Dark Heart Chocolate Cherry Porter
Maumee Bay Brewing Company

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From:
Maumee Bay Brewing Company
 
Ohio, United States
Style:
American Porter
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
Needs more ratings
Avg:
3.91 | pDev: 11.76%
Reviews:
1
Ratings:
7
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Feb 04, 2017
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Mar 06, 2012
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Dark Heart Chocolate Cherry Porter is MBBC's version of love in a glass. We used 9 different grains to brew a strong and robust-style porter. Then we added cherry puree, cocoa nibbs, and whole Madagascarian vanilla beans. We used German and our own homegrown Sunbeam whole hops to balance the sweetness nicely. ABV clocks in at 6.5%. Love and decadence in time for Valentine's Day. *Ask your server for chocolate shavings and a cherry!!*
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3.87 by DangerDawg from Ohio

Feb 04, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by N_Overholt from Ohio

Feb 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Cynic-ale from Texas

Jul 30, 2013
 
Rated: 4.75 by leprechaunandfatman from Ohio

Apr 06, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by adamant1912 from Michigan

Mar 14, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by Mtooman from Ohio

Feb 11, 2013
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Reviewed by Brenden from Ohio

4.02/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
My growler purchase was actually my first try at this beer; differences are light.

This is a dark, heavy-looking brew. Exceptionally dark brown but not black, the head forms pretty way and sticks around for a time, but doesn't leave quite as much lacing. No shavings or cherry in the growler.
There's no doubt that 9 grains were used; this thing is a beast of a porter with an extremely strong backbone, and massively roasty at that. The roastiness in the aroma and the flavor almost threatens to overcome the other elements, but using half a ton of cherry puree in brewing this beer doesn't allow the cherry to go unnoticed. It offers more tartness than sweetness, but the addition of vanilla beans offers just enough of a creamy sweet note to balance the heavy roast and tang, keeping it from going astringent. Dark cocoa is also pretty heavy in here; they used cocoa nibs, so it's raw and fresh. This is powerful stuff. The addition of hops bitterness makes for quite a mix of flavors.
I'm glad this beer didn't lose any of its body in the growler; if anything, it evened out a little. It's still a heavy porter, very much American in the feel as well as the rest of it. The light crispness wasn't lost, and it actually developed a little more smoothness that was really nice.
Mar 06, 2012
Dark Heart Chocolate Cherry Porter from Maumee Bay Brewing Company
Beer rating: 3.91 out of 5 with 7 ratings