 MrDick (277), San Francisco, California, USA
Jan 20, 2009 Bottle - 2000. Pours a motor oil black with little head. Dark chocolate (as compared to milk chocolate) and burnt coffee aroma. The body isn’t as thick as expected. Cocoa, slightly sour, roasted molasses, There’s a burnt coffee taste at the end. A mild bit of oxidation but very tasty.
DuffMan (2721), the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, Canada
Jan 20, 2009 Dark brown with ruby highlights, chunky almond coloured head. Aroma is cocoa, char, and clay. Lovely creamy palate of coffee and pruney dark stewed fruits. Medium bitter finish of good length. A fantastic porter!
Heathen (723), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
Jan 19, 2009 THOUGHTS: Bought it for the nice label and the fact that it’s a porter. Didn’t realize it was a baltic porter. A nice surprise. Also I didn’t realize it was Finnish, so it was a really nice surprise, because it’s my first finnish beer.
TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark brown that was completely opaque black in the glass with a large, rocky and foamy, dark tan head that kept a fair sheet and left excellent lacing. The aroma was mostly hot cocoa mix, light roasted and burnt malts, light to moderate hops, light yeast and sour fruits. The flavor started out slightly sweet and sour, and finished sour and bitter with an average to long duration. There was light burnt and roasted malt, cocoa powder, sour fruit and bitter earthy, metallic hops. The medium body was oily then dry with tingly carbonation and a slightly metallic, slightly chalky and lightly astringent finish.
ditmier (1023), Boise, Idaho, USA
Jan 13, 2009 2008 Bottle - Pours a watery dk dk brown with a dissipating tan head, aroma is coffee and chocolate malt...aroma is similar with some soy and light hop bitters, certainly not sweet...finishes with a char bitter finish...pretty dry, nice...
mto (51), helsinki, Finland
Jan 13, 2009 bottled. pitch black with small brown head. tastes very burned. best when ice cold. when warm, metallic.
Cybercat (778), Georgia, USA
Jan 10, 2009 Aroma is strong and smoky with a salty undertone, like fine coffee mixed with miso. It pours black as motor oil with a thick dark ecru head that is fine-bubbled but doesn’t stick around. Flavor is like smoky coffee with nutty and unsweetened chocolate hints, and just a touch of sweetness and a bit of hop bitterness. Texture is smooth and tingly, and just a bit on the watery side. Not too shabby.
fattibobatti (246), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Jan 9, 2009 bottle. smells of chocolate and roast. taste is roast, coffee, chocolate leaving a slight chalky finish. warmness from alcohol. great beer.
hirigalzkar (550), Stockholm, Sweden
Jan 6, 2009 Bottle. Black. Small beige head. Smells choclate. Tastes chocolate and port with small tartness in the aftertaste. I think this beer has a little too much carbonation.
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