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Dark Horse Reserve Special Black Bier

Percentile
98
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bottled
common

on tap
available

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
5573.87/5.03.85/5.07.5%99.3English pint, Stem glass
Commercial Description:
Our Reserve Special Black Bier is a full bodied ale. Each batch is brewed with heavy roasted and chocolate malts to give this beer its unique flavors of coffee and chocolate. The color of this beer is black, and when pured into a glass it will have a deep brown head of foam.
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 yobdoog (1460), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20

Nov 7, 2009  
Dark with an off white head. Aroma is sweet and malty, some creamy coffee. Flavor is sweet, malty, roasted coffee and roasted malts. Slightly bitter to balance it out. Nice.

HoppyAlesToYou (29), , Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Dec 7, 2009  
Pours black as night, with virtually no head. Roasty chocolate and coffee teases the nostrils and tongue, with a hop kick and smooth finish. Not as creamy as I expected, but overall it improves as it warms.


 Jblauvs (589), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Dec 6, 2009  
Black oily pour with a thin tan head. Bitter roast and chocolate nose. Loads of roast as well. Mouthfeel is viscous and oily. Flavor is bitter Roast all the way through. chocolate malt, and deep earthy bitterness emanate off of this. Rich and very nice


RoscoeJackson (35), Michigan, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Nov 27, 2009  
pretty good porter. aq little on the sweet side as opposed to roasty, but not too sweet. solid in my opinion, but nothing too special here.


 Miver (566), WillowStreet, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 25, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Poured opeque black in color with a small tan head that left little lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malt, toffee, coffee. Tastes of roasted coffee, cream, oats, chocolate, fairly sweet. Nice lingering sweet chocolate, and coffee in the finish. Quite nice.


pellegjr (23), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Nov 21, 2009  
Deep brown pour with moderate mocha head, strong aroma of toasted malt laced with chocolate, rich mouthfeel, smooth and chocolatry with some toasty flavors up front that comes roaring in the finish as roasted bitterness.


 Block (379), West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/517/20
Nov 20, 2009  
Black pour with a brown head. Aroma of roasted malts, dark chocolate and dark fruit. Smooth with a slight alcohol and bitter chocolate finish.


 mattmc1973 (305), Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/517/20
Nov 13, 2009  
12 oz bottle into a tulip. Pours dark brown/black with a thin brown coffee-colored head that dissipated fully. Aroma is a wonderful mix of dark fruit (plums/dates), sweet malt, roast coffee, molasses, and bitter dark chocolate. Tastes of coffee, bitter hops, dark chocolate, and a touch of sweetness. Finishes quite dry. Thin, somewhat watery mouthfeel, but smooth with very subtle carbonation. Delicious, and the aroma really makes this one a winner.


NayTron (43), Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Nov 10, 2009  
Pours black. Smells of heavy roasted malts, chocolate and caramel. Taste is full bodied and a little ashy with notes of chocolate, coffee and a hops bitter to finish. Nice balance.



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