Baltika 6 Porter

Brewed by Baltika Brewery (Baltic Beverages Holding - Carlsberg)
Style: Baltic Porter
St. Petersburg, Russia

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

The beer came in a 500 ml. brown bottle with a best by date of 16 October 2005. As the bottle was uncapped, and beer poured, the dark brown - bordering on pitch black – body was revealed, and a half inch thick brown head formed briefly, before receding to a thin collar of foam. Aroma was more fruity and vinous than a typical porter with a smell consisting of chocolate covered plums, cherries, and raisins. Taste was also devoid of much roastiness, with sweet plum and caramel flavors dominating. There was scant evidence of faded roast grain flavor if I let the beer linger longer on the palette. Slight oxidation was apparent in the aftertaste with a hint of soy. As complex as it was, I can think of several craft Baltic style Porters that are better. This was more of an easy drinking industrial interpretation of the style.

07-FEB-2012, bottle @home, from "Superbest". Pours clear, dark brown with lasting beige head. Nose is caramel and malty roasted chocolate with a strange - perhaps unclean note of...of...I am not sure - perhaps wet rye bread? So perhaps not unclean, anyway. Taste is malty, coca cola, chocolate, and cinnamon. Some roast. Turns very watery in the middle, but an OK length with roastedness. No real bitterness. OK brew.

Bottle. Redbrown beer with a milky cofee brown head. Strange aroma, bubblegum, cough drops, roasted malts, malt syrup, rye bread. Taste is medium sweet, very malty, light light hoppy. Quite long finish.

Dark roasty appearance with a nice head thats retained. Surprisingly a very good beer from this brewery.

cereal, chocolate, leaves, dough, leather, licorice, smoke, skunky, cough drop, bubblegum, brown, sparkling, brown foam, rocky head, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, lightly sour, slick feel, soft carbonation, long finish,

This was tasted with friends at the Balkens Restaurant in Richmond. There was an immediate positive reaction by all beer drinkers. This porter is special. Very smooth from beginning to end. The dark beer poured black with small tan head. Soft carbonation and a medium body. As you drink you can detect some licorce and chocolate. This one is worth having more often

Rating #676, flaske fra Lagersalget

En mørkebrun øl med et lille tæt skum, der dog forsvinder forholdsvis hurtigt. Duften er ikke særligt tydelig, men er meget præget af chokolade, lidt sødme/karamel og en smule ristethed. Der er også en smule frugt, nærmest kiwi-duft i baggrunden. Smagen er først chokoladeagtig med en smule rosin og karamel, dernæst træder en træsmag som giver associationer til whiskey ind i billedet, og hele tiden eksisterer en let ristet malt som sidesmag. Eftersmagen er let ristet, let træagtig og en smule alkoholisk, dog ikke så meget så det er skadeligt for smagen. Øllet kunne godt være lidt tykkere uden det ville skade noget, da det nu engang er en porter, men til gengæld er den dejligt blød i munden.

Got this from Russian grocery shop in Berlin. Pours almost black, very dark no light coming thru. Develops creamy thick. beige head. Aroma coffee, chocolate, roast malt, paper. Taste is sweet no too much, there some vanilla hints, probably sweet malt. Just checked the ABV: 7%... Well in that case really balanced, no alcohol after taste almost at all. The finish is sweet with glimpse of dryness in the short finish. Mostly its malty. Carbonation is crispy

Bottle. Pours black with a beige head. Sweet aroma with notes of roasted malts, caramel, coffee and a hint of licorice. Flavor is a little watery but has notes of roasted malt, coffee, caramel, licorice and a hint of smoke.