Dark Horse Reserve Special Black Bier

The color was dark brown/black. The head was creamy, off-white, and thin. The aroma was molasses, coffee, chocolate, and roast. The flavor was roasty, coffee, sweet malt, molasses, hops, and chocolate. The palate was thick-bodied. The finish was roasty

Bonus beer from Secret Santa in 7/26/07. Been sitting in my fridge all of this time. I think I should have drank it sooner. Pours thickish black with no head. Liquid does have some carbonation. Aroma is bland, possibly a small hint of cardboard. Very ashy cigarette butt flavor. Very dry. Somewhat acidic. The burnt flavor lingers on the back of your tongue. Yuck.

Bottle, poured black into a snifter, no head. Smelled like coffee. Taste is coffee and a bunch of roasted malt. The chocolate gave it a nice sweetness. Nice texture, went down smoothly. Good beer! Thanks st fun!

Jesus, I hate entering backlogged ratings. Shouldn’t I be cleaning the litterbox?? We know what it looks like already so... I like a porter that looks and tastes like a porter. How do they do this? The flavor is so heavily laden with chocolate and coffee. It is like having coffee with a piece of flourless chocolate cake.

12 oz. bottle courtesy of Acknud. Pours an opaque black with dark brown edges. 1/2" brown head with little lacing. Nose is dark roasted malts. Tastes of roasted malt, black coffee and dark chocolate. I knocked off a couple points for an odd chalk like flavor in the background. All in all a good brew. Thanks Bill !!

Bottle purchased at Crown Liquors #15, in Fishers, IN. Appropriately named, this beer pours jet black with a small, creamy, dark tan head that laces nicely. Before the head settles, I got a rather unpleasant wet dog aroma wafting up from the glass. Bleh. After it settles, however, the nose is quite nice: roasted malt, chocolate, and sweet, nutty coffee creamer. (Were it not for the initial Fido aroma, this would have gotten a "9" from me.) The mouthfeel is medium-bodied and super-slick (almost as though it were nitrogenated) with a bitter, roasted finish. Roasted dark malt, light cream, char/ash, and a bitter hop hit all combine into a big roasty flavor profile. The aftertaste is a lingering espresso/hop blend. Take a porter, amp up the roast and the bitterness and you have this beer. It’s anything but boring, and I would definitely buy it again. Very nice.

Black pour with barely no head. Beer was medium to full bodied with a coffee/roast flavor and maybe a fewfruity esters. Taste overall was real good. I’d buy this one again.

Pours pitch black with some lace. Has a sweet taste of dark chocolate. Goes down easy for a dark beer. Tastes like a stout with hints of dark coffee.