Beer Here Mørke Pumpernickel Porter

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

Bottled. Pitch black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is very sweetish sour liquorice along with roasted malts, coffee and mild alcohol. Flavour is spices, liquorice and quite much roasted malts and coffee. Feels way more burning alcoholic in the flavour than 7.5 sounds...Otherwise very nice.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

500ml bottle -

Aroma - big bold aromas of dark chocolate, cardamonn, anise, light soy, and raisins.

Appearance - perfect. Dense brown head, fantastic retention, great lace pattern...picture perfect.

Taste - dominant coffee/chocolate flavor but what came next was totally a gift. Spicy molasses like flavor, bready, light caraway seeds...really nice.

Palate - pretty standard mouthfeel, medium bodied, smooth, nothing overly harsh and unwelcome. Finishes suprisingly dry.

Overall - a gem of a find. I had no idea about this beer so not only was it quite the suprise, but I’ll be returning to get more.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

500 ml bottle, from Voldby Købmandsgård. Batch #425. ABV is 7.5%. Pitch black colour, huge brown head. Moderately roasty aroma, notes of mild coffee, chocolate and fennel seeds, possibly other undefined spices too. Rich and creamy mouthfeel. The flavour has notes of pumpernickel bread (no surprise!), fennel seeds, coffee and dark chocolate, hints of liquorice. An impressive, well made and tasty beer, but (if anything) I would perhaps recommend going a bit easier on the fennel seeds.

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

Bottled. Pours out in a an almost black colour with a rich pale brown head. Rich aroma of roasted malts, luxury Belgian chocolate, dried fruit, cinnamon and coffee. Medium-bodied with rich rounded notes of roasted malts, sweet coffee, milky chocolate, sweet licorice and roasted nuts. Long roasted finish sweet coffee, black chocolate and rye. Yummy stuff.

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

Thick, rich and dark, Beer Here’s Mørke Pumpernickel Porter is a delicious porter with a big roasted malt flavor. The beer pours very dark brown, opaquely black in the glass. There’s a thick mocha-colored head that laces the sides of the glass with a mass of bubbles as I drink it. The aroma is sweet, roasted malt but noticeably simpler than the flavor. The flavor is round and full. There are notes of black coffee, dark chocolate, hot cocoa and burnt caramel in the malt. The hops add a hint of earth and minerals. The beer’s thick, creamy mouthfeel accentuates the flavor very well. It reminds me quite a bit of a bitter, complex (and cold) cup of hot cocoa. I don’t know how it was brewed, how pumpernickel was utilized, but it works exceptionally well. Without knowing the name of the beer, I’m not sure that I’d really pick up on it, but there do seem to be some rich toasted bread flavors in the beer. The creamy mouthfeel married with the rich malt flavors is really what makes this beer stand out. Absolutely delicious porter.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Comes out of the bottle (foaming like nobody's business!) a very dark sable, only a whisker above black, with a very thick, fine-bubbled, light beige head. Rich aroma is smoky with an overtone of fresh pumpernickel bread and hints of malt and molasses. Mouth-filling flavor is like liquid pumpernickel with mocha and molasses undertones and just a teeny hint of hops and a whisper of sweetness. Lively, fizzy texture is fairly smooth and leaves a nice tingle.

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

Sampled on 12/2/2009. This porter pours an eclipse black color from a 50cl bottle. Medium sized tan foamy head, with decent retention and nice lacing. The aroma is coffee and chocolate, some dark malt. A medium bodied Porter. The malts are chocolate and coffee, some rye and fruit. The hops are earthy and floral. Nice balance. Good carbonation. Very nice porter, the touch of spiciness from the rye adds to the coffee and chocolate. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.