Black Marlin
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
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Our Black Marlin Porter stands out in a town known primarily for its IPA’s. We craft it from a unique blend of roasted and crystallized malts that give it a smooth, chocolaty, caramel profile. Then toss in a healthy dose of American hops to serve up full-bodied flavor worthy of its San Diego roots.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber from VinensVerden, Odense. Pours nearly black with a small creamy brown head and lacings. Nose is roasted coffee and chocolate. Somehow moderate and very inviting. Very smooth and soft palate. Taste has chocolate, coffee and a hint of dark fruits. Vague ashy notes. Well balanced and overall super drinkable!
Tried
on 16 Jan 2009
at 15:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From tap at the brewery. Pours black with a light orange glare and a lacing tan head. Roasted malt and coffeeish aroma. Roasted malty and light chocolate smoothness. Lingering roasted malty and light chocolate malty finish. light acidic fruity touch too.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2008
at 07:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
22 oz. bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville. Dark brown pour with a medium creamy head. Roasted malty mocha-ey aroma. Slightly bitter roasted malt aroma with notes of coffee, cream and chocolate. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2008
at 22:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample at Alan’s HSC initation. Thanks Rogueone for sharing! The beer pours a very dark brown color with a medium thin beige head that dissipates steadily. Spotty lacing on the glass.Nice roasted coffee aroma with notes of chocolate and malt. Medium body with flavors of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and hops. The finish is dry and roasty with a mildly bitter hops and coffee aftertaste. Pretty enjoyable from start to finish.
Tried
on 03 Jun 2008
at 13:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours mahogany-tinged black into a shaker. Off-white micro head with excellent retention. Smokey caramel aromas. Crisp upfront yet lightly carbonated through the finish. Well-balanced smoked pumpernickel and hops.
Tried
on 12 May 2008
at 17:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught Brown-black beer, no head to speak of. Coca-Cola pearling. Slightly smoked, black malts, roasted, slight cigar. Very light on the roasted side, a bit of chocolate, and more cigar flavour. Good balance for this 6% (so indicated at the brewery blackboard), not watery and quite smooth. Good, if not stellar porter.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2008
at 11:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
tap at the brewery - Pours very dark brown and has a coffee rich aroma of dark roast malt. The flavors of roast malt and coffee accents are well balanced by some quality hops. It’s medium bodied and overall a very enjoyable porter.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2008
at 00:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Chocolate aroma with dark roasted malt accompaniment. Dark brown, near opaque, color with a beige/tan head that quickly did some ring lacing. Near full bodied with creamy carbonation. The flavor is really roasted malt, near toasted/burnt. Coffee notes heading towards espresso. The finish is dry with some hop bitter to go along with all that malt. Exceptionally tasty.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2008
at 22:51