Dark Horse Black Beer
The Mussel Inn
- From:
- The Mussel Inn
- New Zealand
- Style:
- English Porter
- ABV:
- 4%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.27 | pDev: 3.98%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jan 20, 2014
- Added:
- Jun 29, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina
3.13/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.13/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Mussel Inn Dark Horse Black Lager on tap in the beer garden at the brewpub. 4% ABV
Deep and dark mahogany; clear with a decent head.
Feel: Lightly crisp, with low (too low) carbonation and a semi-dry finish. A bit watery
Aroma: a mix of lager and schwarzbier.
The flavor is more average but certainly satisfying. Lasting, mildly bitter, hoppy aftertaste lacks dark roasted malt flavor.
O: Not bad, but disappointing.
Jan 20, 2014Deep and dark mahogany; clear with a decent head.
Feel: Lightly crisp, with low (too low) carbonation and a semi-dry finish. A bit watery
Aroma: a mix of lager and schwarzbier.
The flavor is more average but certainly satisfying. Lasting, mildly bitter, hoppy aftertaste lacks dark roasted malt flavor.
O: Not bad, but disappointing.
Reviewed by lamarr04 from Pennsylvania
3.4/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.4/5 rDev +4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
on-tap at eureka cafe
Pours a very dark brown with a lasting small tan head. Leaves a bit of lacing down the glass.
Beer smells of roasted and sweet malt manifesting as coffee and caramel. Palate mirrors taste with strong coffee and dark chocolate hitting the tongue first. Followed by a wave of roasted bitterness and an overly astringent finish. Sweetness definitely takes a back seat to bitterness, but it is there if you look for it. Finish is lingering with the astringency particularly noticeably at the back of the tongue and lasting for well after the sip.
overall for a beer of 4 percent it has big flavor, which would make it a nice easy drinker. however, astringency started to bother me a lot towards the bottom of my glass.
Jun 29, 2009Pours a very dark brown with a lasting small tan head. Leaves a bit of lacing down the glass.
Beer smells of roasted and sweet malt manifesting as coffee and caramel. Palate mirrors taste with strong coffee and dark chocolate hitting the tongue first. Followed by a wave of roasted bitterness and an overly astringent finish. Sweetness definitely takes a back seat to bitterness, but it is there if you look for it. Finish is lingering with the astringency particularly noticeably at the back of the tongue and lasting for well after the sip.
overall for a beer of 4 percent it has big flavor, which would make it a nice easy drinker. however, astringency started to bother me a lot towards the bottom of my glass.
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