Black Isle Organic Porter
Dark roasted chocolate malts produce this dry, full-bodied ruby black beer with deep notes of treacle and coffee. So velvety smooth it glides across the tongue like a mythical monster beneath the surface of a loch!
Note: ABV previously 4.8% and 4.5%.
Note: ABV previously 4.8% and 4.5%.
3.3
214 reviews
Munlochy, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Community reviews
330ml can at 4.6%. Pours very dark brown with a large head. Aroma is dusty, yeasty cocoa and liquorice. Taste is nutty, some dusty cocoa and liquorice. Touch of cola.
* Bottle 4.6% Black Isle, Porter
* Appearance is treacle black with a brown head.
* Aroma is strong, treacle and coffee with slight earth.
* Palate is moist, medium carbonation, with fine bubbles.
* Taste is treacle, coffee with slight earth.
* Finish is slightly drying.
* Overall dark chocolate, treacle, coffee with slight earth. 3.5/5.
Bottle - dark with ruby tinge, large soapy off white head. Strong liquorice, coffee and blackcurrant aroma. Good mouthfeel. Taste of coffee, liquorice and slightly fruity. Good overall beer with decent finish.
En god porter med kaffe og meget mørke malte, uden at den bliver for tyk i detm
Nice roasty smooth flavors and aroma. Toasty grain with a honey sweetness. Very nice body. This truly is a porter perfect mouthfeel and flavors vs. a stout. Thin fading head to a ring.
From bottle into glass at Corner in the Square in Beauly, Scotland. Light tasting porter. More faint chocolate than coffee. Light creamy head. Very little aroma. Smooth taste. Appreciate effort of making an organic beer.
330ml bottle at Innis & Gunn Glasgow. A black with a thin off white head. Light coffee aroma, flavour is roasted malt and not much else. Ok
06Jul2019 Intense dark chocolate, cacao, toasted malts, burnt bread. Hazy, very dark brown, medium, creamy, beige head. Light bitter. More cocoa, dark chocolate, dark roast malts, burnt toast, soft carbonation, medium bodied. Nice. Draft at Black Isle Bar and Rooms, Inverness.
Pours a deep brown-amber with soft off white head. Chocolate aroma and taste. Thin bodied.
Notes: on cask at Hootanany, Inverness Jun ‘19
BB 21 11 19. ABV = 4.6%. From a bottle poured an opaque black with a slight mahogany edge tint with a light tan collar that laced very poorly. Carbonation average. Aroma slightly of roasted coffee, smoke and malt. Taste moderately strongly of sweet coffee, vanilla wirh hints of chocolate and dried fruits. Light to medium body. Very smooth with coffee notrs on a short finish.
A bit too chilled for me so I'd like to have it again but it's a decent malty porter with a bit of fruit and chocolate but the chill really takes the edge off the flavour.
Draught at Taphouse.
Dark brown coloured with a medium sized off-white head.
Light roasted aroma of caramel and licorice.
Light roasted flavour of caramel with notes of licorice.
Light roasted finish.
Nice coffee, caramel and liquorice roastiness. Fair body for the abv. Enjoyable porter.
Tap at Stadsbrouwhuis, Leiden: Almost black colored brew with an sweet bitter taste with hints of chocolate, , coffee, caramel and roasted malts.
Tap as "Black Isle Porter, 4.6%ABV. Pours black with beige head. Aroma is roast, malt, coffee. Flavor is sweet and bitter, roast, malt, coffee. Body is on the watery side. Overall: ok.
Tap at Dynamo. Almost black colour, small beige head. Aroma is sweet, some toffee, roast. Taste is roasty, malty, watery. Watery finish. Light body, average carbonation. Quite poor
330ml bottle. Pours black, tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, dark fruits and citrus rind. Taste is the same. Not bad, but watery mouth feel.
Bottle. Pours very deep brown/black, thin tan head. Soft roasted malt aroma. A little thin but dry and quite refreshing for a porter. Some coffee and charcoal notes, but it's all a little subtle for me.
Les tontons brasseurs / Reims (51). A 4,6 ° et non 4,8 °. Robe quasi noire, belle mousse blanche fine de belle tenue. Ça se gâte après : nez léger malté, bouche sur notes de grillé, pointe de chocolat poudre et noisette. C’est globalement léger, un poil décevant vu le début. Tant pis, l’on reste sur sa soif...
Draught 1/3 Pt@Black Isle Bar, Inverness: Schwarz, kräftige Trübung, stabiler feinporiger Schaum; frische Nase, kräftige Würze, deutliche Röstaromen, Kaffee, trockene Hopfennoten; frischer + kräftig würziger Körper, cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, Röstaromen, Kaffee, trockene Hopfennoten, angenehme trockene Bitterkeit; angenehmer trocken-würziger Nachgang mit kräftigen Röstaromen
Flaske. Gave fra Rune. Drukket på Lillehøgda. Svart. Lavt luftig skum. Litt lacing. Aroma av kaffe & lakris. Smaken balansert. Som aromaen. Litt tynn. God søt ettersmak.
Aroma røsted malt, kaffe, vanilje, karamell. Utseende mørk brun, nesten sort med lyst beige skum. Smak røsted malt, kaffe, vanilje, sjokolade. Noe tynn, menlikevel god smak. Flaske kjøpt på Gulating Tromsø, 33cl 4,6% BF311018
Cask at the Cardinals Hat, Lincoln. Deep ruby to black colour with a tight lasting tan head. mid roasted malty aroma, with light fruit. Taste light bittersweet. Thought it might have a slightly fuller body.
Lovely stuff
Bottle. Pours a black colour with a thin beige head, thin roast malt aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a soft malt feel with a dry bitter finish.
Cask at White Horse Old Ale Festival 2011. (Backlog / historic rating from old records. NO tasting notes taken / kept) (Backlog)
Niet byzonder. Lekker met alles erin wat erin hoort, maar wel dun. Verfrissend voor een zomerse dag!
Bottle from flavourly.com. Pours almost black with a tint of brown/red with a tan head that lasts. Aroma is coffee, earth, cured meats, smoke and toffee. Taste is moderate sweet and mild bitterness. reasonably dry finish and low carbonation.
Cask @SRAF 2013, 11th-14th July [paper rating backlog]. Pours almost black, slight red tinge, tan head, solid. Nose is toffee, slight burnt notes, coffee, slight chocolate. Taste is more of the same with a slight licorice touch to it as well.
Had the nitro version of this. Black creamy head. Sweet aroma. Smooth. roasted malts and coffee dominate the flavour.