Rogue Mocha Porter

Brewed by Rogue Ales
Style: Porter
Newport, Oregon USA

Sampler at San Francisco Rogue Public House. Extremely dark brown body with a bubbly tan head. Chocolate and coffee predominate in the nose. Nice roasted malt flavour, with a smooth coffee-accented finish, and a big old hit of chocolate. Medium bodied and sessionable.

12 oz. bottle. pours pitch black with two finger tan head and lots of lace as it falls. light roasted malt aroma with some green hops. taste brings in a dry espresso and a strong bitter finish. i really liked the dry roasted flavors but felt that the fresh tasting hops overpowered it at times. might be even better if the hops are given time to fade a bit. cat was a big fan though so i’m sure we’ll pick this up again.

Bottle. Hazy dark brown/black with a small off white head. Smells of roastiness, a little chocolate, coffee, overall very strongly stoutish aromas. Flavor strongly roasted, hints of coffee, a sharp hoppiness (though not as strong as other Rogue offerings), and the distinct finish of the Rogue Pacman yeast. Light on the palate. Overall, enjoyable sessionable porter.

now this is an in you’re face hopped up amber for what i can tell. mocha (uh uhh) and loosely a porter. this beer is enjoyable and well hopped. refreshing yet a bit stanky on the palate. anyway pretty good beer.

12/27/2007: Rogue Mocha Porter is dark porter brown with a large, dense, and lasting tan head. The aroma is mocha (leaning toward the milk chocolate side) with a hint of roasted malt in the background. The flavor leans toward roasted malt with a coffee-flavored finish with a touch of dark bitter chocolate. It has a balanced flavor overall and is quite robust. The body of this beer is medium and quite smooth. It goes down fast leaving me to wish there was a bit more depth in the flavor in order to give me a reason to slow down and enjoy it more!

12 fl. oz. bottle from West Side Liquors and Wine Shop in West Harrison, Ohio. Rating #1051 for this beer...

12 Oz Bottle. Aroma was a light salt of old dark chocolate, graham cracker crust and stale pipe tobacco. Reserved and charred. Poured a middle black with a wispy waft of tan head above. Flavor was a wildly predictable roast malt, with lightly tangy coffee acidity, bland chocolatesque character and schmalz of brown malt. Middle of the road. Rather light and dry, but dominated by that ugly mineral-laden, utility-man, non-descript Pacman yeast. What a boring way to make beer. No matter how intricate the malt build gets, it just gets fazed out by a totally unclean yeast. It’s not terrible, but this beer is pretty mediocre, finishing of saltines and sea oats. Thanks for sharing, Jake.

Bottle. Pours black with large brown head. Aroma of coffee (not really strong) and roasted malt. Flavor profile was shorter and more simple than I expected. Coffee and roasted malts. Mouth feel is a little bit thin, but it is refreshing. Goes down quickly, good, but unremarkable.

A: I am very pleased to see that this beer isn’t jet black. A lot of porters are tending toward jet black bodies but this one is does not fall in that group. It is dark dark mahogany with a frothy mocha colored head. It has ruby notes at the edges when held to the light. S: The aroma has a bunch of dark malt with a good amount of roast. I don’t get much coffee from the aroma which seems strange for a mocha porter. T: There is a good amount of roasted malt in this beer. There is a decent coffee flavor that lasts well into the aftertaste but it’s mostly a bitter flavor. M: This is a nice creamy medium-heavy body but it ends rather thinly. D: Not a bad porter at all. It’s on the robust end of the spectrum and I don’t get much chocolate in the flavor, but it’s still tasty.