Afanasiy Porter

Brewed by OAO Brau Servis (Tver Brewing)
Style: Baltic Porter
Tver, Russia

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

Bottle: Thanx to Mr.Rask: Dark red colour, with a creamy brown head. Aroma is dominated of sweet maltynes, dust, some Iron! caramelly,dark choclate and some hints of Coffee, and vanilla, and hops. Flavor had a nice sweet malty/caramellynes, mixed with dark choclate and some coffe and vanilla. Thin to medium body, nice medium sweet malty mixed finish with a dry hopy ending.

Kafferöstiger, malziger Geruch mit einer Note von Milchzucker - angenehm. Dunkelmalziger Beginn. Sanft caramellige Mitte, süßlich. Abgangs Kaffee, Caramell und fruchtige Töne. Gutes Bier.

Bottled, from Norman, St. Petersburg. Black, beige head. Aroma of aniseed and licorice. Mid sweet with medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Pleasant flavours of chewy licorice, tobacco and aniseed. Salty bitterness. Well balanced and harmonious.

Bottle. Dark brown color. Aroma of roasted malts. Taste of chocolate, roasted malts, smoke. Dry aftertaste. Drinkable.

Bottle 0.5. Moderate spirit in taste, rather hard to drink. Burnt taste with some vanilla. Rather cheap and popular russian porter.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4     Light Brown(1)->Pitch Black(5) : 4     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 3
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 4   Off-White(1)->Dark Brown(5) : 2   Lasting: 3   Lacing : 3   Nitro : XX
Aroma:
Intensity : 3  
Yeast : 2   Bread : 3   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : 2   Ink : XX   Tar : XX   Olives : XX   DMS : XX
Malt : 4   Biscuity : 2   Burnt Toast : 2   Caramel : XX   Nuts : XX   Pumpernickel : 3   Cereals : XX   Coffee : 1   Dark Chocolate : 3   Vanilla : XX   Grapes : XX   Blackberries : XX   Cherries : XX
Hops : 1   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : XX   Floral : 1   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes :   Earth : XX   Wood : XX   Mint : XX   Smoke : 1   Soy : XX   Bourbon : XX   Anise : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Sourness : 1   Lactic : XX   Bitterness : 1   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 3   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : 1   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : 2   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Thanks Savad! Smooth and good-looking, fairly alcoholic and not too sweet porter that perhaps has a touch of plasticy phenols, but is otherwise clean and fun to drink.

Dutch Ratebeer Gathering. Opaque with a small brown head. Roasted malts, obvious bitterness, some earthy notes, complexity. Great mouthfeel. I’ve heard people say that this is the best Russian beer, and so far i must say they’re right. Oh, and nice bottle by the way.

Full flavour, nice taste of toast and almost burned grain. This was labelled a porter, and it clearly is - maybe there are several beers with the same name? This was a fine brew!