Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter

Brewed by Ballast Point Brewing Company
Style: Porter
San Diego, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Porter Bottle at Brewdog Birmingham; Drink No.12 in #no9twissup, dark brown pour, small off white head, coffee aroma, full bodied taste with coffee chocolate slight hop bitterness, some woodiness.

Bottle at JF’s, Brewdog Online, 07/03/13. Light black (extremely dark mahogony brown in light) with a thin tan head. Nose is roast malt, chocolate, dark fruits, dark sugar, touch of coffee. Taste comprises roast malt, toffee, biscuit, chocolate, mineral tones. Medium bodied with light prickly carbonation - a little overcooked for me in this respect, lending towards a dry finish. A decent enough porter.

This is a pretty darn tasty porter, almost has a stout feel with the graininess in the finish. The sweetness is just the right amount so it goes down real smooth.

Pours black with a light brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, milk chocolate, caramel and hints of fruit. Taste is light sweet of coffee, fruit and chocolate leading to a roasty and bitter finish. Pretty good porter.

Draft at the Khyber. Very dark clear ruby pour with a pillowy tan head. Not much aroma. Some expected coffee and chocolate flavors with a bit more spice than usual. Cinnamon. Black pepper. Relatively mild smooth porter with a bit of bite in the finish.

65 cl bottle.
Originally rated on 20090730.
Pours pitch black color with a small off-white head. Aroma of dark roasted malts, dry chocolate, some wooden notes, cocoa powder and mild hoppy notes. Flavor of dark chocolate, dark roasted malts, some licorice notes and caramel. Dry chocolaty palate. Excellent.

Bottle poured into glass. Lightish brown color, slightly transparent, no head. Aroma has slight hints of dark chocolate and nuts. Flavor has somewhat of a charred character to it. A decent porter.

Bottle sample, Dark cocoa brown w/ decent tanish head. Roasty hoppy aroma, hints of chocolate and acetaldehyde. Well rounded palate, roasty darks malts dominate with a long dryish bitter and hoppy finish.

Bomber at home. Clean aroma of roasted malts, milk chocolate. Light bodied, soft carbonation, sweet, chocolate underneath, light smoke, light coffee, mild hopping. Very clean finish and easy to drink.

Pours a pepsi cola color with a roasted malt aroma. Taste is very chocolaty with burnt notes throughout. Aftertaste is slightly bitter, surprisingly for a porter. Overall a decent beer that was not too complex but flavorful nonetheless.