King Of The Forest - Dark Horse Brewing Company

zachary80

Indiana

3.48/5  rDev -5.7%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 1 | overall: 2

Purchased at the December 2011 4Elf party. Cellared since purchase and refrigerated a couple hours before drinking.

Zero head on the poor. Dark brown body.

Strong fruity aroma, hard to describe. Similar to artificial sour apple flavors.

Very sour, delicious. Tart cherry. Wine character. Sour apple again.

Alcohol is very well hidden, I would never have guessed near ten, but I do sense it a little when I exhale. Medium body but zero carb.

This could be an excellent beer with some carbonation. This is the second bomber from 4Elf (2011) that was totally flat.

Serving type: bottle

03-26-2012 02:05:00 | More by zachary80

Photekut

Azerbaijan

4/5  rDev +8.4%

05-19-2013 00:19:41 | More by Photekut

Boilerfood

Indiana

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%

04-28-2013 16:58:49 | More by Boilerfood

mrebeka

Michigan

2/5  rDev -45.8%

04-28-2013 15:41:34 | More by mrebeka

Dope

Massachusetts

2.13/5  rDev -42.3%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2

A: Completely flat dark brown pour. Obviously no head or lacing. Doubt this was intentional.

S: Intensely sour dark fruits aroma. A little roasted malt trying to peek through. A little nail polish remover in there.

T: Lots of tart dark fruits up front. Turns into kind of a chocolatey BOOM huge wave of mouth-puckering sourness all of the sudden. Very tart, very sour, pretty much obliterates anything else in the beer. Get a drying, leathery aftertaste.

M: Medium bodied, very sour and very dry.

O: I had to pour this one out. It's like drinking fruit-flavored acetone mixed with some bile. No porter aspects to be found, this is a pure sour bomb.

Serving type: bottle

04-12-2013 01:43:06 | More by Dope

egrace84

Illinois

1/5  rDev -72.9%

03-25-2013 04:05:28 | More by egrace84

cfh64

Texas

1/5  rDev -72.9%

01-26-2013 21:27:17 | More by cfh64

4DAloveofSTOUT

Illinois

1/5  rDev -72.9%

01-18-2013 18:48:00 | More by 4DAloveofSTOUT

TATURBO

Illinois

1.5/5  rDev -59.3%

01-18-2013 04:01:49 | More by TATURBO

Duff27

Illinois

1.25/5  rDev -66.1%

01-18-2013 03:45:05 | More by Duff27

Imperial_Sapient_Groat

Michigan

4/5  rDev +8.4%

01-16-2013 20:39:57 | More by Imperial_Sapient_Groat

ROBSTARR

Michigan

4/5  rDev +8.4%

01-13-2013 15:33:08 | More by ROBSTARR

Dreadnaught33

District of Columbia

3.28/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

This is an interesting beer, not my thing. I realize that they are trying to infect this beer to make it sour, but aspects of it just bring back bad memories of infected beers from the past! Thanks though to Mac from opening it up.

Pours a nice color, normal stout with some brown highlights, decent head not much lacing. The smell gives me problems, cause it has that medicinal burnt cherry strange strain of yeast infected aroma that is a red flag for infection in good beers, and it is hard to get past that for me. The has some decent licorice, cherry, tart flavors with a bit of roasted stout at the end. The tastes i can get behind, the smell is rough.

The feel is ok, hard to concentrate on that with everything else, but it has some decent carbo but sort of flat which is ok and medium in feel, a lingering sour flavor.

Weird brew.

Serving type: bottle

01-12-2013 22:42:38 | More by Dreadnaught33

AxesandAnchors

Oregon

3/5  rDev -18.7%

12-29-2012 06:42:52 | More by AxesandAnchors

CummingsK21

Illinois

3/5  rDev -18.7%

12-23-2012 04:08:37 | More by CummingsK21

Zaphog

Michigan

3/5  rDev -18.7%

12-23-2012 03:53:24 | More by Zaphog

JLG193

Michigan

4/5  rDev +8.4%

12-11-2012 15:24:52 | More by JLG193

claaark13

Indiana

2.5/5  rDev -32.2%

12-10-2012 02:13:03 | More by claaark13

jheezee

Texas

3.75/5  rDev +1.6%

10-04-2012 15:05:37 | More by jheezee

t0rin0

California

3.25/5  rDev -11.9%

09-18-2012 22:38:45 | More by t0rin0

gpawned

Ohio

4/5  rDev +8.4%

08-22-2012 08:09:57 | More by gpawned

womencantsail

California

3.1/5  rDev -16%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Thanks for this one, Derek!

The beer is nearly flat and very dark brown in color. Intense vinegar aroma right away. There’s a little bit of acetone as well as a fair amount of booze. A slight sweetness of maple syrup and dark fruit (raisin, grape, and cherry). The acetone is nowhere near as noticeable on the palate, but the vinegar certainly is. A very tart combination of red wine and balsamic vinegars. Quite a bit of dark fruit flavor on the nose, some wood, and a bit of maple syrup.

Serving type: bottle

07-30-2012 20:48:29 | More by womencantsail

cpetrone84

Pennsylvania

3.4/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

pour is jet black, tan head, thin and bubbly. The nose is roasty, bit of alcohol, notes of tar, light cherry sweetness. The taste is very sweet, the malt roastiness is toned down big and the sweet cherry an tartness is very strong. The finish is a bit thin, light carbonation, semi dry finish, very slick on the tongue.

Serving type: bottle

06-18-2012 16:55:19 | More by cpetrone84

danwho

California

4.25/5  rDev +15.2%

06-06-2012 17:39:04 | More by danwho

Sean9689

Illinois

2.73/5  rDev -26%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Sample at DLD 2012 out of a bottle. Not sure who to thank.

A - Pours a dark brown color with reddish hue, basically flat.

S - I get zero porter and mostly vinegar and apples. Not much else to say here besides "how you like dem apples?". Yeah, I'm lame.

T - Again, sour green apples, vinegar, maybe some oak. Not porter, no maple...maybe this was an experiment gone bad? Probably, but who knows. Alcohol is well-hidden, for one thing. Finish is apples and tart notes.

M - Medium body, flat, sweet finish.

O - Meh, I'd pass on this one if offered up again. Not my thing.

Serving type: bottle

06-06-2012 16:06:26 | More by Sean9689