Weyerbacher Black Hole Ale

Brewed by Weyerbacher Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Easton, Pennsylvania USA

Pours dark brown, I was expecting a black hole of a a beer I really got a brown hole. I guess naming their beer brown hole would not help the cause. Thick tan head with honey comb esque lacing. Molasses and coffee on the nose with a similar flavor, over all this is a decent porter it just does not do much to set it aside from other porters.

Dark, cola-colored body with a filmy light tan head. Sweet coffee, milk chocolate, and coffee aromas. Chocolate, cocoa butter flavor with an over-caramelized, roasty edge. Notably sweet. Not really the type of pleasant, lingering porter that I can get into like an Anchor Porter or Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald. Maybe I’m just not a big fan of molasses.

22oz. bomber: This one pours a deep, dark brown color. It has a big, thick tan head that lingers for awhile. The nose is somewhat roasty with a bit of chocolate and a hint of coffee. The taste has a slightly lighter feel too it, while it still has a bit of a richness to it. Some coffee, chocolate, molasses to the taste. Also a hint of dryness to it. No sweetness to it at all. A decent porter.

Bomber. Poured a nice shade of deep reddish-brown with a creamy initial cap of deep tan head. The aroma picked up well-roasted dark chocolate first with a hefty dose of molasses right on its heels (proud of myself for picking that up before reading the description).. very good! The flavor had dry-roasted chocolate and molasses at the core with dry coffee ground bitterness and sticky molasses on the finish.. a little stale on the back with a bit of prickly overt alcohol.. but still very good. Medium-bodied and sticky at times on the palate.. a little too sharp on the back. Overall a very good porter.

I smell chocolate, coffee, nuts and hops. The color is dark brown. This is a thick stout. There is a creamy mouthfeel. The flavor is dark chocolate and coffee with some fruity notes. The alcohol is not too intense. It is thick, but easy to drink. Pretty good stuff

22oz bottle. Poured a dark, dark brown color with an averaged sized tan head. Aromas of roast, chocolate, and molasses. Tastes of roast, chocolate, and coffee. Thinner body.

12oz bottle, courtesy of my dad. Thanks! Pours a medium dark brown color; khaki head with good retention and a fair amount of foamy lacing left on the glass. Plenty of nougat and caramel and chewy chocolate in the aroma; no hop presence to speak of. A bit lifeless in the mouth: relaxed carbonation and a fair amount of roasted malts and dried fruits; watery isn’t exactly the right word, but this beer doesn’t seem filled out at the edges - just sort of an empty, freeze-dried coffee note throughout; shows a bit of acidity mid-palate. Lacking something, and certainly doesn’t have any hops present to efface an otherwise chalky, coffee and chocolate-like finish.

12 oz bottle. Pours a thick, deep brown - close to black. Smells strongly of coffee and malt. Fairly malty. Hints of bourbon.