Koff Porter

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

Apperance: very dark brown with a tan, creamy head that lingered and left good lacing. Aroma: bitter chocolate and coffee; toasted oaty grains. Taste: toasted smoky oats up front, with malts and smooth, dark, bitter chocolate; a little sweet. Finish: short, dry and surprisingly crisp. Notes: Unusually gulpable for a porter, although the flavors will encourage you to sip. Good solid flavors; not too complex. Tasty. The surprising and easy finish really made this a nice one.

thin frothy head. very black. burnt chocolate aroma. light to med body with an almost creamy texture. soft carbonation w/ an astringent finish. i think it tastes like crushed coffee beans. nice.

The beer is black with a medium tan head. 2 fingers of head with great retention and lacing. This head fell for at least 10 minutes. Even then there is still a nice soapy head. The aroma is light with roasted chocolate and coffee dominating. The taste is also light with the same flavors you get in the aroma shing through. There is a nice chocolate finish that makes it easy to drink and gives it a nice heavy feel.

Bottle/11.2oz - Pours an oily dark black/brown in color with a medium dark tan head that settled to a thin covering over the beer and produced some nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is most dark malts and some grassy hops along with just a hint of chocolate. Flavor is roasty with some chocolate. Slightly metallic in the finish, but does not detract significantly from the quality of this beer. Decent palate. I love it when my first beer from a new country is a good one!

UPDATED: DEC 3, 2011 03122011: Sip from a bottle used as a base for oxtail stew. Nothing wrong with this. Pours a gorgeus dark brown with a large, mocha-colored head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, roasted malts. Taste is much of the same. Palate is full. Just excellent. 06032011: 330ml bottle. Pours a very dark brown, almost black, and oily. A very large head (comes out of the English pint I poured it in) the color of beige that also leaves a lot of lacing. I’ve had this numerous times before, but this time the aroma is wrong. It is metallic, soapy with a hint of chocolate. Never had this before. Fortunately the taste is more or less correct though: Roasted malts, liquorice, coffee, a little bit of chocolate and salty liquorice. Mostly the first two. Palate is alright, not too light perhaps a bit too much carbonation. A poor bottle/batch this one? Hopefully next one is better again.

Strong coffee, some chocolate, some bread. Not too much of anything. Medium sweetness, lightly sour. Little fizzy and lively, long finish.

330ml bottle @ Keltsu, Espoo

Pours black with a nice foamy head. Aroma is metallic and roasty. Smooth, milky taste with a roasty and chocolatey finish. Well balanced and medium bodied porter. Easy to drink.

Koffin porteria on tullut maisteltua jos se toinenkin kerta. Ruskea vaahto on viehättävän näköinen ja itse olut on hyvin tummaa, lähestulkoon pikimustaa. Tämän porterin aromissa on runsaasti paahtunutta mallasta, kahvia ja hieman suklaata. Maussa on paljon kahvia, paahtunutta mallasta ja hieman karamellista makeuttakin. Humalointikin tuntuu maussa selkeänä katkeruutena. Virheitä tästä on vaikea löytää. Sinebrychoffin porter on edelleen hyvää, mutta oli aikoinaan tuntuvasti halvempaa ja ainakin etiketissä olevan reseptin mukaan ilman tärkkelystä. Eipä ihmekään, jos olen huomannut maun hieman huononneen vuosien mittaan. Näin lopuksi voin todeta, että oluen suutuntuma on edelleen miellyttävä ja runsaan öljyinen.