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Black Widow Porter
McMenamins
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- From:
- McMenamins
- United States
- Style:
- American Porter
Ranked #260 - ABV:
- 7.35%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #18,634 - Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 8.92%
- Reviews:
- 7
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 12, 2023
- Added:
- Feb 09, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
Originally created at the Thompson Brewery over 21 years ago on October 15, 1991 and made by all Thompson Brewers to come after, Black Widow has become an expected and welcome Halloween treat at the Thompson Public House in Salem... This year, however, her web has enveloped the entire company, as every McMenamins brewery will be making a batch.
Malts Used: Bairds Pale Malt, Great Western Wheat, Great Western Munich, Flaked Barley, Bairds 135/165, Bairds Black, Bairds Roast
Hops Used: Nugget, Sterling
(No third addition)
Additional ingredient: 12 oz. licorice
Malts Used: Bairds Pale Malt, Great Western Wheat, Great Western Munich, Flaked Barley, Bairds 135/165, Bairds Black, Bairds Roast
Hops Used: Nugget, Sterling
(No third addition)
Additional ingredient: 12 oz. licorice
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Ratings by jason_nwx:
Rated by jason_nwx from Oregon
3.82/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Jan 22, 2017
3.82/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Jan 22, 2017
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by mintzmeet from Washington
3.86/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Beautiful caramel lacing with dissipating head. Dark brown/black color. Strong burnt/roasted malt flavor. As the listing says, “further spirited with ethereal wisps of caramel and licorice.”
Nov 12, 2023Reviewed by TheBricenator from Oregon
3.97/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Look: Pitch black and the aggressive pour starts forming a billowing tan head that eventually settles to a film, coating the glass with lacing as it does
Aroma: Baker’s cocoa, roasted barley, light coffee notes, wafts of licorice, mild earthiness, and dark caramel
Taste: Roast, dark chocolate, and licorice kick things off with a bang as light coffee notes trickle in behind to join the fray. Earthy notes cut into the malt from time to time and bring a robustness to it all before it closes with more chocolate, caramel, and earthiness
Mouthfeel: Full, smooth, medium carbonation, and a smooth finish with a hint of dryness
Overall: This is tasty stuff. This is a well-made and really tasty robust porter that hits all the right notes for me. A nice blend of chocolate, roast, licorice, and caramel with enough earthy hop presence to balance it out and a really nice mouthfeel that varies between super smooth and robust with each sip as the journey continues. I’d have it again and definitely worth trying
Jan 08, 2023Aroma: Baker’s cocoa, roasted barley, light coffee notes, wafts of licorice, mild earthiness, and dark caramel
Taste: Roast, dark chocolate, and licorice kick things off with a bang as light coffee notes trickle in behind to join the fray. Earthy notes cut into the malt from time to time and bring a robustness to it all before it closes with more chocolate, caramel, and earthiness
Mouthfeel: Full, smooth, medium carbonation, and a smooth finish with a hint of dryness
Overall: This is tasty stuff. This is a well-made and really tasty robust porter that hits all the right notes for me. A nice blend of chocolate, roast, licorice, and caramel with enough earthy hop presence to balance it out and a really nice mouthfeel that varies between super smooth and robust with each sip as the journey continues. I’d have it again and definitely worth trying
Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
3.31/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.31/5 rDev -13.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
I had this beer on-tap in a pint glass at McMenamins Six Arms in Seattle.
Appearance: nice dark brown hue with a finger of frothy tan foam atop.
Smell: light aroma with a little roast and a little caramel. There's also a little hint of unwelcome sourness or something. Not terrible but not my favorite.
Taste: kind of astringent and bitter; usually good qualities in small amounts but kind of overdone here. Some caramel is present, but not much roastiness. It's OK.
Mouthfeel: medium-light body with decent carbonation and ok creaminess.
Overall: a bit too astringent for my taste.
Nov 22, 2016Appearance: nice dark brown hue with a finger of frothy tan foam atop.
Smell: light aroma with a little roast and a little caramel. There's also a little hint of unwelcome sourness or something. Not terrible but not my favorite.
Taste: kind of astringent and bitter; usually good qualities in small amounts but kind of overdone here. Some caramel is present, but not much roastiness. It's OK.
Mouthfeel: medium-light body with decent carbonation and ok creaminess.
Overall: a bit too astringent for my taste.
Reviewed by Reidrover from Oregon
4.09/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pint on tap at Thompsons Brewpub, Salem OR $5.50. Deepest brown,almost black small consistently tan head Good semi dark cocoa nib and coffee. Aromas Taste is much. The same. Nice Very good creamy mouth feel Fantastic stuff indeed.
Best beer from McMenamins in many a year!
Dec 01, 2014Best beer from McMenamins in many a year!
Black Widow Porter from McMenamins
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
26 ratings
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