Koff Porter

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

33cl bottle; Nose of chocolate with a molasses note; opaque black with a medium glass-lacing tan head; flavor of a mixture of chocolate, molasses, and some coffee; finish being a very faint hop bitterness. Body is medium; good but not great. A little too molassesy for my taste.

Pitch-black color, nice brown head. Chocolaty, sweet, soft aroma has some berries in it too. Long, multi-dimensional flavor. Very dry and bitter. Coal-like ending. Some espersso notes.

11.2oz, no date. Deep brown with a two finger tan head, fades to a 1/4" film after a bit.. Loads of semisweet chocolate and molasses in the aroma, some roast, and soy and nuts in the background. The slightest tinge of spicy alcohol present. The flavor even has a hint of smokiness--dunno where that came from. Lots of chocolate and scorched caramel in the flavor, roasted grain and ashy semidry finish. The alcohol is more apparent than it probably should be (at 7.2%) as it warms. Low carbonation, medium body. Very good beer that I have overlooked a few times before at John’s Grocery.

Poured deep brown to black with a frothy coffee con leche head which quickly dissipated. Aroma was malt, chocolate, and slight alcohol. Flavor is chocolate with a roasted finish. Pretty bitter, but nice. Not that it’s the greatest, but if you needed a beer to represent the porter style, this would be the one.

Name: Sinebrychoff Porter
Date: 02/12/1999
Mode: Bottle
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs

black, whispy tan head, light alcoholic malt aroma (7.2%), thin body, hint of roasted, touch of chocolate, some complexity, but overly alcoholic

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Score: **+/4
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Date: 02/10/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

black with a nice tan head, nice sweet chocolate aroma, rich malt flavor with lots of bitterness, strong bitter sweet chocolate character,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Score: **4
-------- /> The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Black. I love it. Nice tan head also. Oh...my...god...nice chocolate smell. Looking forward to ths! Top 3 Porter on my list of Porters. Just wow. Not really that carbinated which makes it great! Chocolateness goodness. OH MAN! Also a hint of espresso mixed in it. Great!

Bottle: Great Porter with the formidable roasted malts taste and heavy alcohol in it.

This beer pours almost pure black with what might be the darkest head I have ever seen. Aroma is big for a porter and is full of roasted malts. It hints of a great beer to come. First sip brings a wide variety of flavors. Roasted coffee, dark chocolate and dark fruit jump out. A light dry bitterness remains long after the sip is gone. Ratebeer samplers give this a 98% and I can only imagine how good the top 2% is! This beer is amazing and takes the style to some wonderful heights.