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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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Village Beer Merchant. Dark brown. Plenty of coffee, roasted malts, fresh coffee roast, slightly bitter, smooth. Well drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2019
at 18:45
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz. can. Pours a pitch black color with a large, thick dark mocha head and great retention. Spotty lacing. As expected, roasted coffee and dark chocolate aroma. The flavor matches the nose. Unfortunately more coffee flavor than chocolate. The chocolate is more evident in the finish. Creamy, rich mouthfeel. Pretty good in spite of the coffee. The 6.0% ABV is undetectable.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Mar 2019
at 00:58
5/10
23OCT18, mostly watery coffee, but some hints of chocolate in the nose and back. Very light and thin. Porter crew gotta step up their abv/flavor game.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jan 2019
at 23:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 33cl, shared Black with a minimal light brown head. A coffee, chocolate and dried fruit sense. Sweet with a chocolate and coffee end. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2018
at 00:34
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
355 ml bottle from Systembolaget.
Dark brown-reddish body, with a medium, creamy, lacing, dark beige head.
Aroma of freshly grinded coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, some spices, some dark fruits, subtle vanilla.
Tastes similar, while with more creamy chocolate.
Medium, oily mouthfeel, with a moderate carbonation.
Finishes roasty, medium bitter, medium dry, a bit sweet, a bit spicy, a bit wooden, with coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa powder.
Very nice. Quite robust, because of the prominent coffee, while really smooth to drink, with an underlying chocolate creaminess. Characterful and quaffable Porter.
Score: 8 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 15
Dark brown-reddish body, with a medium, creamy, lacing, dark beige head.
Aroma of freshly grinded coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, some spices, some dark fruits, subtle vanilla.
Tastes similar, while with more creamy chocolate.
Medium, oily mouthfeel, with a moderate carbonation.
Finishes roasty, medium bitter, medium dry, a bit sweet, a bit spicy, a bit wooden, with coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa powder.
Very nice. Quite robust, because of the prominent coffee, while really smooth to drink, with an underlying chocolate creaminess. Characterful and quaffable Porter.
Score: 8 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 15
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2018
at 17:06
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml bottle from Alko. Label reads winter release. 6%. Poured near black with a thin espresso head. Milky chocolate and coffee, roasty notes in aroma. Some vanilla. Vanilla, sweetness, chocolate and coffee flavors. Milky finish. Pretty tasty overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2018
at 19:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Rerate 2019-11-07 Göteborg New rating 3,7 old 4,0 Bottle from web SB 2018-12-08 Göteborg AR: coffee con letche, milk chocolate AP: dark brown, high fizzy rockey sand brown fluff F: rich carbonated, full sweet fruity coffee, dark bitter chocolate - don’t eat Blue Cheese, ginger cookiescan Porter...
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2018
at 19:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A colablack beer, a head is medium and beige. Aroma has lots of coffee, also dark chocolate, hint of liquorice and vanilla. Taste has black coffee, roastiness, some chocolate. Medium bodied. Strong coffee, but it's balanced. Good beer.
Tried
on 18 Nov 2018
at 14:12
7/10
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Tried
on 03 Sep 2018
at 11:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 ounce bottle. Dark brown color. small creamy tan head. Roasted malt nose hints at cocoa and coffee. Flavor follows nose with notes of espresso beans and vanilla. Rich and malty, though smooth and drinkable. Becomes more complex as it warms. Very well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2018
at 02:44