Black Isle Organic Porter

Brewed by Black Isle
Style: Porter
Munlochy, Rosshire, Scotland

Bottle at Highland House. Dark brown with a light beige head, fine lacings. Aroma moderate malty (caramel, roasted, light burnt, licorice, coffee) and hoppy. Flavor moderate sweet and bitter. Light body. Very fine.

50cl Bottle brought from Scotland, thanks mom&Henk! ABV 4.6%. Clear reddish brown to black colour, stable light beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, bit of dark fruits and a hint of chocolate. Flavour is chocolate, roasted malts, liquorice, some light sweet dark fruits. Coffee bitter finish. Nice beer, but a bit shy, it’s a bit thin.

Cask @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty coffe aroma with some hints of chocolate. Roasted malty chocolate flavor with some bitter hints. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

This fizzed the shit all over me. Looks a bit thin. Nice thick and sweet buttery aromas. A bit green in the mouth followed by a good smoky flavour and pretty dry aftertaste. Chocolate is pretty apparent all the way through. Quite light and airy. Pretty boring but not unpleasant.

Bottle 50cl.
Alc. 4.6%. Clear light to medium brown color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, llight beige head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, roasted, burnt, coffee, nutty notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20081122]

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Warm orangey brown with a rough, beige head. Aroma of chocolate, hard roasted malt and a whiff of tar. Medium-bodied, low in carbonation with licorice and hard roasted malts. Malt bitter finish. 221108

A very lively bottle bought at a Real Food store in Edinburgh. Light-brown, dense head over a jet black body with a russet tint. Firm smell of coffee and chocolate. Taste of sweet dark malts, slightly roasted and spiced. Nuts and bitter dark chocolate towards the ending. A bit too light in the mouth [hotel room, 24.10.2008].

Bottle, 4.6%. OK fruity aroma. Mildly roasted, hint of coffee. Seemingly clear almost black colour. The flavour is nicely roasted, quite mild. Mild fresh coffee notes, freshly brewed.