Ballast Point Bourbon Barrel Aged Black Marlin Porter

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

From a growler filled at Ballast Point. Shared with fordest and toncatcher. Aromas of the wood, and some smokey bourbon. Flavors of wood and warming bourbon. Very mild and easy to drink.
Earlier Rating: 1/17/2008 Total Score: 3.7
Draft at O’briens. Dark roasted chocolate and malt. Some wood and some coffee flavors. Good.

~Pours black with creamy off white head. ~Nice strong oaky bourbon/whisky scent ~Taste like coffee with oak, malts and bourbon. ~Medium feel, creamy with bitter finish. ~ This is delicious! I love whisky and I love beer. Great combo! Yum!

On tap @ the Brewery in Linda Vista. Pours opaque with a small tan head. Nice coffee/ oaked aromas. Very smooth and creamy with a good combo of oak and malt on the finish.
Earlier Rating: 1/31/2008 Total Score: 3.4
On draft @ the Linda Vista brewery. Brew poured an almost pitch black with a beige head. Nose of wood chips, spice, coffee and chocolate. A clean finish.

On-tap at HomeBrew Mart. I have a feeling that this brew and the other listing for Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter on Oak are one in the same. Anyway, pours black with a crisp light brown head, spider web lace. Smells sour and malty, slightly roasty sweet as well with a touch of wood and booze character. Tastes dark and malty sweetwith a sour bourbon and wood finish. A bit of lingering vanilla flavor on the finish as well. Medium body, with crisp vibrant carbonation.
Earlier Rating: 3/28/2008 Total Score: 3.6
On-tap today at the Carroll Canyon location. Jim Beam Black Marlin is what they had it up as. Pours black with a creamy tan head good lace. Smells of sour mash and malt and maybe a touch of wood. Tastes malty and sour and woody with a bit of whiskey. Lots of the sour, cheap, bourbon character that we all know and love. A bit thick compared to the regular Black Marlin, smooth carbonation.

On tap at Ballast Point brewery and brewing supply shop in San Diego--Rich black (slightly brown) w/ a small wispy tan head. Nose of gentle bourbon and creamy tannins. Clean, subtle bourbon and roasted malt finish. Awesome!

Got a growler fill from the brewery. Black with a fizzy tan head. Wonderful bourbon vanilla and oak aroma. Good strong bourbon taste, robust coffee flavors, mild vanilla, and a good roasty, oaky dry finish. Excellent.

Draught Deep brown beer with a reddish shine, little head. Obvious vanilla, oak and Bourbon, some roasted notes and again, lots of oats. Warming MF for obvious alcohol (Bourbon), sweet nutty dark worts and just enough discreet hops - great balance! Warming, but not aggressive in MF. Very good B.B.A. porter, much more balanced than most of its ilk.

Tap @ O’Briens. Poured black with a beige head. Chocolate aroma with a light roast and very light bourbon. the flavor too had a light roast. Some woody notes on the finish. The beer finished thin with a light body.
Earlier Rating: 12/10/2007 Total Score: 3.4
Tap @ Ballast Point. Cask. Poured with a large creamy tan head. The beer itself was black and fairly opaque. The aroma was of coffee and wood with mild vanilla notes. The flavor had a light roast and woody notes. The guy pouring said it was a whiskey barrel but I don’t really get and whiskey. Light bodied and smooth.