Mendocino Black Eye Ale

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

Malts mostly in the nose and taste. There is just a bit of copper or aluminumum here and there. It has the characteristics of the ale with the thin watered down color of thier stout. Bot are present in the taste clearly.

Pours brown with ruby edges and a medium beige head. Aroma of caramel, kilned malts and grass. Flavor has notes of chocolate, roasted malt, caramel and a medium helping of hops. Moderately sweet, medium bitterness. Ends with a slightly metallic finish. Medium body, smooth texture and lively carbonation.

Dark red in color. Creamy head. Long lasting. Aroma is malty. Hopefully a hint of hops. Let’s see. A little watery. Decent cocoa flavor. Not excellent; however, not bad either. Good enough to drink again.

Pours black with ruby coming out in the light. The head is an airy foam, large and long lasting. The smell is faintly malty and the hops come across as a little stale. Not skunky, but maybe a little past their prime. The flavor is a tease. There’s just enough stout there to make you aware of what you’re missing and there’s not enough of the pale ale there to satisfy the pale ale cravings. Overall a couple of beers that would have been better had they never been mixed.

Bottle. Pours very dark mahogany with rocky off-white head. The aroma is yeast and caramel malt. There is a warm, hoppy flavor with earthy tones and some grain. I can really detect both the Black Hawk and the Eye of the Hawk. Interesting.

bottle. Pours a nice deep, full, dark red with a rocky, dense head. The bold aroma is yeasty with a bit of caramel malt. It’s got a full caramel malty body with a touch of some dry, wine notes. The finish is another dose of malts. This is better than the black hawk or eye of the hawk because it’s much less one dimensional. Hoawever, it needs something still to really be balanced or truly savory.

Dark muddy brown color with thin white head. The nose is rich with nutty caramel malts and grassy hops. Some pine thing going on here as well. The flavor is creamy, balanced, rich, the flavors from the 2 styles blend fairly well and create a harmony . Good essence of black and tan here.

22oz bomber-i bought this beer for 2 reasons-its only 2.39 a bomber and that i have never rated it before. pours clear mahogony with a fizzy eggshell head. faint roast, chocolate, caramel malts with a little nutty quality to them as welll. faint earthy hops and a mineral content also in the aroma. some light vegetal notes as well. roast chocolate, faint char with some funky/artificlal flavors as well. body is fairly decent with a roundness to it. not a bad beer, but nothing i would put on a pedistal!