Dark Horse Reserve Special Black Ale

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Marshall, Michigan USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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12oz bottle shared. Poured opaque brown with dark brown head that doesn’t last long. Medium to heavy body. The aroma is not muted at all. Full flavor of roasted malts and chocolate and coffee. The flavor is intensely good with chocolate and coffee and dark roasted malt. Almost has a dry finish to it. Very good.

Poured into a pint glass black with a tan head that thinned out quickly. Chocolate coffee scent right off the top. Definite English style ale with a hoppy background. Really enjoyed this brew for a black ale. Definitely will look for another bottle in the future. Well done Dark Horse!

Very black in color just as it claims. Nice foamy head that lasts the whole time you drink it. Nice chocolate flavor. Not overpowering. Medium bitter taste. Very good.

Black color tan head, looks like any porter...smells roasted notes. Coffee on the front end, Carmel on the back. Smooth mouth feel. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle. Near black pour with a thin brown head. Pleasant aroma with dark chocolate, coffee and vanilla cream. Deep roasted malt flavor with some hints of chocolate and peanuts. Finishes with a bitter cocoa and hop mix. Well carbonated with a mostly dry texture. Solid.

thick beige mocha head with lacing. coffee coloured. aroma of coffee, alcohol, whisky, vanilla ... complex and very nice on the nose. taste of roasted malts, coffee and liquorice. aftertaste of liquorice, vanilla and whisky. medium body and soft carbonation. really delicious! bottle 35.5 cl

Bottle. 5/11/13. Pours very dark; deep, dark brown with a thin off-brown head. Aroma is earthy, nutty, chocolate and coffee. Tastes great, similar; roast malts, dark chocolate, iced coffee, earth, nuts. Little lacing. Medium carbonation. Thin mouth feel. Alcohol well-hidden. Excellent. Simple and simply well crafted. Tastes great, looks great, smells and feels great. Drink this beer.

From AC Beer Fest 2013. The aroma is roasty, chocolate. the appearance is dark brown, tan head. The flavor is roasty, hoppy, The finish is roasty, pine, citrus. Like an imperial stout meets a black IPA. Pretty good.

A hoppy porter it seems to be. Pretty tasty stuff. A dark ale for slightly chilly day.

This was nice. I wouldn’t have guessed that it was a porter by the aroma. I got a lot of citrus hops in the nose with some light roast and chocolate. Pour is uhhhh.....black. Flavor is similar, hoppy and balance roasted/chocolate malt. Very nice though.