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Dark Horse Reserve Special Black Bier

Dark Horse Reserve Special Black Bier - Porter

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Porter

Marshall, Michigan USA

bottled
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5503.87/5.03.85/5.07.5%99.3English pint, Stem glass
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Commercial Description:
Our Reserve Special Black Bier is a full bodied ale. Each batch is brewed with heavy roasted and chocolate malts to give this beer its unique flavors of coffee and chocolate. The color of this beer is black, and when pured into a glass it will have a deep brown head of foam.
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 Headbanger (1574), Aurora, Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 22, 2007  
12oz bottle- A black bdy with a nice tan head that dissipated into a small ring. Aroma of dark roasted malt, coffee, licorice, and chocolate. Taste of the same with a nice chocolate/coffee finish. Very well blended. A GREAT porter.


 MrBendo (1039), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Sep 17, 2007  
Thanks to footbalm and CaptainCougar who each sent me a bottle of this. Pours deep brown (opaque in glass) with a super-small head. Aroma of chocolate and dark, roasted malt. Taste is moderately sweet; chocolate, coffee and roasted malts. Bitter finish. Medium to heavy body. A nice one.


 BDR (2139), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/516/20
Sep 13, 2007  
Thanks to Olso2116 for sharing this excellent porter. Black with faint brown head. Lots of roasted malts and faint coffee on the nose. Rich roasted malt body with coffee and chocolate hints. smooth finish.


 OSLO (825), Perth, Australia
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Sep 10, 2007    Updated: Nov 18, 2007
[Bottle] Pours black with a dark tan head. Aroma is strong roasted malt, chocolate with some hops. Taste is the same with the hops a little more pronounced. Long finish. Quite thick. I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but at first glance I did not expect this to be the high quality beer that it turned out to be--the only thing I can fault it too much on is it being a little hoppy for my liking, otherwise it is great.


 JK (2946), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/105/515/20
Sep 10, 2007  
A porter can’t get much better than this. Black and thick, syrup like beer. It looks great and it has a great palate. Aroma is roasted malt with some coffee, chocolate, and just a hint of oak. Flavor is exsceptionally rich. Tons of malt with medium sweetness and a roasted character, more coffee and chocolate.


 Guerde (696), Welcome, Minnesota, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/517/20
Sep 9, 2007    Updated: Sep 13, 2007
(bottle, thanks olso2116) Pours very dark with a dark tan head. Heavy aroma of roasted malt, coffee, and some hops too. Taste of coffee, dark chocolate, with a smoky character as well along with a nice hop bitterness on the finish. Pretty good stuff, and even better the second time I had it.


 joebrew (608), Farewell Minny; Hello Puyallup, Washington, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/518/20
Sep 7, 2007  
Thanks to olso216. Pours a thick used motor oil consistency and color with very little head. Very sweet and sour or bitter nose with hints of mollases, chocolate, coffee, and nice sweet malt and raisens. Very full mouthfell with a huge dose of coffee and chocolate as well as a nice dose of floral hops.


 maniac (2628), Richmond, Virginia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Sep 5, 2007  
Shared with Kinz for an impromptu tasting. Dark black body with a small fully diminishing light brown head. Sweet caramel, molassas, and malty aroma. Sweet chocolate and molassas flavor.



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