BridgePort Raven Mad Imperial Porter

Formerly brewed at BridgePort Brewing (Gambrinus Company)
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Portland, Oregon USA

Crazy 3D bottle beer. WooOOooOooOOOOWSERSssSS! Pours black with a tan head. Smell is roasty bright malt. Taste is mild roast, with a touch alcohol. Thin to medium body and normal C02. Nothing too special and slightly better than average perhaps.

Black with a thin broken layer of light tan head. Slightly murky aroma, maybe some slight oxidation, plum, oak, peppermint, but a very mild aroma overall. Chocolately taste, plus some mild contributions from the wine. Not really roasty enough for a imperial porter.

22oz bottle from riversideAK - thanks, Alex! First of all, bonus points for the 3D label and the rad glasses that come affixed to the bottle. Awesome. But mostly thumbs up for the delightful brew. Such a strong move to age part of this in pinot barrels, because the vinous notes are so integral to this beer, almost a blueberry softness that complements the slightly lactic qualities at work here. Vanilla and roasted malt are in there, and they impart a nice back end to the full-bodied brew. Complex but not overly heavy, this is a really fine beer.

This dark brown ale poured with a foamy tan head and a coffee aroma. The flavor is chocolate, plum, treacle and spice, with some carbonation and a slightly bitter finish.

22oz bottle: Appearance is pitch black with slow fading tan head, aroma of sweet roasted malt and hints of licorice, flavor is very smooth roasted malt with hints of oak and chocolate all come together nicely. Very good beer but not very complex, hence the good but not great rating.

From a 22 oz bottle with some red foil on top that had to be pried off, this poured a very rich very dark mahogany that looked almost black in the glass, and raised a rich and very foamy light brown head and thick lacing rings. Strong roasted malt nose, with coffee, chocolate, and ripe fruit like berries. The mouthfeel is very creamy and thick. Flavor is the same at the nose with just a hint of the bourbon and wine barrels, and there is just a little smoke in the bittersweet finish, A very good imperial porter; I wish I had purchased more of these as I might not see it again.

Dark brown with a fleeting tan head. Decent roasty malt, light creamed corn aroma. Medium body. Nice medium roast malt flavors with mild cocoa and bitter coffee. Hard to spot the barrel aging.

Bottle thanks to ditmier: Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany with a thin wispy-lacing light tan head. Aroma of sweet dark caramel and roasted malt with a touch of coffee. Body starts with good fullness and rich caramel malt with some vinous notes and roasty malts with a bittersweet dark chocolatey finish. Pretty smooth and unique.