King of the Forest
Dark Horse Brewing Co. in Marshall, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer Rotating Out of Production|
Score
5.66
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King of the Forest starts as a maple porter made with Michigan maple sap boiled down to syrup and aged in oak barrels. A maple porter that on it's journey through the wood became king of the forest.
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3.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottle - pours dark brown no head - nose and taste of bad balsamic, maple, vinegar, sap and acetone - medium body
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2017
at 22:39
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy brown with small beige head that diminishes rather quickly. The aroma is oak, dark fruit, and vinegar. Thin mouthfeel with strong cherry skin, vinegar, and oak. Very sour, decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2014
at 10:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sample at First Sunday, brought by heyta. Pours dark, with a minimal, tan head. The aroma is sour cherries, chocolate, and toffee. Very sour flavor up front, and very well balanced with lots of malty sweetness. Medium body, acidic, and a little clingy. Reminds me of cordial cherries. Very flavorful, and a nice, subtle aroma.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2014
at 16:14
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Deep opaque brown body, thin light beige head. Nose of acetaldehyde/vinegar; sour and leathery with maple, sugars, vinaigrette, and alcohol. Vinegary body, lots of leathery sugars and dark fruits- grape, etc. Not exhibiting much in the way of porter characteristics, this beer is odd and sour and frankly unpleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2013
at 12:31
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
750ml bottle. First batch. Pours a watery, translucent black with some clumpy, white head. Nose is infected. My buddy described the nose as, "Oh shit." Meaning, when you open a bottle and it smells like this, you know you got an infected bottle. Nose has some nail polish, chocolate, malt, brown sugar. Flavor is also infected, licorice and lemon juice, soured coffee that sat out for a while, grapefruit pulp. Tart, bracing finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2013
at 13:45