Surprisingly amber-toned for mocha porter. Like Saranac, most Horny Goat beers seem slick and blue collar in approach. However, the efficient chocolate brownie-like entrance, brown-sugared cinnamon sweetness and cocoa-puffed toffee dollop of this dusky moderate body make a convincing pair. Nevertheless, disturbing diacetyl buttering gets in the way of less effective cacao-nibbed vanilla, gingerbread and honey nut dalliances.
On tap at Copper Mine, dry-hopped black coffee overtones enrich oats-charred walnut bittering contrasting black chocolate-y hazelnut sweetness. Stove-burnt coffee souring and ashen peanut shelling dot mocha nuttiness.
Creamy vanilla sugaring gains heady milk chocolate rush, weakening a tad as hickory-smoked hop roast reaches mild coffee bottom. Thinning maple-sapped molasses sinew fails to deepen vanilla-frosted sweetness informing thematic vanilla latte and vanilla bean illusions. On the nutty backend, brown-sugared cola-hazelnut conflux contrasts ample walnut bittering.
Historically accurate 18th century mocha porter drapes unsweetened molasses sinew onto prominent dried cocoa entry, sweet dark chocolate midst and ancillary hop-charred nuttiness. Peat-y malts provide dirty earthiness to toasted oats backdrop.
Old-styled tan-headed brown body compares favorably to San Miguel Dark Lager. Smoked chocolate malting and brown-sugared burnt caramel sweetness contrast sour dried fruiting. Wood-singed tinge saddles ancillary cola-walnut-hazelnut conflux, soy-sauced cappuccino undertone and roasted tobacco crisping. Sweet bourbon whiskey afterburner kicks in by molasses cookie-daubed Mild Dud finish.
Patchy dark-roasted coffee sedation stays a tad watery. Mild cocoa-dried brown chocolate malting saturates espresso binge, tobacco singe and hazelnut smidge to earthen peat bottom. Charcoal-fueled burnt toast bittering and recessive dry port wining encumber tertiary molasses-vanilla conflux. Inessential.
On tap, gritty mocha nutty obsidian-hued full body relies on intense hop-roasted oats toasting to engage prominent coffee-stained black chocolate richness, deepening the wood-burnt walnut char and subsidiary vanilla bean jab. Honey-glazed hazelnut sweetness, chocolate-caked cocoa powdering and pine-sapped maple gradually contrast the coarsely bitter end. In the bottle (despite an aggressive pour), richly creamed full body (brewed with cocoa-powdered cacao nibs) picks up gooey anise influence on its way to the nutty black chocolate finish. Dark-roasted mocha malts and deeply charred hops inform black coffee, raw molasses, vanilla and fudge undertones.
Floundering soft-textured lactic porter searching for clear identity. Smoked caramel malting and Baker’s chocolate chalkiness fade into light cola-fizzed nuttiness, picking up wavered black cherry nuance and sweet vanilla subtlety. Minor molasses breading needs deeper thrust.