Mendocino Black Eye Ale

Bottle. Dark brown pour with a ruby tinge and a big tan head. Has an aroma of caramel malt with some hop spiciness. Nice black and tan flavor, burnt caramel with some good bitterness. Pretty good.

This is a pretty good lightish porter. Its a blend of a stout and a lighter ale, but I’d say its more stout. Good flavors of chocolate and roasted malts come through with an off dry finish. Its a great beer with a meal.

This is a good, tasty porter-type ale that has noticeable characteristics of the two consituent beers. It is very deep red-brown, almost black, with a big, light brown head, bubbly, steadily shrinking to a wispy ring. The aroma is a lot of dark toast with caramleized prunes, a little chocolate, fruity wine. The taste is similar, the elements marry well, and the flavours are consistent. It is also pretty drinkable and smooth with nothing overly strong.

This is a nice dark brew. It’s robust, with hints of espresso and dark chocolate powder, slightly earthy, with a finish that reverberates between bitterness and a very light sweetness. Your mournful eyes look toward the dismal sky, only to see a freakish creation of cruel nature... a livid hawk bearing not one but two terrifying heads. It’s swooping down from the sky... to mercilessly peck out both of your eyes simultaneously.

Bomber pours a very nice clear amber with tan head. The aroma is sweet molasses, some nuttiness, caramel, a bit of roasty malts mixing in, sweet dark fruity esters of dark grapes, cherries and plums. The taste is very similar to the nose with molasses and caramel sweetness mixing with dark fruity Concord grapes and ripe cherries. The roasty malts and nuttiness peak out from time to time. I also get mild hop bitterness and faint malt astringency showing up in the finish.