Cigar City Kalevipoeg Baltic Porter

Brewed by Cigar City Brewing
Style: Baltic Porter
Tampa, Florida USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle* 750ml.

Clear dark black brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, coffee, burnt - soot notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, chocolate, licorice. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120421]

Bottled. A black beer with a lazing dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, caramel, and soy sauce. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of roasted malt, soy sauce, and wood, leading to a dry woody finish.

UPDATED: MAY 13, 2012 75 cl bottle. Pours pitch black with a fully gone head. Aroma is roasted dark chocolate and smooth roasted malty. Bitter, breadish and light toasted malty. Ends dry and bitter. Dark toasted chocolate dense finish.

Bottle 75 cl. Pours an opaque dark brown with a light brown head. Rustic, roasty nose with a suggestion of dark dried fruits and an odd light tartness. Medium body, again these rustic roast notes with a subdued bitterness. Not all that thrilling. 120512

Bottled@Man In The Moon, Stockholm. Very deep ambery brown, close to black colour with a mediumsized beigeish brown head. Aroma is raisins, dark dry fruits, some honey, berries, mild ashes, chocolate and some liquorice and alcohol. Flavour is quite red wine like sweetness, some liquorice, mild ashes, tobacco and chocolate with raisins, plum, burnt sugar and quite sweet dark syrup as well. Quite thick palate. Not your typical Baltic Porter.

Bottle at CBC 2012. Pitch black coloured with a small beige head. Sweet and roasted aroma of caramel, licorice and chocolate. Sweet and roasted flavour of caramel, chocolate, berries and hops- Roasted finish.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate aroma with hints of licorice. Roasted malty caramel flavor with hints of licorice. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate finish.

Bottle. Sweet coffee aroma. Black colour. No head. The flavour is nicely sweet and salty. Good roasted dimension. Well-balanced with a good mouthfeel.

Bottle @ CBC, 2013. Pours unclear brown with a small white head. Tobacco, roast and caramel. A bit of tartness. Hmmh.

Bottle. Nice creamy head with excellent duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich roast malt, chocolate, orange, licorice and hops.