Aldaris Porteris

Brewed by Aldaris (Carlsberg)
Style: Baltic Porter
Riga, Latvia

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle. Malty molasses, prune, and soy aroma. Dark brown with a moderate tan head. Molasses, soy, prune, chocolate, and light spicy anise flavor. Medium to full body.

UPDATED: SEP 28, 2012 Re-rate since i had another bottle wich was alot more pleasureable, dunno what was wrong with the first one. Bottlle @ Hotelroom, Liepaja, Latvia. Pours dark brown with a light brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, licorice, some dark fruit. Flavour of sweet roasted malt, licorice, burnt caramel, dark fruit, slight portlike feel to it, just a hint of booze. Medium to full body, soft carbonation. 240912

Bottle sampled at GBF 2012. Reddish brown with a beige head. Aroma is thin and unimpressive but some lager-like aroma stands out. Taste: very sweet with licorice, caramel and fruits. Medium-bodied. Too sweet and a bit bland.

UPDATED: FEB 3, 2013 My 2nd casual LV beer. Pours almost black, dark reddish. Creamy, frothy foam middle lasting, very small lacing. Aroma - casual lager hops, a bit roasted malt, sweet creamy, far away tones of cocoa, at late stages some alcohol comes through with not barley cereals. Taste is sweet, creamy, mild bitterness from roast and from hops. Above medium bodied with creamy texture, mild carbonation. Cause it is (by the end of 2012th it is not any more) best dark beer so far made in my republic, from perspective price/performance it is secure OK, very drinkable. I wish some day some local brewer will beat that! (done) PS: from local tradition to make sweet brews, this is mixed, balanced enough good to be enjoyable.

Bottle from Alko. Black color, beige head. Strong malty taste with liquorice, toast, nuts and chocolate. Roasty finish with alcohol. Good porter.

(bottle) clear medium brown with medium tall brown head; light aromas of caramel; mostly sweet flavour with noticeable alcohol, no finish

Pours a dark brown with a thin tan head that leaves moderate lacing. The aroma is a little faint - it has a subtle malty scent. The taste is medium bodied and smooth. It’s fairly heavy on the malt with essentially no hop presence. It’s some nice hints of roastiness and chocolate up front and then finishes pretty clean. A very nice beer at a ridiculously affordable price!

50 cl bottle.
Originally rated on 20090225.
Pours black color with small head. Aroma of liquorice, dark malts and chocolate notes. Flavor of dark malts, chocolate and caramel.

Aroma has sweet malting: licorice and medical herbs. Red/black clear. Beige head is short but leaves lacing. Taste has sweet licorice and ripe fruits and some herbs. Fullbodied and creamy texture. Soft carbonation. Good one for orwith a dessert. Nice balance and ok nuances.

Pours a black color. Smell is of roasted malts and chocolate. Taste is malts, chocolate, coffee, a touch of hops. Overall a good quality beer.