Black Marlin
Ballast Point Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
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7.17
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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 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ Haket. Pours dark reddish blackish brown with a frothy mocha head that slowly dissipates while leaving some thick lacing on the glass. Smell is subtle and malty with roasted malts, dark roast coffee, bitter chocolate, moist soil, burnt cookies, charred wood, cocoa powder, hay and burnt cereal. Taste is bitter, tiny sour and malty with roasted malts, burnt wood, moist soil, cocoa powder, dark roast coffee, hay, biscuits, burnt toast and lemon zest. Mouthfeel is round, tiny watery, tiny roasted astringent and light to medium bodied. Finish is bitter with roasted malts, moist soil, cocoa powder, dark roast coffee, burnt toast and hay. Nicely drinkable...
Tried
on 01 Nov 2013
at 00:31
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. From notes. Coffee and chocolate with a bit of dark fruit. Pretty good, but I’ve had better from these guys.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Sep 2013
at 19:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22oz bottle pours a very dark brown with slight redish highlights. Easily coaxed a thick pillowy light tan head leaving thick bands of lacing as it receded. Light roasted leathery earthy aromas, and slightly bitter charred flavor. A little metallic on the trailer. A nice porter though. Smooth and drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2013
at 20:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 650ml @ Hotel Room, Fairfield Inn, Placentia, CA
Pours dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, chocolate, caramel and hint of coffee. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a roasted, chocolate and caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours dark brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, chocolate, caramel and hint of coffee. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a roasted, chocolate and caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2013
at 21:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 22oz. A clear, dark brown to black beer with a dense light beige head. Roasted malts, licorice and molasses notes and some burnt hints on the aroma. The flavor pretty much the same, quite dry and with a pleasant level of carbontation. Licorice, roasted malts, coffee and some dark chocolate, and a roasted-bitter touch. Full body, soft carbonation and a lasting roasted finish with some extra chocolate. Nice indeed. 130811
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2013
at 21:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at BrewDog, Bristol. Pours out a very dark brown colour with a medium sized beige head. Roasted aroma of chocolate and caramel. Roasted finish. Texture appeared rather too thin for its 6% abv.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2013
at 15:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Hamnmästaren, Malmö. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate caramel aroma. Roasted malty caramel and chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2013
at 11:43
10/10
Tried
on 19 May 2013
at 14:17
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Served on Nitro. Opaque brown black body, Thin, patchy beige head. Deep and rich, this is a really balanced, excellent Porter. Big roasty chocolate tone, but also a nice hop balance. Rich, woderfully executed. Phenomenal, World Class.
Tried
on 18 May 2013
at 20:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Pours deep reddish brown with a medium tan creamy head that slowly dissipates with nice lacing. Aroma is standard roasted malts, coffee, cigarettes, dark chocolate. Flavor is about the same, light sweet and light bitter, chocolate notes present but not overpowering. Medium body, creamy mouthfeel. Not bad at all.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Apr 2013
at 22:28