Foothills Baltic Porter

Brewed by Foothills Brewing
Style: Baltic Porter
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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A tasty though not great porter. Yes, chocolate and sweetness all whipped up, fluffy and granular malted milk mouthfeel. The bitterness is hops and I was Ok with it, although my 23-year old who shared the bottle thought it was a it metallic and not spot on the style.

A: Pours a very dark brown color with a nice off-white, perhaps khaki colored, head. S: Nice and roasty with a bit of a coffee aroma to it as well as some dark chocolate. There may be some hints of dark fruits, like black cherries or currants. Touches of char and molasses are also present. T: Similar things going on in terms of the flavor. Strong roasted malts, dark chocolate, and coffee. There’s a touch of creaminess to it that I wasn’t quite anticipating, but found enjoyable either way. The mild molasses character is there on the tongue and quite nice. M: Medium in body with a moderate carbonation and smooth feel on the tongue. D: A really solid beer that was easy to drink and which I found enjoyable overall.

Bomber. Poured clear, rich mahogany with a tall, sticky tan head.. medium-viscosity.. set up well in the glass. The aroma picked up burnt black and chocolatey malts, paired with more than ample pine and earthy hop accents.. warmth brought out darker fruits and caramelized vanilla bean.. warm and enticing. The flavor found charred darker fruits and black malts at the core, with grainy related sugars riding well through the finish.. a touch of maple and vanilla right on the back.. alcohol isn’t really apparent until just after the swallow. Medium-bodied and very sweet on the palate.. a few too many residual sugars.. nice char to it.. overall a tasty and well-crafted brew.

Bottle sampled at the Top of the Hops Beer Festival, Charlottesville, VA, 9/11/10. It was nice to see this as they only brought one bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a medium head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, nutty notes, minty hops and faint fruity notes in the finish. The taste is chocolate, minty hops, nutty notes and caramel. Full bodied. Very nice beer.

Pours dark brown with a tan head. Smells of chocolate, raisins, some molases. Tastes of chocolate, licorice, some bitter hints, peppery on the finish. Enjoyable.

Tasted at the big “SeaBass has got to go” tasting courtesy of fishingnet. Pours amber with full tan head. The modest aroma is sweet with some dark fruity esters mixing with caramel as well as sugary malt sweetness and seems to lack earthiness this style typically has. The taste is dark roasted malts, prunes, a bit of fig meat note, chocolate and then a pleasing level of earthiness into the finish. Nice stuff.

Bottle. Pitch black body with a creamy thick light tan head. The aroma is sweet tobacco, chocolate, coffee, hard roasted malt and some ripe dark fruit. The flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee and lighter notes of hops. Creamy texture. Very good.

bottle, thanks to exilied, black brown pour with tan foam, vinous roast aroma with nice flavor of oreos, silky smooth finish

Bottle at Max and Jess’s place. Pours a ruby brown to black with a thin white head. Warm roast and chocolate, faint alcohol notes. Smooth roast and vanilla, dark fruit. Big warm roast, chocolate and roast bitterness.

In short: A corpulent, roasted, chocolaty and surprisingly drinkable big black beer
How: Bottle 22oz. Consumed when almost 1 year after the bottle release (first bottle release mid-aug 2010). Bottle sent to me by changeup45, thanks a lot Gary
The look: Near black (very near black) body topped by a small tan head
In long: Nose is mostly chocolate pudding, Fig Newtons™ and some roast. Taste follows in the same direction, cocoa powder, burnt fruit cake, chocolate fudge, a lot of residual sugars, dates, figs, crunchy pie crust, molasses, dark caramel. Very roasted, even to the point of being a bit chalky. A surprising hop presence in the finish that really felt like green hops pellet trying counterbalance the massive sweetness. I was surprised at how easy to drink this beer was, before I knew it my bomber was gone, so the beer gets bonus points for drinkability. A pretty damn good beer from the great state of North-Carolina, which reminds me we haven’t heard about the state of South-Carolina for a long time, I wonder what these sneaky bastards are up to.