31 Dec 2008
Black Lightning Porter
Author: Gile
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Name: Gile
Site: http://corebrewing.com
About: My first beer was Budweiser. I was about 9 or 10, Dad and I were broken down and the side of the road and all there was to drink was Budweiser. So I had a swig of his, hated it!
I didn't drink beer again until I joined the Marine Corps. I was in Quantico, attending Small Computer Systems Specialist school, when I accidentally knocked a beer out the fridge and broke it. My buddies said now I gotta drink one! The rest is history. The broken beer was a Red Dog by the way.
Now days I am really a hop head that enjoys the IPAs [Stone IPA; Lagunitas IPA] and Douple IPAs [Moylan's; Hair of the Dog Blue Dot]. I also like Belgians [St Bernardus; Delirium; Three Philosopher's] a lot! I also like the Stouts and Porters [Black Butte] as well.
I enjoy going to breweries to sample as well as going to pubs and taverns. I also like enjoying beer with friends and bouncing ideas off of other intelligent people as well. Last time I was at O'Brien's I was shooting the shit with a couple of random strangers.
I hope to someday do a pub/tavern crawl across Europe. That's all I want. Simple.
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Name: Black Lightning Porter
Brewery: Lightning Brewing
Overall Rating: B
Style: Porter
Serving Style: Bottle into pint glass
ABV: 8.5%
IBU:
Appearance: Super dark, pitch black.
Aroma: Sweet and smoky
Flavor: Its almost like a salty belgian. It took me several sips to narrow down that saltiness. But is is almost like licking a salt lick [you'd have to have grown up in the country to get what I am talking about there]. Update: after continuing to drink this and read about baltic porters. i think i am picking up on the malty, chocolaty, roastiness that is combining to taste salty to me.
Body: Full body.
Enjoyability: Hmm, we it is drinkable. Maybe its an acquired taste. The lady behind me in line [hot, mildly meafy nurse] said it was good. Glad I didn’t get her number!
Another Take: Lighting’s website on this one.
Tags: beer review, porter
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