3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. This is good stuff I was glad I picked up having never heard of it before. Nice big cocoa colored head on this opaque dark brown brew. Appears stout like with little lacing. Potent malty aroma with hints of cherry and chocolate. Big roast flavor, bitter finish with burnt toast character. Medium bodied with a strong lingering presence. Creamy.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pitch black with plums, brandy, tobacco, and dark cherries jumping out of the sensational nose. Port, tobacco, cherries on a thin mouth. Tasted a bit oxidized, so would like to retry when fresher.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAR 14, 2008 Bottle, 33cl. Opaque black, even against light you can’t see through it. Pours with a creamy tan head. A sweet aroma, with notes of coffee, dark chocolate, roasted malt, licorice, caramel, rye bread. A full-bodied, smooth and thick mouthfeel with a long finish, with a taste of coffee, dark chocolate and bittering hops.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: AUG 30, 2008 Black. Handsome rocky brown head. Dry cocoa aroma. Flavor is rye bread with cocoa, burned malt and a hint of hops. Dry dark chocolate aftertaste. Medium, extremely dry body. Moderate carbonation. All in all, far too dry for me to really enjoy it.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Black color with a thick rich tan head. Aromas of oak, molasses, and dark chocolate. Rich dark chocolate flavor with notes of coffee
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sept. 2006 - I must be crazy, but I wasn’t crazy about this one. Pour was jet black, with some reddish highlights, no head or lacing. Strong aroma of licorice and chocolate. Mouthfeel wasn’t creamy and was kinda flat and dull. The flavor was just too sweet...with some odd fruitiness and licorice which overpowered what little roastiness and coffee which was present. I prefer Baltika 6 for my Baltic Porter cravings, by far.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice aroma, mainly sweet chocolate with molasses overtones. Black motor oil body topped with creamy latte head, thick rings of lace all the way down. Dark fruits, but sweeter and more intense - like dried plums and figs coated with molasses. This is combined with coffee, milk chocolate, and so much more. It ends roasty and kind of burnt (in a good way), finishes off with a slightly bitter taste. Good beer.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: OCT 14, 2011 In short: Superior porter. very smooth but tasty with molasses, figs, wood, tobaccos and everything.
How: Bottle 12oz from after4ever, thanks a lot Tom. Age unknown but consumed shortly after receiving it.
The look: Black body with a medium tan head with medium retention
In long: Strong molasses nose. The soft but full body is richly malted with upfront molasses and figs flavours and lots of small bubbles. Slowly chocolate joins the party as the beer warms-up. An unexpected but pleasant sensation of wood/barrel although I’m pretty sure it isn’t barrel aged. Surprisingly smooth yet very. The woody hops dry out the beer more than provide bitterness and that’s just fine. As the beer kept warming up more and more woody and tobacco flavours were coming through and it kept getting better. Currently it is both the highest rated and most rated Finland beer and deservingly so. A great beer when you let warm-up to (north-america) room temperature, which by Finland standard is probably considered boiling hot.
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