Bluegrass Kick in The Baltic Porter

Brewed by Bluegrass Brewing Company
Style: Baltic Porter
Louisville, Kentucky USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Pours near black with a tan head. Aroma is roasty coffee, chocolate, with hints of toffee. Flavor is nice smooth and roasty, with coffee, cocoa, and a little bit of sweetness coming through. Pretty good.

10th October 2008. GABF. Opaque black beer. Smooth, smooth porter. Creamy malt with a very light toasted streak. Lovely flavour!

Cask Stillage from the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 26/09/2009 Big hop aroma. Small beige head. Black very strong in alcohol and smooth on the palate with a crisp and slightly dry warming roast finish.

Big dark brown pour w/ a thick tan well alced head. Full creamy and well coated palate. Flavor and aroma are very similar. Lots of milk chocolates roasty malts hints of coffee and a touch of nut (hazlenut maybe?). Very very good.

GABF 2009: Solid, glistening fark brown with a thin halo of froth. Subdued roasted malt nose with chocolate, nuts, and lager yeast making appearances. Thick, syrupy mouth shows flavors of molassis and chocolate. Medium bitteness in the finish with nutty lagery tones underneath the whole experience.

Growler from Party Town. Pours dark brown with crimson highlights and a medium creamy beige head. The aroma is dark chocolate, roasted coffee, moderately sweet with a nice amount of smoke. The flavor is a repeat of the same qualities. Dark chocolate, roasted malts, coffee, light fruits, and smoke. This is rich yet smooth. I love it when we get these special barrels close to home.

3/26/2009: BBC Baltic Porter is a great beer. I really like the dark chocolate and roasted barley flavor alont with the obivous smoky and char flavor. The smoke is what really puts this beer over the edge for me. That’s my thing. Great! The slightly fruity, soft lagerish feel of the lager yeast is also present. So is a bit of alcohol in the finish as it warms. This is quite similar to the Rock Bottom Cincinnati Lumpy Dog Porter, but the roast profiles are definitely different between the two beers. The Rock Bottom Porter is more of a roasted barley flavor and the BBC is more of a roasted coffee flavor along with a little more body. This is a solid example of a Baltic Porter. I am going to finish off this growler in no time!

Growler fill from Party Town via alexsdad06 Party Town in Florence, Kentucky. Thanks Brad! Rating #7 for this beer.

Name: Kick in the Baltic Porter
Date: April 16, 2009
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting
Appearance: opaque dark brown, wispy tan head
Aroma: dry dark chocolate aroma
Flavor: rich dry chocolate flavor, light smokey character with a drying earthyness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Draught at GABF 2008. Black - brown head. Vanilla, wood, burned, coffee, chocolate, smooth body, caramel, roasted, dried fruits, smooth body. OK !!

UPDATED: OCT 21, 2008 Draught at GABF 2008. Black coloured with a medium sized beige head. Sweet and light roasted aroma of caramel with notes of chocolate. Sweet and roasted flavour of caramel and chocolate and coffee with burnt notes and notes of dried fruits. Roasted finish.