Midnight Expression Lager (Moon Lit Sessions)
Port Brewing Company in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Schwarzbier / Black Lager Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.23
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It’s not often that a great summer swell coincides with a full moon, but when they collide, nature affords us a rare opportunity to paddle out long after everyone has called it a day. These moments are a solitary pursuit with empty lineups, but those who carve graceful lines under a full moon understand how things can be dark lonely and rewarding at the same time.
So next time you paddle in from an overcrowded beach break, remember that nothing tastes better than a cold beer after a session. We suggest a glass of this smooth roasty black lager for contemplating empty lineups and waves that go on for days. Most likely, you’ll long for epic summer swells under moon lit sessions opening the doors to isolation and empty secret spots of an age trying to pass us by.
So next time you paddle in from an overcrowded beach break, remember that nothing tastes better than a cold beer after a session. We suggest a glass of this smooth roasty black lager for contemplating empty lineups and waves that go on for days. Most likely, you’ll long for epic summer swells under moon lit sessions opening the doors to isolation and empty secret spots of an age trying to pass us by.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 ounce bottle shared by cdumler. Pours a very dark color with a medium brown head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of roasted malts and caramel with a bitter hop finish. Taste is bitter malts, roasted coffee and chocolate. Medium bodied. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2009
at 00:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Ledgers Liquors. It’s sublabeled MIdnight Sessions. Same ABV. Black, black, black, with a passing tan head. Aroma of dark malt and coffee. Near fullbodied with creamy carbonation. It thins as the carbonation leaves. It’s got coffee and burnt toast. Makes me think somewhat of the old, long gone, Guinness. Burnt. Yeah. Great finish. Do these guys ever make a mediocre beer?
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2009
at 20:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
OTH tasting 09/06/08. Pours very dark kind of amber-garnet with thin tan head. The aroma is mild with some roastiness and nuttiness to go along with more subtle notes that are tough to discern due to their smoothness and lack of strength. The taste is much the same with very tasty roasted malts, well rounded nuttiness and notes of chocolate malts. As with the nose there are more subtle notes in the flavor that are tough to pin down. This is really tasty with rich and varied malts and moderate nuttiness.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2008
at 12:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap a the brewery. Pours pitch black with a lacin tan head. Smooth roasted malt and mild chocolate aroma. Smooth and roasted malt flavour with a nice and light sweet chocolate malt base flavour. Light acidic touch mixed with liqourice into the finish.7-4-8-4-15=3.8
From bottle, blind #20. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. DArk roasted coffee and chocolate, light roasted breadish aroma. Light bodied. Smooth roasted coffee and chocolate malt flavoured. Mild acidic flavoured, light chalky and roasted finish. Vague bitterness and vague acidic finish.7-4-7-3-15=3.6
From bottle, blind #20. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. DArk roasted coffee and chocolate, light roasted breadish aroma. Light bodied. Smooth roasted coffee and chocolate malt flavoured. Mild acidic flavoured, light chalky and roasted finish. Vague bitterness and vague acidic finish.7-4-7-3-15=3.6
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2008
at 06:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap served by Tomme. Apperently this is Serpents Stout runoff mash. Great, easy drinking Dark Lager. Pours with a thick, light brown head covering a very dark brown body. Roasted malt aroma that is a little salty. Taste is coffee and a bit salty but still finishes quite sweet. Slightly fizzy mouthfeel, but still goes down great.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Jun 2008
at 02:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle @Pauls Hoboken#1-pours a tan ring for a head and black color. Aroma is chocolate-dark malt, some lactose, nutty, oats? Taste is chocolate/coffee-dark malt, some lactose, nutty, oats?, slight hops bite/acidity. Nice, occasional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2008
at 06:45
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sampled at Dickinsonbeer’s Hoboken gathering - cloudy dark brown - highly roasty aroma, notes of vanilla, loads of espresso bitterness - kind of bitter and ashy, but the vanilla sweetness adds a decent counterpoint - some burnt sugars and light tobacco quality - tastes more like a stout than a black lager, but a good one.
Tried
on 15 May 2008
at 20:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Tasted at the Lupulin Reunulin at the Brickskeller. Tomme Arthur said this was brewed with the mash run off from a Serpent Stout batch. Pours a watery, although opaque black with a faint, slightly tan head. Smells smoky and wheaty with chocolate and coffee in the nose. Flavor is heavy on the coffee with nuts, toast and cocoa all combining. Finish is clean with just a bit of lasting coffee bitterness. Lighter and crisper than a stout, but very similar in terms of flavor profile.
Tried
on 14 May 2008
at 11:27