Blue Mountain Chocolate Belgian Porter Blue Mountain Brewery Afton, Virginia
Beer style: Belgian Ale - Pale / Golden / Single Ref: ratebeer.com May2024
Common descriptors are A truly confused - but delicious - beer. The malt profile is that of as fairly strong English porter
but fermentation with yeast from Essen, Belgium that produces ripe plum flavors gently overlays the dark malts. Then we
aged this ale with 50 pounds of organic cacao nibs from Peru. Cacao nibs are the fermented, ground "beans" from the pod of
the cacao tree and are used to make chocolate. Although we’ve barely hopped this beer (using U.S. Goldings), the nibs
contribute a heady dark chocolate bitterness. Served on nitrogen for a smooth, creamy pint that lets the subtleties of the
yeast, malt and chocolate blend together to its best expression. 20 IBUs, 6.7% ABV. |