Mighty Hop Black Pearl Porter

Brewed by Mighty Hop
Style: Porter
Lyme Regis, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottled (from Beers Of Europe). Hazy deep ambery brown colour, close to black, with a mediumsized brown head. Aroma is nutty, caramelly, mild toast, some slight spices, big time chocolate, mild fudge and some slight ripe fruity notes. Flavour is chocolate, some nuts, mild ripe fruits, spices and mild toasted and liquorice notes. Excellent beer for being only 4.4 %. I wish more of the "big fanboy guys" would make attempts at milder beers rather than imperial something.

Bottle conditioned, 500ml from West Country Ales, Cheddar, Somerset. Very dark brown, ruby hue with cream head. Darkly roasted malts with almost a scorched earth character, woody, bitter chocolate, quite a chalky note too. Lasting and bitter on the palate with a long finish. Decent.

bottle from a abottle shop in Lyme Regis. Deep black colour, thin beige head. Light-bodied, super chocolate flavours, cocoa, coffee... very nice and smooth.

Bottle. Dark brown with chocolate and maltiness. Well balanced and well bottled with a smooth flavour. Excellent.

Tasting from August 2011.
Cool but not cold. Pours a deepest, darkest, midnight brown that shimmers in the light. Not much action; a loose, frothy tan head develops and wanes back to a wafer thin pad with little lace. Mildly, tannic, vinous notes on the nose amongst hints of cola, cocoa, peat and top-soil, burnt wood and dank cellar must. On a sweeter tip in the mouth. Unexpectedly chocolaty to differ from the nose, like milk choc icecream, well rounded and very smooth on the palate. Nice malt profile, raw and rough dark grain flavours amongst wood, liquorice and roasted cacao beans in back to a velvety chocolate swallow that is oh so long. Mild burnt malt and vinous peak gives direction to the flavour, but it is mostly the sweetness that drives it. It’s firm body builds as it goes and I dare say this is not the most sessionable of numbers. But it is delicious. Very good stuff! (50cL, BB 22/11/11, Greendale Farm Shop, The Common, Exmouth, Devon)

Bottle purchased direct from the brewer. Definite coffee overtones in the aroma and on the palate followed by chocolate. Decent, easy drinking porter.

[500ml bottle, gift from the inlaws - cheers!] Dark brown, medium, long lasting cream head and a slight fizz that gives a pleasant frothy mouthfeel. Milk chocolate aroma, and chocolate in the initial taste too. A bready, yeastiness comes through, followed by a growing flavour of heavily roasted malt, the roastiness giving a bitterness that verges on being almost (but not quite) too bitter. Decent stuff, better than I was expecting.

Bottled. A dark brown to ruby coloured beer with a little head. A boozy choccy aroma with some sweet roast. Nice lactic quality in the mouth together with chocolate and light roast. Very mellow. Nice.

Bottle bought at an off license in Lyme Regis. Dark brown, with a slight tan head and moderate carbonation. Sweetish aroma of dark fruit, milk chocolate and roasted malts. Easy drinking with more chocolate, some caramel, coffee and a decent, dryish finish.

Bottle conditioned. Black, smells of roasted malt. Quite a warming toasted malt taste with some sweetness, hint of coffee grounds and hint of choc.