Koff Porter

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

Bottle, black with dark tan foam, roasted malts and chocolate, tastes of the same with bitterness and light smokiness.

UPDATED: JAN 20, 2012 bottle - black body with a creamy beige head - chocolate nose - mild chocolate and roasted malt flavour

33 cl bottle.
Pours black colour with medium beige head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, bitter tar, dark malts and some fruity notes. Flavour of roasted malts, light chocolate, coffee, light licorice and tar. Seems that the earliest batch I’ve tasted has been the best, the latest have either some odd metallic flavour or the tar dry tar is just too dominating. Still this tastes rather good.
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11.2 ounce bottle into snifter, bottle code: E93565K. Pours opaque black color with a nice 1 finger dense tan head with great retention, that reduces to a thin lacing cap that lasts. Thick lacing clings to the glass as well. Aromas of big raisins, chocolate, coffee, molasses, caramel, and roasted malts. Some very nice and balanced aromas here. Taste of big chocolate, roasted malts, coffee, caramel, and dark fruits. Decent amount of bitterness present on the finish with lingering notes of chocolate, molasses, dark fruits, caramel, and coffee. A bit of a metallic taste was present as well, but it did not detract from the overall complexity of this beer. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very creamy and smooth mouthfeel. Drinks way too easily, and there is no alcohol noticed other than a slight warming after the finish. Overall this is definitely an outstanding Baltic porter, and at a great price as well!

pours an inky black with a tall dark beige head, some retention and lacing. nose and taste is raisins, soy sauce, coffee, licorice, chocolate, caramel sweetness and resinous hops. medium hopping - english hops. soft carbonation, light to medium body, medium long bitter, peppery finish.

Poured bottle into tulip glass from Goebel Liquors in Wichita, Kansas, USA. Marketed as Sinebrychoff Porter IV. Dark, dark, dark, opaque, reddish-brown with creamy, long-lasting beige foam. Extremely complex aromas and flavors: roasted barley, coffee, chocolate, fresh black-bread, raisins, currants, plums. Malty sweet. Balanced, but no extra hop presence. Very clean lager fermentation. Baltic Porter is one of my all-time favorite beer styles, and Sinebrychoff is one of the best I’ve had. Not to be taken lightly, or drunk quickly, but an exquisite winter warmer.

Bottle. Moderate to heavy malt aromas of cereal, toasted, molasses and coffee, light to moderate hop and yeast notes of herbs, resin and earth with a hint of charcoal in the background. Head is average size, frothy, light brown with good lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is very dark brown, almost black. Flavor starts lightly sweet, moderately to heavily acidic and a litle sour, then finishes lightly acidci and moderately to heavily bitter. Palate is medium, slightly creamy with a soft carbonation and a slightly chalky finish. Nice toasty aromas and some blunt flavors make this a unique Baltic Porter.

My first beer from Finland. +++Sampled from an 11.2 oz brown bottle this beer poured pitch black and a bit oily with a huge foamy dark brown head that lingered and left great lacing. The aroma was dry, dusty and a bit roasty with hints of chocolate, coffee, wood and cream. The flavor was dry, bitter, woody and roasty with notes of smoke, vanilla, burnt toast and unsweetened coffee. The finish was long and roasty with lingering wood, smoke, burnt toast and coffee. Thick and creamy body. Nice.