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Black Gold Porter
Appalachian Mountain Brewery
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- From:
- Appalachian Mountain Brewery
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.91 | pDev: 14.58%
- Reviews:
- 7
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 23, 2019
- Added:
- Feb 18, 2013
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 10
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.75/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Thanks John.
Poured into a glass mug.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color capped by a small finger's worth of white foamy head softly dissolving. Mild stringy lace.
The aroma had some sweet char/ash rolling into some coffee grounds with a slight bitterness and modest roastiness.
The flavor had some bitter coffee grounds, sweet ash and a slight roasty character rolling into each other finely. Slight aftertaste of sweet ash, coffee grounds and roastiness.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair sipping quality about it. As the bitterness from the coffee grounds makes it's way through, I have to admit it gets drier as it warms. Good carbonation and ABV. Roasty and dry finish.
Overall, mostly a pretty good porter, nothing to go apeshit about but hey I wouldn't turn another down.
Oct 15, 2018Poured into a glass mug.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color capped by a small finger's worth of white foamy head softly dissolving. Mild stringy lace.
The aroma had some sweet char/ash rolling into some coffee grounds with a slight bitterness and modest roastiness.
The flavor had some bitter coffee grounds, sweet ash and a slight roasty character rolling into each other finely. Slight aftertaste of sweet ash, coffee grounds and roastiness.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair sipping quality about it. As the bitterness from the coffee grounds makes it's way through, I have to admit it gets drier as it warms. Good carbonation and ABV. Roasty and dry finish.
Overall, mostly a pretty good porter, nothing to go apeshit about but hey I wouldn't turn another down.
Rated by nick_perry from North Carolina
3.76/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.76/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Black color, two-finger tan head. Full bodied, robust malt with a slightly sweet finish. Seems very true to the style.
Apr 28, 2017Reviewed by zeledonia from Washington
3.86/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
A can from my trusty NC trade partner. Tasted 30 January 2015.
Pours black, only a little dark brown at the edges; very dark and opaque for a porter. One finger plus of medium tan head, pretty good retention, not much lacing.
Smell is rich and dark, full of dark chocolate and charred wood. Yum.
Taste is not what I expected. It's pretty sweet, almost like a milk stout, with some fruity character (plums). Very tasty, but an odd match for the smell.
Feel is also unexpected. Much lighter in the mouth than it looks in the glass, with tingly carbonation.
A very nice beer, though it looks and smells like one beer in the glass, but tastes and feels like a totally different one once it hits my mouth.
Jan 31, 2015Pours black, only a little dark brown at the edges; very dark and opaque for a porter. One finger plus of medium tan head, pretty good retention, not much lacing.
Smell is rich and dark, full of dark chocolate and charred wood. Yum.
Taste is not what I expected. It's pretty sweet, almost like a milk stout, with some fruity character (plums). Very tasty, but an odd match for the smell.
Feel is also unexpected. Much lighter in the mouth than it looks in the glass, with tingly carbonation.
A very nice beer, though it looks and smells like one beer in the glass, but tastes and feels like a totally different one once it hits my mouth.
Black Gold Porter from Appalachian Mountain Brewery
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
42 ratings
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