Dark Horse Reserve Special Black Bier

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Marshall, Michigan USA

12 oz bottle: poured black with zero head after an aggressive pour. Chocolate and a little coffee in the aroma. Chocolate and coffee in the flavor also with a big blast of coffee bitterness in the finish. Can’t say I like it or enjoyed it for that matter.

Bottle from Acknud. Almost black pur wtih a small beige head. Aroma is coffe and molasses with some chocolate too. Taste is chocolate and oatmeal and espresso. Some sweetness and a nice hop finish. Great beer. I do want more!

Super dark brown coloured body with a very thin tan head. About 80-90% opaque with a very viscous look. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong roasted malt flavour with strong oatmeal, good coffee and a very potent chocolate taste. Aftertaste shows a lot of caramel and roasted sugars with some malt and even a touch of hops. Overall, a very nice and refreshing beer! If this is truly a porter, it’s more of a baltic porter than anything else. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased recently (03-August-2008) at Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan, sampled a few days later on 10-August-2008.

Poured a luxurious black from the bottle with a creamy tan head. Notes of cocoa in the aroma. Drak cocoa flavor with a malty body and bitter finish.

Jet black in colour with moderate carbonation. Strong roasted malt aroma, along with a hint of molasses. Creamy coffee flavors are apparent, along with a refined Schwarzbier-like malt profile, and a chalky dry finish. Heavy mouthfeel. Oakbluff and I were using this beer as a "palate cleanser", but it turned out to be quite good. Huge thanks to oakbluff for sharing.

Big thanks to msante79 for bonusing this one. 12 oz bottle. Dark black with a dark tan head. Taste is dark coffee, roasted malt with a bit of smoke. Towards the finish it gave me a slight yogart cream taste. Finishes dry and slightly bitter. A great beer that I am happy to have tried.

12 oz. bottle. Dark black pour. Thin, dark tan head. Aroma of brown sugar and molasses. Nice heavy mouthfeel. Flavor is roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate. Long, smoky, bitter finish. Great beer, truly a treat.

multiple bottle from lots of good folks. thanks to those... pours a very black bier indeed!... viscous near black pour with barely brown showing at the edges. it’s topped by an almost orange brown head which leaves a decent amount of randomly shaped lacing. the aroma is smoky, grain, cream, wood, mildly sour, coffee and dark fruit in the background. the palate is a bit on the sweet side... flavors of smoky dark grain, chocolate, coffee, slightly cooked cream, caramel/butterscotch candy and a light aspirin sting (from the hops?). finishes ashy and bitter with acidity and astringency kicking in late. medium to full body. super creamy carbonation and smooth mouth feel... mmm, i’m glad i have a bunch...8/5/8/4/16/4.1

aromas of malt powder, licorice, prunes and some fruit (other than prunes). you can taste the burnt edges on the grain! full bodied, slick and rich but bitterness keeps it really balanced and easy to dispose of. 8/5/8/5/17/4.3