North Peak Brewing Company Darkangel

Darkangel

 

North Peak Brewing Company in Dexter, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter Rotating Out of Production
Score
6.17
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 42 Ticks: 7
North Peak Darkangel is robust and dry with a finishing touch of tart cherry. The roast barley quickly gives way to the subtle chocolate malt and rich Crystal 30.Chinook and Centennial hops put forth a sharp clean bitterness that is followed by a medium malt body balanced with Challenger hops, ending with a smooth dry, tart finish and strong Galena nose. It is brewed in Traverse City, MI, on Old Mission Peninsula incorporating locally grown hops.
 

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

Bottle. Cherry, light roasty malt, and a touch of chocolate aroma. Dark brown with a small tan head. Toast, tart cherry, dusty hops flavor. Light to medium body, light carbonation, dryish finish. Not horrible, but not all that great either.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2012 at 18:00


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled 11/28/2011. Pours slightly hazy reddish brown color with a nice 2 finger dense khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Some good spotty lacing down the glass as you drink. Aromas of caramel, biscuit, toasted malt, cherry juice, and herbal hops. Some decent and pleasant aromas; with decent strength and low complexity. Taste of chocolate, biscuit, toasted malt, cherry juice, caramel, pine, herbal hops, and light earthiness. Good amount of piney bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of toasted malt, biscuit, pine, cherry, and earth on the finish for a good bit. A good balance of the cherry juice is present with the malts, making it just enough to be noticeable. Medium carbonation and body; with a creamy and slightly slick mouthfeel; with some prickly carbonation. The large earthy and piny hoppiness make this a bit challenging on the palate. Alcohol is well hidden with hardly any warming noticed; as expected for 5%. Overall this is an alright porter. Much more spicy hoppiness, and high astringency than I was hoping for. Not really what I would classify as being a porter.

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2012 at 20:00


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(tap) cloudy amber colour with small tan head; aroma of toffee and fruit; dry flavour with light bitter finish

Tried from Draft on 26 Apr 2012 at 18:55


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

This beer pours a dark ruby brown color with a thin light beige head that dissipates steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of chocolate malt and cherries. Light body with a semi-sweet cherry character and notes of roasted malt, chocolate and hops. The finish is short and malty. Slightly above average overall.

Tried on 11 Apr 2012 at 08:44


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask. Reddish brown with a small off white head. Both aroma and flavor dominated by cherry with the normal porter flavors mainly overpowered. Not really to my taste.

Tried from Cask on 31 Mar 2012 at 10:30


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

12 oz bottle. Pours reddish brown with a very light tan head. Light cocoa, cherry, caramel hints in the aroma. Flavor is kind of vague at first, but eventually I start to taste some cherry, brown sugar, roastiness, and some bitter chocolate. It’s decent.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2012 at 23:53


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

On tap during the Biere De Goord release. Poured near black with a red hue and a light cream brown head that dissipated slowly to the edges. Aroma had some tart cherries a bit of alcohol and a dark grain backbone. The cherries were a bit overly tart on the tongue, basically acidic. The cherries really battled the dark grains and it made for an odd combination.

Tried from Draft on 18 Sep 2010 at 14:34