Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter

22oz bomber. Pours a deep, clear brown with a thin, nitro, dense tan cap like an irish dry stout. Muted aroma of roasted malt, cocoa, burnt sugar, mocha. Taste is nicely hopped- very well balanced with fresh West Coast hops and milk chocolate. Sticky, oily mouthfeel. Pretty yummy but nothing spectacular.

Bottle. Pours a darkbrown beer with an offwhite head. The aroma is caramel and roasted malt. The flavor is roasted malt with some hops. The palate is good with dark malts. Overall a good beer.

On tap at Blue Dog. Pours a dark almost black color with no head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malts, and hops. Well-balanced flavor of roasted malts, chocolate, coffee,and hops. Improves as it warms. Well-done.

Bomber from Wade’s Wines. Pours dark brown with huge tan head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, and caramel. Flavor is roasted malts, chocolate, light coffee with some caramel sweetness. Mouthfeel is a little thin but has nice carbonation. Finishes dry and roasty.

clear brown, large smooth light brown head, nice lacing. sweet caramel, coffe, chocolate in the aroma, roasted grains, flowery sweetness, honey perhaps. quite roasted aroma, roasted grains, coffee. flavor is quite dry and precise, very tasty. ends roasted and dry. not very strong, but lots of flavor nonetheless.

Dark cherry cola color, a bubbly cream head. Very dense chocolate malt in the nose, also some sweet plummy fruit, almost grape juice, that really gives the nose a kick start. Flavor has more bitterness than the nose, a nice, lengthy dry finish with lots of roasted malt/coffee light milk chocolate, and strong nut.

Bottle thanks to dchmela. Very chocolaty and a little smokey. Not like the sausages...no I mean that it has a little smoke in it. Really nice coffee as well. Nice.

Dark pour with an off white head. Aroma has coffee, dark cocoa and bitter roasted malts. Flavor is robust and bitter roast with some coffee. A bit creamy and dry, nice and balanced.