Koff Porter

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

Pretty solid Baltic porter. Tastes a lot like the Baltika porter. Some off metallic notes. Very balanced and drinkable.

Black body, with a lasting tan head. Good lacing. Malty aroma, with liqourice, vanilla, and a surprisingly strong hop presence. A taste of roasted malts up front, proceeding into slightly sweet vanilla/liqourice territory, and finishing quite dry with decent hopbitterness and a lingering roasty finish. Medium/thick mouthfeel, slight carbonation. Enjoyable porter.

$5 bottle from Takanaya. Pours pitch pitch black with no head. Had some off butter smell, that went away after sitting a few minutes, and became a mild malt aroma. The taste is very dry of roasted grains.

Pretty strong roasted malty aroma. Dark brown, nice foamy head. Stern, strong and roast flavor. Brisk, longlasting aftertaste. Very good Finnish beer, there arent so many of these (good beers).

Pours an oily black with a small light brown head. Nice roasty chocolate aroma. very big malt base as well. Quite inviting smelling. Nice body, very roasty with a good dose of chocolate as well. Defintely get some coffee in there too, especially in the aftertaste. Finish is nice and oily in the mouthfeel. easy drinking but still thick and roasty. Good porter.

Bottle. Chocolate-heavy nose with a tinge of smoke and some teriyaki. Black with a brown head. Flavor is chocolate with some lighter coffee undertones. Palate is unfortunately too thin, as is the failure of many an otherwise fine porter.

Almost black beer with beautiful brown head. Sweet and smoky aroma. Flavor is roasted and there is also some sweet malts. Finish is balanced and there is lots of dry hops. Very good porter.

Sinebrychoff Porter 12 oz bottle Moderate pour in an English pint Bottled 2000, uncovered 2007 Poured black with a small light brown somewhat diminishing frothy head. To be expected from an old porter. Smelt of strong vinous and burnt malt qualities, molasses, tar, raisins. Taste was upfront strong bitter burnt grain, stale bread, cobwebs and tar and sweet raisins followed by a bitter burnt grain and coffee and sweet light molasses on a long finish. Palate was medium bodied, oily, softly carbonated and moderately astringent. Overall, I found that the 2 aged baltic porter I’ve had recently smell and taste like musty basements. This one has nice bold flavors and is very comfortable on the palate and the nose. I need to try this fresh, but I am very happy with it as is.