Mendocino Black Eye Ale

Brewed by Mendocino Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Hopland, California USA

Bomber poured a clear dark brown wqith a small disapating tan head. Aromas of roasted malt, dark fruit, toffee and light carmel. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a lightly dry finish. Flavors of toffee, roastiness, fruittiness, light cocoa and light earthiness with a smooth dry lingering malty finish.

22 ounce bottle from City Beverage in Winston Salem, NC. Pours a dark browish ruby color with a medium head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of roast, caramel and coffee. Taste is roasted malts, coffee, caramel with a bitter hop finish. Medium bodied. Quite a nice beer,

22 oz bottle: Aroma is big on mlat, caramel, somewhat nutty, and almost a burnt quality to this scent. Appearance is a dark coca-cola like body with a thick light tan head that linger around for quite a while. Taste is malts, chocolate, light nuttiness, light burnt quality, some alcohol intermingled, and a bit of a black coffee. Palate has a lingering bitterness on the aftertaste. Mouth feel is bitter and somewhat astringent. Overall, Interesting stuff quite drinkable for a porter. Cheers!

Black pour with big light tan head. Aroma of chocolate, dark fruits, a light hint of hops, maybe some caramel. Flavor is like light burnt chocolate with a some hoppy frutiness. Palate is full and fizzy, with a watery-chocolate finish. This is alright, interesting, decent.

Dark brown with a thick, long-lasting beige head. Chocolate, caramel, and strong nuttiness in the aroma. Strong malty flavor nuts and caramel, somewhat bready, with a bit of coffee in the background. Milld resinous hops in the finish balances the sweetness nicely. Solid mouthfeel. Kind of reminds me of one of those new-fangled Indian Brown Ales.

Poured a very dark brown with orange highlights as light passed through the edge of the glass. There was a tall creamy tan head that left nice lacing. There was a very mild chocolate malt aroma. The initial taste was slightly dry and a bit metallic. There was a mild chocolate flavor later on and a mild dark chocolate flavor on the finish that left a bit of bitterness on the palate, but not too strong or long. This was a nice blend, but I prefer the Black Hawk & Eye of the Hawk as individual beers.

A dark brown pour with creamy white head and lace. Aroma is light/medium roasted malt with a hint of coffee and caramelly malt. Flavor is light roasted malt not much coffee but a nice smooth warmth. Carbonation a bit foamy body medium. A very drinkable beer.

Dark, not much strength or flavor here. It just seems a bit dull. Nothing objectionable but does not provide much of a kick of anything that I’d want from a Black and Tan.