Koff Porter

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

UPDATED: MAY 16, 2009 Bought for $3.99. Viscous, dark brown pour with heavy cream-colored lacing. Nose of roasted malt, baker’s chocolate, sweet raisin, and earthiness. Palate is smooth, though thin when swishing the beer around in mouth. I tasted sweet malt and dark chocolate notes to start, then transitioning to a bitter, ashy profile by the finish. There was also something unusual going on here. Through the mid-palate, I kept tasting something resembling coca-cola, with perhaps a touch of straw and chalkiness. Overall, I initially enjoyed the palate, though as I started to realize its "thinness" it became bothersome. I am impressed by this baltic porter, something does seem a touch strange.

Blackish color with a strong roasty-sweet aroma. Flavor is roasty, smooth, but lacks a real ’’bite’’ to finish things off. Good, but I’ve never been super-impressed with this one.

Deep black coloured body with a nice sized large dense brown head - very nice. Aroma of metal, blood, roasted malt, caramel and nuts. Medium-bodied; Strong roasted malt flavour with nuts and raisin flavour really strong. Caramel and coffee come through as well. Aftertaste shows bitter characteristics with coffee and chocolate too. Overall, a good beer - not my favourite baltic, but definitely good to try! I sampled this super old (like 5 year old) bottle that was stored in my fridge on 29 October 2008.

Pitch black body with a very thick milk chocolate head and nice concentric rings of lacing. Smoky roasty malt with a slight alcohol tinge. The body is light but smooth, slight dark roasted malt, waves of earthy coffee and a finish of sweet chocolate. Fantastic smooth finish would have actually suspected this was a lager not an ale.

Bottled in 1997, bottle #2451: I found this beauty in my cellar during a recent inventory so thanks whoever gave it to me! 11 years old and this beer is great! Jet black in the pour with a light tan head that faded fast. Lots of roast in the aroma with dark fruit as well and sweet malt. Flavor is the samewith maybe a little coffee-ness to it. The finish is quick and dry with some lingering to it. No real pronounced hops in this one but then it is 11 years old as of this review. Wonderful beer which now I’m going to go have to find elsewhere as it was my one and only.

Black color with nice beige head. Aromas of roasted malt, chocolate and rye. Flavor is sweet roasted malty with lots of coffee and some chocolate. Also a slight flavor of fruits can be tasted. Dry in the end with very nice bite of hops. Great mouthfeel. Amazingly delicious for a Finnish beer.

Bottle courtesy of SoLan. Pours a pitch black with a 2 finger chocolate milk colored head and nice delicate lacing. Nose is roasted malt, coffee grounds, toasted oats and some light dark fruits. Taste is ashy malt, cocoa, roasted coffee beans, salty black licorice and some bitter hops finishing it out. Full, creamy mouth feel. A great Baltic porter – thanks Alan!

Somewhat sweet and malty. Deep black. I’m definitely tasting some licorice. A decent smell but I’ve had more interesting Porter’s.