Aldaris Porteris

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

500 ml bottle. Dark deep ruby red colour. Clear. Creamy off-white head with a lot of larger bubbles. Acidic banana ester aroma. Lightly sweet malt aroma, but also a bit sharp. Almost Belgian-like. Notes of chocolate and coffee. Slightly roasted character in the finish. Notes of alchohol. A bit unbalanced.

From a 500 ml. bottle with a blurb and batch number on the back label. Poured a dark blackish, reddish hued cola brown with a rocky, foamy tan head that settled into a thin sudsy lacing, minimal amount of sticking. Aromas of chocolate, licorice and caramelized sugary malts, fruity esters, minerals, and small whiffs of sweet, spicy alcohol. Good, even, moderate carbonation and a malty crisp, velvety smooth medium-light bodied mouthfeel. Pleasant Baltic Porter with an easy smooth drinkability, chocolate, a light coffee, caramelized sugary, a subtle plum fruitiness, a light sweet spiciness, towards the end a little nuttiness, and a dryish estery, malty finish with a slight taste of sweet alcohol. A good Baltic Porter, tasty and balanced, well worth trying.

Bottle - roasty, chocolatey aroma. Dark brown body with a very light beige head. Flavor is malty, but not overly chocolatey or roasty. Actually quite mild. Good, but great.

16 OZ bottle via DEGARTH (thanks joe!).Pours dark brown with a small beige head. Nose is licorice, figs, wood, alcohol, band aids. Everything i am rating tonight has band aid smell to some degree, what is up with that? Well fortunately the taste has all the same as the aroma but MINUS the band-aid! Also there is some raisin and chocolate flavor. Smooth finish and easy to drink. Medium body. Moderate carbonation. Am surprised this is ony 6.8% abv as the alcohol really comes through in both the nose and the finish.

Medium coarse light beige head. Deep, dark red body, barely translucent. Faint, milky aroma with licorice and marzipan notes. Taste is light, sweetish licorice with roasty notes. Bitterish, coffeeish afteraste. Alcohol notes. Decent. (0.5l bottle.)

courtesy of oh6gdx - very dark, almost black colour, little unbalanced foam but leaving a nice lace; slightly toasted nose showing some licorice and cocoa; robust malt body, very tasty palate; some sweetness balanced by a fair bitterness and an even stronger saltiness; aftertaste of black chocolate, cocoa and more salty notes - deeply interesting

Bottle, pours a dark red with a spotty white head. Aroma is of roasted chocolate with faint soy sauce and a mild level of sourness as an afterthought. The flavor is chewy of dense caramel with coffee and cream being the primary foci. The finish suggests fruitier notes with a small dash of hard candy. Medium palate here, very par for the style. This is a pretty tasty brew.

Bottle 0,5l. Deer, deep red. A tanned creamy head leaving filigrees in the glass. Faint aroma of chocolate and roastedness. Roasted and malty flavour. Sweet bitter aftertaste with a fruity and chocolate-filled ending. Thanks to Rune for bringing it all the way from southern Finland.