Baltika 6 Porter

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Too strong, too sweet, rude tasteю Since Baltica Brewery has a vary big production thay drop quality very low. Baltica-6 is not so good now as 10 years ago.

Pour is dark with an aroma of sweet molasses and alcohol. Flavor is smokey, alcoholic, and sweet. Too sweet for a porter. Not real good. Alcohol is not hidden very well either. Won’t buy again. Liked the smoke but most of the other beer sucked.

Bottle shared by phaleslu, Thanks Peter! Pours a dark brown with a small tan head. Notes of roasted malts, malty gross coffee, malt balls, dark fruits, earth, and grain. Some light semen notes. Something about this was a little offputting.

A black beer with a very small brown head, that disappears very fast. The aroma is sweet with notes of licorice - no smoke, like I’d expect from a Porter. The flavor is mild at first, then a slightly smokey sweetness hits you - then it becomes watery and finally it ends on an OK bitter note.

Burnt chocolate and maybe a little fruit? Not bad, but fairly weak flavor for a porter.

A- Upon first look this brew is a deep black, when held up to the light a dark maroon color is seen. Semi-thick brown head which fades quickly leaving little to no lacing S- Coffee, Sweet Dark fruits... I could swear I smell a hint of grapes. T- Starts with very little taste finishes strong. Coffee, strange semi sweet fruit taste that doesnt sit very well. M- very little carbonation, fairly thick. D- I find this one hard to drink. It doesn’t taste particularly strong but just rubs me the wrong way mouthfeel and taste wise.

UPDATED: JUL 17, 2008 Bottle, Light cookie aroma with a definite tinge of alcohol. They can keep this beer in Russian. Not worthy of a average of 3.49. This beer basically sucks. Do not believe the hype.

(on bottle)A sent of rotten bark of ash (the tree) and some roast. Not in a bad way, though. Noce violet/black color and a surprisingly weak taste. This most be the taste of original porter. No coffee, no liqurce and allmost no bitterness; easy drinkalble.

Sample in plastic cup at Bevmo, Scottsdale. Dark brown with ring head. Chocolate syrup nd roasted chocolate aroma. Chocolatey with roasted chocolate syrup and grassy dirty bitter finish with medicinal fizzy cloying.

2/28/11. Bottle... Drinking 2-8 in order. Not quite opaque black with a fluddy tan head that fades to a couple millimeters but sticks. Sweet aroma of caramel with roasted malts and faint coffee. Sweet caramel flavor that finishes with big kicks of coffee and dry, roasted grains. Best so far.