Baltika 6 Porter

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

UPDATED: FEB 4, 2009 500 ml, 24 03 07 production date. Opaque brown-black with ruby highlights. Large, sticky head lasts well. Dry biscuit and molasses aroma is overpowered by iron-metal in the end. Sweetish, oxidized flavor is brown sugar and molasses, with light green herb, wood and metallic notes. Light-medium body is fairly smooth. Seems more true to the style description (sweeter), but the flavor of the "real thing" is a bit disappointing to me.

wet milky notes get soaked up into the roasted barley atmosphere turning the air almost whiskey-like, in an irish way..this dark creature had a secret, a brilliant ruby undertone selectably visible to the brightest of youths...the tan head had a chocolate milk-like appearance, was thin in the middle, but wasn't afraid to climb the glass...campfire smoke on coffee grains leads to sweet chocolate flavors...slight iron aftertaste, and a thin yet not quite watery palate leave questions as to where the alcohol is...Yes indeed it is the unthick; but flavors are still abound, and for what its worth, i like it.

Nice looking embossed pint .9 ounce bottle, not a pull top like the other Baltika I’ve had, just a normal cap. Pours a dark, dark brown with a nice caramel colored sandy looking head that sits for a little while before receding. Smell is a bit off-putting. Smells exactly like chocolate root beer. It has that citric acidy/metallic smell in there. Very very sweet smelling. Mouthfeel like a ultra carbonated Guinness, the taste isn’t much better than Guinness either. The chocolate flavors remain form the smell, as do the metallic notes. Theres also some coffee in there. Alcohol is highly noticeable and burns the throat. The sweetness isn’t too cloying but it doesn’t help the overall taste too much. Drinkablitliy is average, a 12 oz serving would be a lot more suitable for this one though. Overall, its a pretty dry and not so desirable baltic porter. It was pretty cheap but still wasn’t quite worth it. Baltic porter is a style I’m normally very in tune with, and considering the name of this brand, this is a large miss in this category. Love Baltika 7 and 9 unfortuneately not this one.

UPDATED: NOV 2, 2010 Bottle. Pores a dark brown with nice tan head. Aroma of dark roast and black licorice, malt. Flavor is exactly the same. Mouth feel is medium-heavy body with high carbonation. Overall, not bad.

A distinct maple syrupy nose. Very dark brown color - nearly black. A light roasted malt taste predominates. The finish is dry. Big rocky head, but not so much body as one would expect. Overall very good.

Bottle-Huge thanks to Erway for sharing this fine baltic porter with me on his las Cruces visit. Pours a deep brown with a nice tan, rocky head that was gone pretty fast. A tinge of red around the rim of my glass shows that this wasnt the darkest of all baltic porters out there. Roasty, slightly sour aroma when cold. As it warmed, a subtle smokey note came through. very nice! Full body, slightly chewey palate. flavors of dark malts, chocolate, smoke and dusty esters. Long chocolate finish with a tinge of smoke. Very complex and I really enjoyed this one.

UPDATED: MAY 23, 2007 From an old Cellar’s tasting note sheet.I found my sample of this beer to have a bland aroma but detected hints of raison in the flavor.

Dark brownish in color, beige colored head, and dark. The smell is malts, roasty, a touch of hops, coffee, and ok. The taste is light bitterness, roast, hops, malts, and ok.