3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Alko, cons 2010-08-31, Göteborg
AR: soft chocolate, brown sugar swetness
AP: dark, dark brown/reddish body, dark brown wee bubble thick 2 cm high head
F: loads of choclate, great bitterness, round body and brown sugar swetness, heavy carbonation, hardly no curtains?
4.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Very dark brown, but lighter than the classic 22 P Baltic porters. Small head, beige.
Not very strong aroma - caramelly and toffee.
Very full and rich taste, with malty, sweety, caramelly, toffee, fruity and nutty notes, which give way to dry, slight bitterness.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours black with a medium head. Mostly roasted malts in aroma and flavor. Quite unsurprising but high quality porter.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pour from a 500ml bottle. Dark brew with three fingers of light brown head. Head fizzles in a few minutes leaving a frothy film and ample lacing as the glass is drained. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, and chocolate. Taste is sweet, with a rich combination of caramel, chocolate, dark coffee characteristics. A bit of bitter hops in the finish partly offsets the sweetness. A little ethanol flavor in the aftertaste is a minor distraction. Mouthfeel is excellent - rich and creamy, very satisfying. A first rate porter.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
From a 500ml bottle on 21/7/2010. Has a strong aroma of coffee, caramel and brown sugar. In the mouth, this is a real sweet one, with caramel and dark chocolate notes predominating. However, the sweetness is kept in check by a moderate but reasonably long bitter finish. The carbonation is low, making it easy to drink. The sweetness might put some off, but this is an eminently drinkable, top notch porter.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
500 ml bottle, ’bbe’ Feb 2011. Very dark ruby with a massive, solid beige head. Sweetish, a bit perfumed, aroma with some hint of mussels or other shellfish (!) - even more so than Scheldebrouwerij’s Oesterstout. Rich, full, sweet-bitter malty taste. The bitterness lingers on in the aftertaste.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle, thanks gunnfryd.Pours dark brown with a big tan head,Aroma of caramel malt ,ripe apples and coffee.Flavour is fruity , aplles ,roasted malt, coffee and caramel.Full body, soft carbonation.Very nice beer.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Beers of the World. Pours black with white topping head. Some decent roast aroma. Taste is very licorice and mollasses. Average mouthfeel. Drinkable, but not very, 500 ml. is a lot.
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