Hardywood Park Craft Brewery Mocha Belgique

Mocha Belgique

 

Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter - Imperial Regular
Score
6.84
ABV: 7.2% IBU: 31 Ticks: 9
With several talented artisan roasters in town, we invited Richmond’s beer and coffee lovers to vote in a blind taste-off on our collaboration partner for the 2012 Mocha Belgique. They selected Black Hand Coffee Company! Black Hand’s custom roasted Brazilian coffee melds artfully with chocolate and caramel malts, cacao nibs and the fluffy character bestowed by our signature Belgian yeast, for a beer that exudes mocha goodness.

Rich, dark auburn in color with a frothy cappuccino head, Mocha Belgique offers pleasant, fresh roasted coffee and cocoa aromatics with a hint of black currant. Chocolate character up front is enhanced with the fluffy mouthfeel imparted by our distinctive Belgian ale yeast. Black Hand’s well balanced coffee provides a lingering roasty finish.
 

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Pours a dark brown with medium creamy beige head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is roadted malt and smoke. Medium mouthfeel with a oak and chocolate with light smoke finish. A good Imperial porter from Hardywood.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2012 at 21:42


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle thx to Travlr cons 2012-09-01 Göteborg AR: heavy chocolate, coffee, roasted malt AP: pitch black, Brown head F: wee coffee, roasted maltiness, Brown sugary, grainy, caramel

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2012 at 15:38


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle thanks to Nisse666! Sampled on September 1, 201275 cl, 2012 releaseBlack color, dense dark brown head. Coffee, roasted, green pepper, hoppy, cocoa scent. Coffee,d ry, malty taste. Some alcohol warming feeling. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2012 at 04:14


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle courtesy of Nisse666. Pours dark brown with a rather small mocha head that doesn’t leave much trace while dissipating. Smell is sweet with lots of dark roast coffee, green chili, bitter chocolate, roasted malts, wood, vanilla, smoked chili and moist soil. Taste is sweet, bitter and earthy with sweet dark bread, dark roast coffee, vanilla, bitter chocolate, resinous wood, roasted malts, moist soil and green chili. Mouthfeel is round, tiny tart and medium bodied. Finish is sweet and bitter with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, bitter chocolate and moist soil. Coffee and green chili aroma and taste is too prominent.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2012 at 11:52


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from bottle at SAVOR. Poured a dark brown color with a small tan head. Aroma was notes of espresso, dark chocolate, vanilla notes. Flavor was chocolate, earth, a touch of coffee. Mouthfeel was a bit thin for what I expected, but I enjoyed the flavors. Seems real hit-or-miss on here. Perhaps some QC on the coffee beans?

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2012 at 08:25


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

750-pours black with a dissipating tan head. Aroma is mocha/coffee, some earthy bitter. Taste is mocha/coffee-rich sweet dark malt, 2nd earthy bitter hops. Not my taste.

Tried on 16 Apr 2012 at 11:12


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft at the source. Very dark brown color, medium tan head, solid lacing. Aroma of burnt toast, vanilla, burnt espresso and dark cocoa. Taste is coffee grounds, black pepper and a spicy bite at the finish. Medium body. Nice stuff.

Tried from Draft on 08 Apr 2012 at 05:35


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle shared by jcwattsrugger. Pours black. Nose/taste of fresh coffee, roasted black malt, vanilla and chocolate. Like a cup of fresh coffee. Medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2012 at 23:12


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Growler shared by Kinz at the 17th Richmond Ratebeer Gathering, 1/28/12. Pours a hazy brown color with a medium creamy head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of cocoa and coffee. The taste is chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, faint fruity notes and vanilla. Medium bodied, average carbonation and creamy texture.

Tried from Growler on 28 Jan 2012 at 21:13