2008 Woodie Awards
Bored? Try a New Beer
By Chris Phillips
4/11/07 - Features
I recently went on over to Applejack to select a beer to try out. I saw Rogue Mocha Porter, and the red star is what drew me in (along with the fact that I have yet to review a porter for this column).
Appearance - You can see the thinness of this beer. It pours very watery with 2+ fingers of thin head. It's chocolate-brown and you can see a lot of carbonation.
Smell - The smell is like what you expect from a porter. It's bittersweet, and slightly chocolaty. It's hard to distinguish between hops smell and malt smell because of how blended the beer is.
Taste - Much like the smell - well blended, and the hops really come through. The aftertaste is definitely caused by the hops.
Mouthfeel - Be ready for your tongue to tingle. The carbonation sticks around on it for a decent period of time. I found it to be a pretty thin beer.
Drinkability - This (like many porters) is not a beer that you can drink overly quickly. The high level of carbonation made sure of that. I tried to chug and had some of it come back up my throat because of all the carbonation. I would have another one or two in a sitting, but only drink them occasionally.
Note: Neither The Oredigger nor the Oregon Brewing Company condone the consumption of alcohol by people under 21 years of age.
Appearance - You can see the thinness of this beer. It pours very watery with 2+ fingers of thin head. It's chocolate-brown and you can see a lot of carbonation.
Smell - The smell is like what you expect from a porter. It's bittersweet, and slightly chocolaty. It's hard to distinguish between hops smell and malt smell because of how blended the beer is.
Taste - Much like the smell - well blended, and the hops really come through. The aftertaste is definitely caused by the hops.
Mouthfeel - Be ready for your tongue to tingle. The carbonation sticks around on it for a decent period of time. I found it to be a pretty thin beer.
Drinkability - This (like many porters) is not a beer that you can drink overly quickly. The high level of carbonation made sure of that. I tried to chug and had some of it come back up my throat because of all the carbonation. I would have another one or two in a sitting, but only drink them occasionally.
Note: Neither The Oredigger nor the Oregon Brewing Company condone the consumption of alcohol by people under 21 years of age.
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