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Mendocino Black Eye Ale 3.33 309

Mendocino Black Eye Ale

Percentile
78
overall

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3093.35/5.03.33/5.06.5%65.2English pint, Stem glass
Commercial Description:
Black Eye Ale is a unique blend of two of our popular brands - Black Hawk Stout & Eye of the Hawk Select Ale. Black Eye Ale is big in flavor and smooth in finish. The high percentage of dark & specialty malts in Black Hawk Stout enriches the silky warming character of Eye of the Hawk Select Ale, making Black Hawk Ale - Truly the Ultimate Blend.
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 MilkmanDan (1943), Eagan, Minnesota, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 1, 2004  
Brown, deep reddish. Nose malty, bit of toffee. Flavor is a bit earthy, dry and mildly bitter. Bit of peat, mild dark fruit.


 ABUSEDGOAT (1936), California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/510/20
Apr 30, 2007  
Dark reddish brown, small head with average lacing and retention. Aroma is chocolate, some lesser roasty and coffee notes. Flavor is fairly sweet chocolate with astringency and alcohol burn. Not enjoyable at all.


 Shag (1927), Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Jul 30, 2004  
This was a good idea to mix these two beers, it works out very well. A dark black apperance with a moderate head. A roasted malt flavor with some cherries and raisins showing through. I also taste some herbs in there. It has a pronounced alcohol kick that shows through. Screw a Guinness/Bass Black and Tan, this is much better!


 lithy (1925), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 22, 2009  
See through red-brown with a big tight tan head. Big roast, chocolate aroma. Some caramel. The taste is more chocolate and caramel, lightly roasty and very sweet.


 Enniskillen (1920), Salinas, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Aug 26, 2007  
Bottl from Irishboy. Body is a dark deep brown, with a thin tan head. Aroma is roasty, copper, light coffee. Taste has a light alcohol tinge, nice roastiness, some hops showing through the roasted malts, and fruit with a slight nuttiness.


 Immy (1912), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Aug 8, 2006  
Sable with a light tan head. Nutty, chocolatey nose, some roasty malt. Malty, nutty flavor, somewhat sweet, maybe a bit of cocoa. Nice.


 nearbeer (1911), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/515/20
Apr 12, 2007    Updated: Jun 4, 2007
Almost opaque, dark brown with medium-large tan head that tries to last. Aroma is sweet corn, nuts, raisins, malt and slight hint of pepper. Taste is kind of mild, pretty well balanced with some dark fruit and tingly hop. Aftertaste shows more appearance of the dry stout-coffee flavors. Not great, but this beer is better than it sounds, and is a pretty good buy at $2.99 per 22 oz. bottle. Also gotta appreciate the attempt to do the porter in the historical style of the "two threads".


 DrnkMcDermott (1905), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 10, 2005  
22 oz. bottle, enjoyed 10/5/2005 while biting my nails watching the White Sox cling to a 5-4 lead. Pours nutty brown with a big frothy head. Smell is nice and malty, though not enough to give a hint of its intentions. But the taste really is something different. I get just a hint of smoke and plum, maybe even pipe tobacco floating above a sea of English ale and porter malt. Then the comfy roasties of a dry stout come to the fore. Ends up with a dense feel that gives an impression of barrel-aging. As nice a mix of two great tastes as Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups.



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