Maltovivo Black Lizard

Brewed by Maltovivo
Style: Porter
Capriglia Irpina (Avellino), Italy

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

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Bottle. Vegetal notes on the nose, with pronounced mocha and cream, with surprisingly roasty characteristics. Lovely flavours of dark coffee and dark chocolate, with a touch of bell pepper and a slightly nutty, toffee finish. Great example of the style, nicely delivered.

Una delle migliori porter italiane, abbastanza impegnativa sia di alcol che di struttura.

Bottle 750ml. Color dark brown with medium lasting white head. Aroma malt, roasted, chocolate. Taste sweet, some bitterness, malt, chocolate, roasted.

Bottle. Dark color, white/slightly brown creamy head but almost without lacing. Very massive aroma of cocoa, bitter chocolate, roastiness, molasses and little bit of Soy sauce (i don’t like it usually but in this case it wasn’t an issue). the taste has a dominating bitter chocolate component. with a less present cocoa and roasted coffee characters. anyway the taste is very "robust" and so is the body, the alcohol is totally hidden. medium/soft carbonation. The finish is very bitter and dry because the malt rather than the hop. I have to say that i had it before and sometimes it showed a different beer, with a not so robust body and taste for example. But i think it’s really a, very good, robust porter just like the label says

Black with a small tan head. Aroma of licorice and chocolate with an odd earthy note that reminded me of truffles. Dry flavour with the same notes

When I think about a lizard, I don’t think porter. But okay, we’ll make the lizard black...no, still don’t think porter, and definitely not a robust porter. And well, the marketing matches the beer. The beer does pour very dark with a light brown head, and the aroma that is detected after much sniffing is simply sweet and malty. The taste is of a porter, but not as robust as the name would imply, actually it’s quite boring. But in the end, I am finally able to detect the black lizard character, as I am left with the distinct flavor of earth in my mouth.

Bottle. Pitch black with a steady tan head. The aroma is sweet malty, caramel, some roast, chocolate, light coffee and dark fruit. The flavour is roasted malt, caramel, sweet chocolate, light coffee and some lighter notes of rubber. Creamy texture. Nice!

shared by plovman, hope tis his the riht one. pitch black , smooth ligh brown head. roasted malts, hard roast in the aroma. flavor is licorice, flowery hopppy roasted stuff, good blend.

4th June 2010. Bottle - courtesy of the Bir & Fud beershop. Very dark brown-black beer. Short lived brown head. Light dry palate. Roasty malt with a little licorice and a trace of unsweet chocolate. Finishes dry with some coffee bitterness and a little tang. Rich!

Bottle at Bir&Fud Beershop. Black - offwhite head.  Burned malts. Wierd. Spicy. Milkey. Licorice. Vineous. Very simple. A bit boring. Not that good. Alcoholic.