Mocha Marlin
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Rotating|
Score
7.41
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Our Black Marlin Porter is the perfect beer for a mocha mashup. The addition of coffee and cocoa plays perfectly of the roasty, chocolaty flavors of this English porter, while a hint of vanilla smooths it all out. It’s full-bodied, but not too sweet; try it for breakfast...or dessert.
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8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle (Winter Edition). Black colour, mediumsized foamy beigeish brown head. Aromai s roasted malts, some smoked meaty tones, coffee, mild black syrupy rye bread, chocolate and some mild toffee tones. Flavour is chocolate, some syrup, rye bread, mild toasted and quite a bunch of coffee to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2023
at 17:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle, Winter release) Black colour with big, firm, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with fresh coffee, dark chocolate, black bread, brown sugar and liquorice. Malty, roasted taste with notes of espresso, cacao, black bread, treacle, liquorice and a balanced coffee bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Rich and tasty, with lots of coffee and dark chocolate. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2023
at 19:59
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 35,5 cl. Pours an opaque black with a smal, creamy, beige head. Nose is very sweet milk chocolate with a subtle hint of coffee. Medium body, still very chocolate heavy and now the coffee is also coming to the fore. Intense indeed and in spite of the sweet smell, the beer is actually bone dry with a rather malt bitter finish. Wondering if the flavors are all natural, because intense they are. 050320
Earlier Rating: 2/8/2019 Total Score: 3.3
Bottæe 35,5 cl. Pours an opaque black with a creamy and lacing, beige head. Distinct coffee and vanilla aroma. Medium body, dry roast and distinct coffee notes, but the vanilla adds a cloyingly sweet and artificial nose although the base beer really isn't sweet at all. Very mixed feelings about this one. 080219
Earlier Rating: 2/8/2019 Total Score: 3.3
Bottæe 35,5 cl. Pours an opaque black with a creamy and lacing, beige head. Distinct coffee and vanilla aroma. Medium body, dry roast and distinct coffee notes, but the vanilla adds a cloyingly sweet and artificial nose although the base beer really isn't sweet at all. Very mixed feelings about this one. 080219
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2020
at 16:08
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle Black colour with medium beige head.Aroma of chocolate and coffee nice creamy with toasted mouth feels really nice overall beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2019
at 08:38
7/10
Tried
on 14 Nov 2019
at 01:13
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce can from Woodman’s Waukesha, 5/23/19. Black, large foamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of coffee grounds, coffee, roast, chocolate. Taste is bitter roast, coffee, caramel, dark chocolate. Medium bodied, bitter. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 25 May 2019
at 02:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from systembolagget. Pours dark brown. Aroma and flavor are cocoa powder, chocolate, roast, malt, coffee. Overall: ok beer with stuff added.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2019
at 07:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Lata 33 CL en el Taxman León abril 2019. Color negro intenso con espuma beige oscuro. Sabores maltosos tostados con toques de café, vainilla y suaves cacaos. Acabando con suave amargo seco final de entre cacao y café. Cuerpo medio a intenso con bastante sabor. Algo seco al final. Densidad normal. Bastante buena para repetir sin duda alguna. Gran cerveza.
Tried
on 08 May 2019
at 05:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can pour into nonic pint glass from Andover Classic Wines. Appearance is very dark brown with mahogany--almost opaque--with trace sparkle at edge of the glass, 2-finger width foamy beige head with fair retention and mild soapy lacing. Aroma is decadent mocha (milk chocolate dominant over lightly char-roasted coffee). Taste is mocha (dark roasted/lightly burnt coffee higher in the mix than aroma), more bitter than sweet back half. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin, velvety smooth texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste with moderately strong bitter over sweet. Overall, amazing aroma and nice flavor though one dimensional and base beer is entirely obscured. Tasty dessert beer.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Apr 2019
at 03:24