Rogue Mocha Porter

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Porter
Newport, Oregon USA

Nice aroma, coffee, bittersweet chocolate, slight undertone of nuts. Very carbonated initially on the palate, followed by subtle roasted coffee and chocolate and a bitter finish....not hop bitter, more like coffee bitter. A well-rounded porter, with good body and a nice lingering cream finish, aside from the bitterness which can be a bit much.

Dark rich looking with no head. Thin but still malty. A bit of mocha, coffee, and nuts but not overwhelming of any. Bitter finish.

Pours a dark chestnut brown with a thin tan head. Light roast and coffee notes on the aroma Taste is nice and chocolately with a good roast component on the back end. A pretty decent porter, one I walk by all the time.

Black with a tan head, aroma is of bittersweet dark chocolate. Taste is similar with a rich flavor of roasted chocolate.

Bottle, pint 6 oz. Aroma somewhat weak, coffee, some hops, some roast. Flavor tasty enough, more coffee of course, some chocolate. Mouthfeel is pretty thin as others have said, but it’s plenty good to satisfy me. Nothing new to say really; fun stuff. 6-4-7-3/3.5
Rerate 7/29/08 Bottle, 12 oz. Same aroma and flavor notes, but both actually nice and robust, no thin mouthfeel to speak of. 7-4-7-4-15/3.7

I didn’t like many of the Rogues, but this one was decent, better porters out there though.

Pours a dark brown with a thick tan head. Nose of coffee, caramel, and roasted malts. Bittersweet chocolate, coffee, molasses, with a hint of bitterness and a dry finish. As it warmed up a little bit, a lot more of the aroma and flavors came through. A decent thick body with out too much carbonation. Pretty solid, as per usual from Rogue.

Not terrible by a long shot, but still just slightly above average when it comes to coffee porters and stouts. As other have said, this one is a little on the thing side; small brownish head and just a hint of lacing. Aroma is fairly bland, just hints of chocolate and mocha. The taste is about what you’d expect, average. However, this one gets better as you drink it the coffee flavor comes through in the aftertaste, and so it stays on the palate longer, and flavors the rest of the beer. I would have this again, but wouldn’t seek it out.