3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from John’s Market Place--Poured a deep dark black body with a small tan head. Nose of sweet malt, creamy chocolate and dark fruits. Lingering rich full-bodied flavor. On par with other flavorful Baltic Porters like Zywiec and Okocim. Yum.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Dark with a velvet beige head. Toasted malts, licorice, coffee, cocoa and a little toffee in aroma. Flavour is sweet with brown sugar, some spicyness, a little ripe fruit and a toasted malty bitterness. Quite soft palate.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
500 ml bottle
While on a run to get something for a trade this caught my eye. Figuring the worst case scenario was that it was a drainpour I took a risk on the $1.79 bottle. It turned out to be one of the better values that I have found. On par with many of the other baltic porters (or imperial porters) in the world it is also the cheapest one. This will make it a great standby for those times when I don’t want to open anything rare.
Aroma / Appearance - The deep black body swirled fluidly around the snifter leaving a khaki colored head in its wake. Licorice, peanut brittle and flat Cherry Coke merge into a sweet smelling blend that reminds me of vending machine chocolate in a smoky bowling alley.
Flavor / Palate - Blackberries and plums hit the tongue almost immediately. After settling they become licorice, chocolate chip cookies and ash. The finish reverts to licorice before slowly fading away on the back of the throat. Everything is reasonably balanced and very fluid. This is one of the best ’cheap’ beers that I have tried. Since the risk is so low why not give it a shot?
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JUL 19, 2007 Bottle, from Butik Moskva, Cph. Dark hazel brown with a bubbly caramel brown head that fizzes along, but still takes some time to diminish. There is a little lacing. Aroma is a little sweet, dried fruits and a little chocolate. Quite crisp carbonation, quite lively - needs to warm up a bit for me. Flavour is filled with roasted malts, chocolate, raisins, a small viniousness and a well-rounded mild bitterness.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Blind tasting, bottled. Extremely good, I thought this was an English beer! Almost black, big, thick brown head. Aroma of chocolate and coffee. Taste coffee, nice degree of bitterness. Very creamy.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Excellent, rich brew. Color is amazing, and as others have noted the flavors are caramelly, rich, roasted with no hop aroma and little flavor
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, pours very dark black with thick tan head that dissipates fairly quickly. Interesting and pleasant aroma of blackberry, plum and cherry with some mild malt mixed in. Good taste with the dark fruits, malts and some hops coming through in a nice blend. Overall an interesting porter.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: DEC 23, 2008 Pours nearly opaque black with a big creamy caramel/tan head. Aroma is really malty, with caramel, dark and pale malts coming through. Taste is also very malty and dark, with a little warming from the alcohol ( a little more than I would expect for 7%). Overall this is a pretty good baltic porter, and it was only 1.99 for the bottle.
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