Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter

Brewed by Ballast Point Brewing Company
Style: Porter
San Diego, California USA

Bottle thanks to SDbruboy, thanks again! Black pour with a light tan head. Aroma of bakers chocolate, roasted malt and some vinous elements. Flavor of dark chocolate, toffee and roasted malt. Decent body roasty throughout with a dry finish. Would’ve enjoyed this one more had I been a bit more coherent, pretty solid stuff though.

Bottle: Dark brown with a tan head. Aroma, roasted malts, chocolate milk, some coffee. Flavor, caramel, toffee, chocolate, and some roasted coffee.

11/21/06. Bomber from SDbruboy -- thanks!!!

Pours a deep brown with red highlights and a very small head. The beer has a nice roasty aroma, lots of chocolate, some coffee, quite a bit of vanilla bean (not bourbon-vanilla, but rather vanilla bean vanilla), and definitely notes of smoky peat. The flavor is somewhat sweet, molassas atop roast coffee, mingled with the smokiness of a nice scotch ale. Despite the rather sweet early flavor, this one is adequately dry on the finish. The flavors are quite intense for the ABV; I would have called this at closer to 6.5%.

Very nice. This is a first rate porter albeit deviating somewhat from the classic interpretation of the style.

Revisit 8/09 in Santa Barbara. Rating above stands. Very nice aroma, almost traditional --- hoppier, drier flavor with an obvious San Diego touch.

Pour is cola like with a thin tan head...roasty nose with some cocoa...taste is sweet and syrupy with a weak cocoa bittersweet finish...

Tap at 10th aniv. Chocolate, Smoke, Roasted malts, mollasess and some acidity from coffe beans. A bit watered down but smooth and with medium head retention. Not the best Porter ive had. Dry finish with prickly carbonation.

Pours porter brown w/ a shallow creamy froth. Aromas of leathered dark cocoa w/ a slight whiff of pine. Medium nectar w/ soft residual effers. Roasted flavors are in balance. Predominant bakers cocoa w/ moderate malt. Not too dry. Hints of fruit w/ leather, roasted coffee bean, cigar, and slightly roasted caramel. The finish is long with perfect bittering. I love this stuff. Good cold or not so cold. Overall: well balanced with bright flavors. This one gives Fullers London Porter a run for the money. Highly recommended.

Opaque brown-black color with a fine milk chocolate head. I detected a slight ester profile atop strong roasted chocolate malt aromas with a bit of dark berry/cherry fruit. A slight bit of smokiness at first in the flavor with coffee and an underlying grain character. Light body overall with a nice creaminess and bitterness from both hops and roasted malt.

22oz bottle poured black in color with little to no head. Aromas of chocolate, roast, caramel and some small coffee notes. The taste was very rich for a porter with no noticeable bitterness. I think more bittering hops would help this beer score higher.