Baird Kurofune Porter

Brewed by Baird Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan

bottle. pours brown with red highlights and a big frothy cratered tan head. Aroma of vanilla, cocoa, coffee, baileys, and cream. Flavor is roasted malt, cream, and bitter coffee. sticky, creamy mouthfeel. Really unique creamy alcohol baileys type aroma that was neat. fresh roasted coffee with a little alcohol dropped in. Now this would be a great breakfast beer! rating 950.

Pours black with some transparency. Light brown head. Aroma of tar rope, dark chocolate prune, port and cask whisky. Taste is burnt malts, light bitterness and distinct acidity that remains. Full bodied. An over ripe and unpleasant impression. Triggers heavy saliva production in my mouth. (Sampled @ Nakameguro taproom February 2009)

Bottle at Hashigo Zake. Pours black with red edges, tan head. Aroma is nice and roasty, full of dark fruit and coffee. Coffee flavour dominates with nice dark fruits followed by a nice bitterness.
A very solid porter.

Bottle. Clear cola brown with a thin and fading beige head. Light chocolate aroma. Medium-full body, somewhat oily texture, light carbonation. A bit of chocolate on the front of the taste, but that rapidly moves on to coffee, roast and char. Not bad, but charry for a Porter.

very dark brown...nearly black with a thick and foamy light tan head...nice retention and lacing. aroma has some chocolate, light peat, and faint coffee...very distinct and not muddled. flavor has cocoa, a touch of caramel, and coffee...not complicated but tasty. mouthfeel is a bit thin but the finish is nice and roasty.

A Mes rate. Bottle at home.
Murky dark brown with a thin off white head. Lactic and milky aroma with hints of caramel, leather and chocolate. Convincingly English. The flavour is again a very honest take on an English porter. Nice and roasty, more caramel and chocolate than there was in the nose. Really good bitter notes and just a pinch of sourness. Nice and light in the body with just the right level of carbonation. Tangy hops in the finish with a lengthy bitter chocolate aftertaste. Drinks like a 4% beer and slips down easily. Nice warming feel too. Really impressed with this.

12 ounce bottle from College Liquors. Pours a somewhat cloudy brown color with a large beige head, very frothy. A roasted malt nose, some coffee perhaps, light fruits and earthy notes. A sweet flavor of cherries, toasted malts, milk chocolates, mocha, sweet and easy. Pretty nice. A fairly straightforward and nice porter.

Serving: 12 oz. bottle. Appearance: Pours the deepest of browns with nice ruby highlights. A huge, creamy, tan head sits on top. Excellent head retention and good lacing all the way down the glass. Aroma: Roasted malt, mocha, earth, and some alcohol. Flavor: A sharp roastiness greats me first then I get slight burnt malt and coffee notes. A decent balance of malt sweetness and bitterness with the bitterness winning out. Palate: Medium carbonation with a medium, smooth mouthfeel and a long, roasty finish. Overall: A big and roasty porter that is sure to satisfy. Definitely worth a try.