4.5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Gift bottle. Nice brown colour, small head. Toasty aroma. Tastes toasty and fruity, plus something sweet I couldn’t put my finger on, I guess the caramel. Overall, nice drink, not too exciting, but very pleasant.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours a dark reddish brown. Almost black with a two finger light brown head. Aroma a bit weak buy with a promise of malt and a bit of alcohol. Taste is roasted malt, a touch of caramel and some roasted malt. Finishes dry with a slight bitter hoppy and roasted note. Quite drinkable.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
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.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
PASTEURIZED
if you like dopplebock, the only one I know of we get in Texas pasteurized, so I turn to it often for a strong lager in the summertime.
Since the TABC (Texas Alcohol Bureau) and Anheuser-Busch still have a stranglehold on Texas tastes. We will probably never see my favorite pasteurized German bocks in our state(EINBECKER). I sometimes drive to Louisiana and bring back Einbecker by the case, so I have some good to go to beer in the blazing summer here. Svyturys Baltijos(Red) is a fair alternative to Baltika, more of a strong marzen than this and sometimes the salty taste gets to me, but it is heat stabilized.
Prost.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Reminded me of a simple sweet stout. Not much complexity--gulpable. A good beginner's introduction to Porter, but not quite the real thing.
1.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
A pretty boring porter. Not as sweet as one might expect. Rather light body too. This beer was really talked up to me and it didn’t really deliver. Not a bad beer, but not a great on either.
4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Very dark pour almost black. Very little head that dissipates. Very sweet malty aroma. Dark rich taste with a dry finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
1 pint bottle. Poured a dark brown, nearly black, with a thick, relatively short lived, light brown head. Aroma of brown sugar, hickory, malt, alcohol, and peaches. Smooth mouthfeel with a distinctive coffee bitterness. Accents of brown sugar prevalent with malt, red apple, and peaches subtly hinting. I also get a distinct wheatgrass aftertaste. Truly an interesting Russian porter with more than a few levels of flavor.
1.2 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 2/20
Got the bottle. Pretty much like Danish porters (stick to pilseners guys!) and crap.
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