Koff Porter

Brewed by Sinebrychoff (Carlsberg)
Style: Baltic Porter
Kerava, Finland

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

Bottle poured at Belmont Station. Dark brown body with a smooth khaki head. Sweeter nose of dark chocolate, faint coffee, cake, and licorice. Really well built all around, balanced but focused on the malts throughout. Finishes a bit earthy, almost like burnt chocolate.

Tap at St. Urho’s Pub, Helsinki. Pours black with a dense brown medium sized head. Aroma is sweet liquorice, roasted coffee, roasted malt and hints of honey. Flavor is liquorice and roasted coffee, with a soft bitter liquorice finish. A very nice porter.

Tap at Memphis Taproom. Pours a deep black with a medium bubbly deep tan head that left some lacing. Aroma of tart cherry, dark chocolate, caramel, tobacco and nuts. Flavor of dark chocolate, tart cherry notes, tobacco, earthy, nuts, vanilla, smooth and creamy.

On tap at Deep Ellum, body is a pure black with a thin creamy tan head. There is a subtle malty aroma with notes of espresso, peat and a bit of dusty smoke. Flavors of smokey rich coffee and hot choco dominate the pallate with notes of vanilla, honey and dry grass and dried dark fruits. The pure black body goes down with a thin silky mouthfeel with little or no alcohol soak. Really a nice balanced beer with some complex flavors poking around.

Bottle reads Sinebrychoff Porter IV. Purchased at Castle in Westport a while back. Pour dark, nice burnt layers of flavor. Hard to recall all the details.

Sinebrychoff bottled in 2000. Pours a thick dark brown. Nose is deep and rich with bourbon, chocolate and black licorice. Flavor is nice and roasty, without being smoked. A little bitter and a little sweet. This is a lot better than I thought it would be.

Pours a jet black with a nice deep tan head that sustains very well... Mildly sweet aroma, not a ton going on in the nose... Complex flavors, not your run of the mill chocolate/coffee/roasty porter... Dark fruits galore, hints of chocolate, hints of vanilla, a touch bitter, somewhat roasty, this is a true wintertime porter, i couldnt fathom drinking this in the summer, even though it is quite easy drinking... Medium full mouthfeel that is quite drinkable and leaves a lingering somewhat roasty carbonated finish... Very Very Good...

Pours a pitch black with a lovely dark brown head with good retention. Aroma is sweet and chocolaty, with lots of licorice - yum! Tastes lovely and sweet and more chocolate and light roasted character, it has a middling watery taste but a milky latte/espresso taste lingering in the finish. Body is thick and creamy with appropriate carbonation. I really like the roastiness and creaminess here - very nicely done!