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Left Hand: Black Jack Porter

This traditional porter is/was brewed by Left Hand in Longmont, Colorado, USA. It's achieved an overall score of 66.63%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 5.80%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

Somewhat light in color for your typical porter - a deep red. But who cares, it tastes great! I got over my prejudice. This beer has a great flavor. Heavy on the tongue, malty sweet, and a nice ting in the finish (a Tettnang-type flavor). Real enjoyable. Improves with every sip.
Dark brown, nearly amber pour, nice roasty chocolate aroma, this one is a bit watery, I usually a huge fan of Left Hand put this one misses the spot. Way too much bitter, no complexity, and as it warmed it was almost a drainpour. Too bad.
Black of color with a foamy beige head. An aroma of prunes, coffee and molasse. A flavor of roasted malt, prunes and weak coffee.

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
15th Feb 2010 at 11:25 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 5.80 dark Taste: 94.12%
Head: 77.78%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
 66.630% toffee 327

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Other Beers (etc.) by Left Hand

Apart from Black Jack Porter, Hop Horizons lists 17 others by Left Hand. These are:
400 Pound Monkey
Beer Week Sauce Porter
Chainsaw Ale (Double Sawtooth)
Extrovert IPA
Fade to Black (Volume 1 - Foreign Export Stout)
Hard Wired Nitro Coffee Porter
Imperial Stout
Introvert IPA
Juju Ginger (Good Juju)
Milk Stout (5.2% version)
Milk Stout (6% version)
Nitro Milk Stout (6% version)
Polestar Pilsner
Sawtooth Ale
Strangers American Pale Ale
Wake Up Dead Nitro
Widdershins Oak Aged Barleywine Ale

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