Black Boss Porter 9.4%

Brewed by BOSS Browar Witnica
Style: Baltic Porter
Witnica, Poland

Pours dark bron—near black – with a small head and soapy bubbles. Some ruby in the color when held to the light. Aroma is strong of dark fruit: dates, raisins, red grape. Mid-palate stays with sweetness, adding semi-sweet chocolate and fig. However, increasingly evident following the first sip is a watery quality. This pervades both the mouthfeel and the flavor, unfortunately. By finish, a hint of dried, dark fruit remains, but the beer has lost some of its punch.

Sampled on 4/21/2009. This porter pours an eclipse black color from a 500ml bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is chocolate and coffee, roasted malts and some dark fruit. A medium bodied porter. The malts are chocolate and coffee. The hops are earthy. Nice balance. Creamy smooth tasting Porter. Nice carbonation. Hides the 9.4% alcohol well. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

This is a legitimately decent beer. It’s price, and price/%abv belies this fact, but this is a nice beer. A little roastier and a little less winey than some of its comparable baltic porters, which I guess makes it a more conventional porter, but that’s not a bad thing. The palate is a bit thin, and the taste can, on occasion be too, but it’s hard to go wrong with the Boss. For 1.25 a half liter, at 9.4%, this is the deal of the recession.

Pours a pitch black with an off white head with poor retention. Sweet, sweet maple syrup aroma - one dimensional but very pungent! Sweet maple/fenugreek taste, present alcohol but not overwhelmingly so. Slightly vegetal. Thin body with decent carb. Quite pleasant - lingering sweet finish. I do like the maple thing. Tasty, but needs more body.

mellow nose... caramel, chocolate, fruit. nice taste, tho not perfect. roasted malts, caramel, spicy hops. i’m half polish, and this is the 1st polish brew i’d buy again. pretty good stuff overall

Watery black pour and receding tan head. Aroma of sweet bread or cookies, caramel, brown sugar. Maybe even bubble gum somewhere in there. Flavor doesn’t quite live up to the aroma. Roasted malt, brown sugar, lightly bitter. A bit of lacing. Reminds me of a Lion Stout. Big alcohol for a great price from an under-celebrated country. Thumbs up for that.

Almost opaque black, copper hues on edges, with thick tan head. Sweet on the nose with roasted coffee and dark chocolate. Thick chewy mouthfeel. Sweet and light at first, then roasted malt hits with a coffe bitterness that is obvious but very mellow and understated. A little sharpness of coffee leaves a nice aftertaste on the whole of the tongue. 9.4% is very well hidden. What a great porter.

Poured a light brown color with an off-white head. Sweet toasted malt with notes of apples.Toasted malt flavor as well. Sweet malty finish. Plain in the flavor but a taste. Some warmth.