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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
common

on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5493.87/5.03.85/5.07.5%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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 scrizzz (1251), kirkland, Washington, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Aug 9, 2009  
Very dark, strong dark tan creamy dense head. Strongly burnt grain aroma with a little twinge of sour green apple. Medium bodied, more burnt grain with some toasted almond, dry finish.


 MereLikesBeer (153), Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/511/20
Jul 25, 2009  
I had this on tap at MBGSF 09. I guess there was something wrong with the tapper, so I didn’t have to give up a token up for it. It definitely was black, with a huge brown bubbly head (probably from the bad tap). It had a really light aroma, a tiny bit of roasted coffee but minimal at that. Very light flavor, watery mouth feel and no prominent flavors. It was very mild.


 blutt59 (2042), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Jul 22, 2009  
bottle, very dark brown color with minimal foam, aroma light roasted coffee, flavor has a very strong bittersweet, baking chocolate side, hoppy with a sharp finish


 Beerman6686 (1266), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Jul 22, 2009  
This one poured a dark dark brown color with a normal sized light tan head. Aroma was very burnt and roasted. Flavor was also very roasted, not as much silkiness and chocolate as i would have hoped from this porter, but nonetheless a good beer.


aaaaaaaaaah (61), Warren, Michigan, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Jul 17, 2009  
poured out of bottle into glass. rich, chocolate-coffee taste. Very good if you like dark beers.


 pj1855 (154), Eagan, Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jul 16, 2009  
Pours dark black with a small brown head that quickly fades. Aroma of roasted malt and some citrus. Starts off with flavors of vanilla, malts and chocolate and finishes off with burnt coffee and hops. Fairly thin body Not bad. Interesting beer.


 jkaiser (219), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Jul 16, 2009  
The label doesn’t say porter, it doesn’t say anything. I was hoping I was buying a strong ale. So when I realized I had a porter on my hands I was instantly dissapointed since I’m not a porter/stout fan. I tried a couple of sips. Super rich, thick powerfulbodied. Dark horse might want to put the make on the label next time.


 CanIHave4Beers (835), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Jul 7, 2009  
Holy crap this is some nice porter. Pours a deep black with a smallish dark tan head that eventually fades to a long lasting espresso swirl style head. The aroma is at first very strong with vanilla some roasty notes almost a peaty character finished with a strong hazelnut aroma. The flavor is a little vanilla at first that fades away right quick then it is very dry and bitter, strongly roasty with some great coffee tones, plenty of molasses and a nice little nuttiness and raisin in the background. Complex and awesome.



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