Black Eye Ale
Mendocino Brewing Company in Ukiah, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.59
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Black Eye Ale is a unique blend of two of our popular brands - Black Hawk Stout & Eye of the Hawk Select Ale. Black Eye Ale is big in flavor and smooth in finish. The high percentage of dark & specialty malts in Black Hawk Stout enriches the silky warming character of Eye of the Hawk Select Ale, making Black Hawk Ale - Truly the Ultimate Blend.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel and roasted malt. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and bread, leading to a dry alcoholic finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2008
at 14:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber pours a very nice clear amber with tan head. The aroma is sweet molasses, some nuttiness, caramel, a bit of roasty malts mixing in, sweet dark fruity esters of dark grapes, cherries and plums. The taste is very similar to the nose with molasses and caramel sweetness mixing with dark fruity Concord grapes and ripe cherries. The roasty malts and nuttiness peak out from time to time. I also get mild hop bitterness and faint malt astringency showing up in the finish.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2008
at 21:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bright dark brown with light reddish notes. Relatively chocolatey aroma that is also slightly nutty and has some fruity notes. There is also some stronger alcohol notes in there as well - a function of the Eye of the Hawk, and to be honest I’m sure what I think about high alcohol notes in a medium strength beer. Somewhat thin, nutty, lightly chocolatey. Light but balanced. Slightly dry accent.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2008
at 15:59
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of Degarth. Clear, dark brown with an orange hue and a beige head. Sweet aroma of hard roasted malts and a touch of vanilla. Medium body, plenty of hard roasted malt and again a touch of vanilla. There’s a distinct malt astringency in the finish. 191207
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2007
at 08:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Something of a chocolate aroma with some toasted malt and dark fruit. Very dark brown color with a tan head that did some lacing. A slight sour note as the glass approached the lips. The body is medium and the carbonation is fairly smooth and moderate. The flavor is toasted malt, with a little chocolate, and some persistent, possibly citrus, sour. The finish is dry, with toasted malt and a reasonable bitterness.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2007
at 19:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
$2.69 bomber from Ledgers in Berkely, CA; Nose of hops i picked up when I popped the stopper, roasty malt, and chocolate with a coffee note; clear red-tinged brown with a small beige head; flavor of chocolate, coffee, and some hop bitternessfrom the light-medium body; the bitterness lasting to the finish with some chocolate.
Tried
on 08 Jan 2007
at 22:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured a watery black from the bomber with a big, foamy, lacing, tan head. Not thick enough to be a stout. Interesting aroma that mixes roasted malts and slight hops. Initial flavor is a sweet malt and also fruity, like plums. Finish is smooth and again has a mixed flavor, coffee and bitterness of hops. This was drinkable but I expect more complexity.
Tried
on 03 Nov 2006
at 18:52
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Wasn’t sure when I saw that it was really cheap, 2.50 a bottle. I was suprised, but didn’t really expect how malty it wounded up being. Nice malt flavor though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2006
at 21:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Black color with a medium light brown head. Aroma of chocolate malt. Caramel flavor with a long aftertaste.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2006
at 17:57
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Light chocolate malt aroma. Dark brown color with slight head. Dark malt aroma primarily with light hops and astringency. A nice blend - typical black and tan.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2006
at 19:56