A. Le Coq Porter

Brewed by A. Le Coq (Olvi)
Style: Baltic Porter
Tartu, Estonia

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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TimE bought this back for me and it has a white label. Thin head with notes of nuts chocolate this is a very drinkable porter. 143 of MIchael Jacjkson’s 500 Classic Beers to go.

Sample from bottle, CBF 2012. Dark brown colour with a small, light tanned head. Aroma with grains, malts and lots of caramel, hints of dried, dark fruits. Taste is dry and malty, with a good amount of caramel. Medium body, creamy texture - however a bit thin. Short roasted and sweet finish. Average porter, sweet for a Baltic.

Brown, standard 0.5 litre bottle, bought for 3 Euro’s at a trade fair in Berlin (Green Week 2007), best before 2nd Sept 2007, drank 29th Jan 2007, so plenty of life left. Looks a dark, deep mahongany red, with a little brown head which strinks very fast. Chocolate malts, but no great nose to it, even as the beer warms. Not a rich porter type taste at all, very ordinary in my opinion. Watery for a Porter, no hint of the 6.5% claimed on the bottle, the maltyness does stay for a while, with coffee coming through, but still weak for me. If I could get my money back I would, not impressed at all.

Backlog from september 2011 Dark color, good foam Medium body & complexity Enjoyable and the best I tried in Estonia

Very dark brownish redish colour, almost impossible to see through. Faint smoky smell of caramel. No head, flat. Slightly bitter. Quite nice.

Bottle from Estonia. Dark brown colour with 3 finger head. Aroma is roasted, sweet. Flavour is sweet, roasted malt, bit watery

50 cl bottle @ Nurmo, BBE 28.07.2012
Aroma is rather light with some roasted malt, hints of grain and butter. Flavour is roasted with some coffee, metal and chocolate. Feels a bit like dunkel or schwartzbier. Dry finish. Nice, but should have more character and less metal.

Bottle @ Home. Pours dark brown with a creamy offwhite head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, nuts, honey. Taste malt, milk chocolate, caramel. Thin body, soft carbonation. Not bad, but not to exiting either. 230112

Deep reddish color, thin but with a hint of smoked malt. dull porter. A little to alcoholic porter with a slightly toasted flavor, it has a lot of litter acid and lacks fullness.

Cheers JoeMcPhee. Amber colour with a frothy white head. Rich honey caramel aroma. Smooth texture. Malty. Silky finish.

Pours dark brown/copper with a small head. Aroma more like a dunkel than a porter. Taste somewhat aversive.