are a nice compliment to the big chocolate and roasty malt and do not overwhelm at all. A full flavored beer that works greatly.

Soft, smooth and lightly creamy feeling. This is about medium bodied but is closing in on the full spectrum. Dry, dry finishing.

Drinks nicely. A full flavored porter that is solid all around. A really nice offering from the Minneapolis Rock Bottom folks. Not sure if they'll do it again, but I would go for it again.

Serving type: bottle
@ Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery, 800 LaSalle Plaza, Minneapolis

01-27-2011 01:18:13 | More by jera1350

kbutler1

Minnesota

3.25/5  rDev -13.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Draft at Autumn Brew Review. Pours a nice dark murky brown color with a slight tan head. The nose is a lot less aromatic than I thought it would be with just hints of smokiness and oak. Some roast type notes as well in the nose. The taste is initially slightly smokey with a decent malt backbone. Some oak flavors evident as well. No real alcohol flavors. Overall, I decent beer that doesn't take the smoke or the oak too far.

Serving type: on-tap
@ Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery, 800 LaSalle Plaza, Minneapolis

10-05-2010 12:50:16 | More by kbutler1