DuClaw Bad Moon Porter

Brewed by DuClaw Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Abingdon, Maryland USA

Very dark with a small head. Aroma is sweet with some roasted malt. Flavor is roasted bitter with chocolaty sweetness.

Black ale with a tan creamy head. coffee and smoke aroma. Creamy feel in mouth. Taste of chocolate coffee and smoke. This is an excellent porter.

Red black body. Aroma is rich dark chocolate, roasty with hints of coffee. Taste is mocha, roasty -- finishes coffee bitter.

This is the way I like my porter. Aroma was full of roasty notes, with lots of chocolate, coffee, some carmel and a little bit of that burnt carmel that I really like in a porter. The beer came off the tap opaque black with a tan head that stayed as a film throughout the duration. mmm mmm good, flavor is initially coffee with some flavors of cocoa that leads into burnt toffee, and a roasted heaven. medium-full mouthfull that was silky smooth. One of the best porters I’ve ever had

The aroma was roasty coffe and chocolate with a low, yet pleasant, fruity aspect. The beer arrived Translucent black with a frothy brown long lasting head which laced the glass. The flavor was roasty coffee and chocolate, with light impressions of caramel . The flavors were very well blanced and not overdone, yet very smooth. The finish was dry with lasting roast, coffee and chocolate long and pleasantly into the aftertaste. the body was medium-full and with a moderate level of carbonation the beer was smooth and creamy on the palate. A truly great Porter. Note: Had this one on both standard tap and nitro. I’m rating the standard since it was great. The nitro was not so great and a bit vegetal and if it were rated it might score a 3.3 at best. (6,5,6,4,12)

Date: 07/16/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

black with ruby edges, thin brown head, good blend of chocolate and roasted aroma, rich dry chocolate flavor, low bitterness
-------- /> Date: 07/27/2007
Mode: draft
Words: Brewpub Anaopolis

chocolate is a very dry dark chocolate with associated bitterness, otherwise same as before

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Originally reviewed back on 7/13/05. Received 4.1 score. Added to my RB list to check "Maryland" as a beer state consumed. A Camden Yards staple of mine. Dark and roasty. A good smeller, with roasty malts and hints of chocolate. Flavorful and tasty.

Draft at Camden Yards. Poured a deep dark brown with some light brown around the edges and a very small light brown head. Aroma was nice upon warming and had lots of raosted malts, espresso and a slight sweetness. Flavor was weak compared to the pleasant aroma which was quite a let down.