Baltika 6 Porter

Brewed by Baltika Brewery (Baltic Beverages Holding - Carlsberg)
Style: Baltic Porter
St. Petersburg, Russia

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

Head long lasting; slightly brownish. Faint coffee and caramel aromas. Night-colored appearance; only a reddish glow peaks through when brought in front of a light. Notes of chocolate and dark rum. Subtle interplay on the palate, invoking an excellent balance and finish.

I used to drink a lot of this beer when I was a student and I didn’t know that it was a baltic porter with 7% abv.

Appearence - very dark cola-brown body, light brown fine-foamy head. Aroma - nose has ripe dark fruits, candy sweetness, roasty tones, vinous, peat. Palate/Flavour - body is medium weight, creamy, slick, solid, roasty malts, creamy tones, peat, sugary fruit, lasting peaty finish.

smelled really good. drank this one kinda slow and let it open up a bit. lots of good chocolate caramel flavors and warm alcohol. really impressed with how good this beer was for 1.99/pt. may buy it again, more of a winter beer. The Baltikas I’ve had are not bad stuff.

Got a bottle at some Brighton Beach Bodega ($2.50): Pours a not quite black with a tan foamy head. Aroma is of molasses and dark fruit, with a tiny bit of booze. The taste is quite sweet, but the finish discloses some roasted malts with a pinch of bitterness. And did I forget to mention molasses, because there is a lot of that. Medium-full bodied in texture. Like drinking motor oil except not quite that much.

Poured from bottle. Very potent chocolate/roast/burnt sugar nose; I could smell it all the way across the desk from where I was sitting. Color is a very dark brown with lambent red highlights; head is loose but long-lasting. The flavor is very dark and very rich; it puts me in mind of nothing so much as a flourless chocolate cake with maple syrup drizzled on it. You can taste the maltose. Carbonation is subtle and supports the flavor. This beer is as good as Baltika #9 is bad, and that’s saying something.

Dark brown/black color; Medium creamy body; Aroma of slight toasted malt, caramel, coffee, & dark fruit; Flavor of roasted malt, caramel, molasses, dark fruit, some hops, and chocolate; Fairly well balanced; Overall, pleasantly surprised - decent porter.

Comes in a gift box for Christmas, with three of their different brews and a tall glass. Last of the three and sampled in its glass. Pours a dark brown colour with red highlights. Its head is big, beige coloured, creamy, foamy, has great retention and leaves a bit of soapy lacing. The nose has dark fruits with hints of nuts, licorice, coffee and chocolate. Medium-bodied and does not look carbonated at all. The taste is pretty good with mild flavours like burnt roasted malt and hop in the finish. Not super bitter, nothing really strong and sticking out. Alcohol is very well-hidden. An easy-drinking porter that is above most Russian beers and well-balanced for newcomers to dark brews.