Dark Horse Reserve Special Black Bier

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

Pours blackish with a thin 1/4" light brown head that fades and hangs around the edges of the brew. I made the mistake of letting the light brown sediment from the bottle pour into my glass, it kind of turned me off. Nice nose, smells of toasty malts and a little bit of coffee. Tastes not too strong, just right. I get a lot of malt on the tip of my tongue and then dark roasty coffee flavors towards the back of my tongue and throat. Palate is very nice for a impi porter. Not too thick at all, nice and smooth with great carbonation. Pretty good brew.

12 oz bottle. Received this from someone in a trade. Thanks. I enjoyed this one. Dark dark dark. Flavor was chocolate and coffee. Nice, smooth beer. All I could think when i was drinking it was how it tasted like Speedway light.

Picked up single 12-oz bottle at Cellar’s Wine & Spirits in St Paul, MN. Pours a semi-clear dark brown brew with a fast dissolving off-white head that leaves behind some spotty lacing and a thin white ring. Aroma of toasted dark malt, some dark chocolate, and a hint of smoke. Taste is medium to full bodied, light carbonation with flavors of dark roasted malt, some chocolate, and a little coffee. Finish is semi-sweet, smooth creamy with a smoked dark malt flavor.

Pours pitch black, thicky with a quickly receding mocha head. Aroma of sweet vinous roast, dark chocolate, and alcohol. Taste is lightly roasty, sweet chocolate and dark malts. Notes of coffee, earthy spicy malt. Mouthfeel is full bodied with smooth carbonation. Dark Horse does a good job with the darker beers.

Bottle Shared with lb4lb. Poured a dark coffelike color. Aroma is coffe and a slight hint of smoke. Taste is smooth and crisp with a smoke hint in the finish.

Bottle courtesy of, and shared with ford9719.
Pours big and black with a smallish tan head. Smell is dark and roasty with a big smoky tone to it. Although the flavor of dark smoky roastiness was nice, it was a bit thinner bodied than expected, overall. Didn’t get any coffee flavors in this. Would definitely like to try again and a nicely made beer. Thanks Chris!

Black pour with a tan head, reminicent of many imperial stouts. Strong roasted coffee notes with some chocolate. Coffee flavor, although not as strong as many coffee flavored beers. A better balance. I can see why this rates high. Nice blend. BTW....I’m not a coffee drinker, although I do like the flavor incorporated into my beer.

Bottle: Pours black as pinhead’s soul with a minimal, evil halo of a head. Dark malt based aroma, notes of chocolate, robust black cherries and coffee. Silky mouth feel leads the way for flavors of dark chocolate, coffee and a dry hop finish. Very good stuff.