Koff Porter

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

Thanks to lithy for the bottle!
Beautiful sepia color with a short-lived yet rich, creamy tan head. There’s some roast malt and chocolate in the nose, but it’s driven by very sweet, sugary fruit: plum, raisin, near grape juice. Flavor is similarly fruity, more coffee present than chocolate, long in sweet malt. Full bodied and rich, it’s not quite as smooth as I’d like. Still a great beer; my main regret was it being only 33cl.

UPDATED: DEC 19, 2008 Bottle. Pitch black colour with a nice brown head. Roasted malt and liquorice aroma. The flavour is sweet, liquorice and roasted malt with hints of coffee and dark chocolate. Long, roasted and bitter aftertaste. Full-bodied and smooth mouthfeel. Delicious Porter.

(Bottle). Sweet malt aroma, with fruit and alcohol. Black in color, light brown head. Tangy fruity flavor, also coffee and caramel. Very long finish, including alcohol warming. Potent and very tasty.

33 cl bottle. Totally black. Well balanced taste with aroma of coffee and chocolate. Beautiful porter! Best finnish beer.

330 ml bottle. Pitch black, with a thick creamy light brown head. Sweet aroma of roasted malts, dark fruits, coffee and dark chocolate. THe flavour is like the aroma, with a nice bitter and slightly burned hoppy finish. Smooth mouthfeel. By far the best Finnish beer I’ve tasted.

33 cl bottle. Pours completely black, with some ruby highlights. Wonderful thick, llonglasting and tan head, I’d say almost brown. Amazing, rich and complex nose, which even improves and develpos more tones when the temprarture increases a little bit. A sweet caramel and vanilla background, where coffee and bitter chocolate notes are well embedded, followed by fruits (figs, plums). The flavor starts lightly sweet but turns roasty bitter with a alcoholic warmth in the finish. Medium and almost silky body, pretty dry. Wonderful porter.

33cl bottle poured into an English pint. KP (Sinebrychoff Porter IV) pours extremely dark brown with a thin tan head. I smells like licorice, prunes and a touch of alcohol. There’s also a hint of warm maple syrup or possible molasses. The body is just the right consistency for a porter, a tad thinner than a stout. The taste is a superbly balanced mixture of roasted grains, chocolate and just a hint of dark fruits. This beer is extremely drinkable and can easily be held up as a role-model for brewers world wide.

Bottle @Novare w/ mary and Brian. Very smooth and drinkable porter with balnaced roasted grains and malt sweetness. Would like to try this again paried with a nice roast.