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Bayhawk Chocolate Porter

Bayhawk Chocolate Porter

Rated 2.864 by BeerPals

Brewed by Bayhawk Ales

Irvine, CA, United States

Style:  Porter

5.4% Alcohol by Volume

35 International Bittering Units

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Original Gravity: 1050 Est. Alcohol Content: 5.4 Grist: Chocolate, Crystal, Pale & Black Malts Hops: Perle, Liberty & Willamette Type of Beer: Top Fermented English Porter IBU's: 35

ID: 1717 Last updated 2 years ago Added to database 22 years ago

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Statistics

Overall Rank48811
Overall Percentile8.7
Style Rank1404 of 1446
Style Percentile2.9
Lowest Score1.8
Highest Score4.2
Average Score2.827
Weighted Score2.864
Standard Deviation0.822

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  • SLOWRUNNER77 5682 reviews
    rated 2.4 11 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

    two problems with this beer (the second may be a brewery wide issue)...the lack of chocolate in this chocolate porter, and an astringency that just does not work in the style. otherwise, it could have been a nice, roasty, medium bodied porter, but those two issues with the aroma and the flavor just kinda ruined it for me. not impressed with bayhawk so far...

  • JERRYMORRISON 2130 reviews
    rated 2.5 14 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 4

    Very strange brew here, it reminded me of a flemish sour upon first taste through the finish. Fruity sourness with the chocolate making a brief apperance in the end. Mouthfeel was watery, with a very slightly carbonation bite. Overall i really didnt care for it much.

  • CHEAPDARK 389 reviews
    rated 3.7 14 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 9

    Bayhawk Chocolate Porter 3.7 cheapdark Very nice friendly very dark american lager pour. Mild and well mannered aroma. Roasty wood backgroujnd on taste buds. Sharp tingly sizzling fiss on the palate. Almost comes across like a sour porter, very nice, I like. A little acidic and quite interesting. Taste is pretty good for this redneck. I think i’m psychotic, but is it possible to have a sour porter? I detect many sour attributes in here. Very nifty, did I say i like? Great finish, this bomber dissapeared like a 12 oz. Big thenks to cquiroga for a chance to taste thios brew. Very good tasting experience!

  • UPSTATEDAVE 853 reviews
    rated 3.8 16 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

    While this one was subtle on the chocolate that isn't always a bad thing. I liked the balance this brew had and the smooth silky mouth feel. I enjoyed this with roast pork a grat deal. Overall a very nice brew

  • STOUTLOVER72 2327 reviews
    rated 2.0 16 years ago

    Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

    This beer wasn't bad, it was just boring. And if you call it a "chocolate porter" you'd better damned well have something chocolate show up in either the taste or aroma. This had neither. While it lacked the necessary qualities to be a drain pour, this might do the next best thing which would be to use it to pour over something if it were on fire. Nothing redeemable about this beer at all. Water has more of an aroma than this beer. An appearance of a dark rootbeer brown with garnet highlights at the edges. Mouthfeel was watery. Flavor.....what flavor. No chocolate, no malts, no sweetness...a very tiny bit of roasted malts perhaps and that's stretching it. Basically a beer for those that like lifeless, bland, do-nothing beers.

  • LANG 245 reviews
    rated 2.3 17 years ago

    Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 4

    Boring and disappointing. I was expecting lots of chocolate and coffee flavors, but this was bland, dull, and watery. Not even as dark as I was expecting. Could it be this was just a bad batch? I doubt it, reading everyone else's reviews. Apparently these guys need to work on their recipe.

  • BEERGUY101 5022 reviews
    rated 1.8 18 years ago

    Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 2

    Dark black color. Medium bodied. Aroma is chocolate with a touch of roasted malts. A light bodied porter. Malts are roasted and choclately. But it a VERY lactic tasting porter. Taste is thin and watery. Not much flavor. Possibly infected? Not very good either way, Drain pour. Mouthfeel is thin. Finish is dry. Aftertaste is sour.

  • EYEDRINKALE 939 reviews
    rated 2.1 19 years ago

    Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 4

    Not much going on here. Everything this beer does is way too mellow. Typical everything in a porter with a thim mouthfeel and watery finish. Nice swing top bottle though.

  • JAICE 961 reviews
    rated 2.9 20 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

    "An average chocolate brew. The color resembles 6000 mile motor oil. A slight roast of the malts is present, but the chocolate and butterscotch flavors overwhelm. A slight amount of coffee, but nothing impressive."

  • VAC 2186 reviews
    rated 3.4 20 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    This porter pours with a dark brown body topped by a thick head with a decent amount of lacing. The aroma is slightly sweet and malty with a slightly sour note and a hint of chocolate. Really unimpressive and weak aroma. I expected more. The flavor is slightly sweet yet slightly bitter and malty with a slight hint of chocolate and a sourness that takes away from anything good. There is a slight hoppy bitterness in the finish. Medium to full bodied and smooth.

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