Papago El Robusto Porter

Brewed by Oak Creek Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Sedona, Arizona USA

tap-papago brewing company-Scottsdale, AZ-pours 90% black with a small tan head. nice nutty, roasty aroma with touch of spice (clove). medium body with a low carbonation level. a little cardboardy on the finish. has some ashy components too in the flavors. a pretty solid baltic porter!

Cask@AzReal Ale fest. A dark, malty morsal rich in the aroma. Roasted malt flavor was a little creamy, full bodied. Coffee and chocolate notes are blended well. The rich, bold flavor meanders through the palate with ease. The no carbonation left this beer with the right flavor and warmth. Nicely done.

Black. Seriously lacking in aroma. A hint of burnt and roasted malts along with dark fruits is present...but barely. Flavor is a truly malt driven experience. Notes of roasted malts, caramel, molasses, chocolate and coffee. Burnt fruits are present as well. Seriously lacking in both aroma and palate and the flavor just couldn’t make up for it. This was terrible.

I had this at the Great Arizona Beer Festival in Phoenix. A thick, rich nice porter but not great.

Obese grapey/blackberry/blueberry esters topple the roasted malt and shove their way underneath their massive girth…Roasted bitterness mingles with a vinous acidity in the end, all rounded out by smooth treacly and burnt toffee…Fat and silky mouthfeel helps to increase enjoyment but the overgrapiness gets tiring in the second half of the pint…

On-tap at the pub: Super sludge dark brown with slivers of amber, large bulbous tannish head, lots o’ lace all over the glass. Smell is lively yet mild with a caramel sweetness thats dark and deep with some slight chocolate burntness and coffee roast. Taste is quite yummy with a richly done tone of deep sweet malt thats a bit caramel and molasses mixed, it meanders a bit before some hop bittering works its way in and moves aside for a large roasty coffee sensation that drys out the finish nicely with some bite. Feel is dangerously smooth, full on creamyness and body is thick, rich, bold, and gives off a smoothness on the way down that makes ya want to chug it. Super fine smoothness and very drinkable, I think this was gone in about 5 minutes it was so damn drinkable and packed with tasty yumminess. This was only my forth beer for the night, which was had just after Gusler needed to leave. But me and my bro ventured on with a glass of this and then finished our night with Stone Smoked Porter, then it was headtime/bedtime. All porters should mirror this concoction; Papago’s has it listed as an Imperial Porter at only 6.6%, you wouldn’t think of it as an Imperial at that percent, but it had the effects of one much higher. Maybe it was a combo of the first 3?

I think I tasted this at the Stone 7th anniversary party but I didn't rate it then. Well, I was able to sample it at the papago brewing company. It pours a dark, dark brown color with a nice chalk-like head. Aroma is sweet and hoppy but definetely in balance. Flavor is nice and malty sweet but is nicely balanced by a maly bitterness. Great mouthfeel. A great beer.

I'm not sure when I drank this or where, I just know that I was cleaning out my car and found a leaf of paper with ratings of "Robusto Porter" and "Hopscotch Ale" on it. None of the hopscotch ales seem to fit, and this is the only Robusto Porter on here, so I'm guessing this is the one. Also, it's on a page where I scrawled some the numbers 1-10 in Japanese, so it must have been in 2004 sometime. Opaque-mahogany brown, soapy and clingy head. Coffee aroma and flavor, a little bit too flat for my taste. Small hoppy zing, dark malts toward the finish. A little bit of unappealing detergent in the aroma, no bueno! (Yeah, definitely after December 2003, that's when I started saying "no bueno".)