Hoepfner Porter

From tap at La Cerveteca and 33 cL bottle from the same place. Pours dark brown, clear, and with a golden orange glare. huge off-white to tan head. Dry roasted malt with a classic Hoepfner house character. Flavour is nicely roasted malt with a light metallic note in the bottle but not in the tap version. Subdued sweetness initially going into a rather dry roasted and bitter flavour. Ends with a nice lingering roasted malt flavour. Unusual for a German beer and in addition a good Baltic Porter - well done!

Medium beige lasting head. Deep dark red body. Sweet fruity earthy wild berry aroma with roasty caramel and hop notes. Sweet burnt and roasty caramel taste with metallic wooden earthy notes. Dry earthy caramel aftertaste with peppery hop notes. Long lingering peppery aftertaste. Sharpish, fizzy mouthfeel. Fruitiness in the aftertaste. Very nice, but quite dry, which makes it a bit boring. (0.33l bottle at Café Knössel, Heidelberg.)

bottle, Danke MoritzF! Black colour, beige head, which is persistent and creamy. Full-bodied, malty with hints of coffee, bitter chocolate and roasted malts. Pleasantly dry and hoppy, especially in the finish and aftertaste.

Bottle. Red brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, fruit, roasted, caramel. flavour is sweet, fruit, roasted, coffee. Ordinary beer.

Bottle. Ruby, clear beer with a small, beige head. Caramel, slighly burnt notes and quite bready nose. The flavor has a fruityness instead of the burnt malt. Roasted finish and medium body. Not exactly too interesting, but at least it is a non-German style, brewed in Germany. (070705)