Lompoc Batch 69 Baltic Porter

Brewed by Lompoc Brewing
Style: Baltic Porter
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Thanks to Brandon for the bomber! Poured translucent, medium-dark brown with a tighter-bubbled beige head. The aroma picked up lots and lots of sugars.. mostly caramel and molasses with a lighter roast to it.. vanilla and light buttery notes too.. just a hint of sourness present.. entirely pleasant, but underwhelming for a Baltic porter. The flavor did the same thing.. sweet, buttery chocolate and caramel notes at the core with light coffee bitterness and roast surrounding.. lightly sour coffee notes and a splash of alcohol warmth on the mostly sweet finish.. not that complex, but candied and tasty. Medium-bodied and sweet as mentioned on the palate.. the splashes of sourness and roast worked well.. OK and very drinkable, but I was hoping for more.

Wonderful sweet roasty coffee nose with some chocolate as well. A great smelling beer. Black with no head or legs. Coffee and chocolate, roasted and some patent malts. A hint of dark fruit. Earthy roasty dry coffee finish. Clean with a hint of alcohol. Really good.

22. thanks, clint! pours a jet black with no head, lace, or visible carb. big toasty spicy coffee nose. creamy medium body with subdued carb. coffee, roast, campfire, and toast on the mid palate. long roasty finish. delicious addictive beer.

Bottle:   Just about black in color, moderate to large frothy light biege head, spotty lacing.   Sweet roasted malt nose, very smidgen of soy, peat, and campfire.   Straight forward lightly roasted malts, sweet lactose, and some peat/campfire on the tongue.   Not a heavy example, but a little different from most porters.   Luckily it has a decent malt base, and isn’t overly hoppy.   One of my biggest gripes about the style, overly hopped without enough malts.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate.   More soy as it warms.   Has a bit of dark bittersweet chocolate as well.   Fairly tasty and robust.   Not over the top, not real complex, a little simple, but smooth and fairly flavorful.   Could stand to be a bit heavier to compete with others, but as is its fairly tasty.   Clean, just needs more complexity and body.

Courtesy of 5000 via trade

Bottle: The aroma consists of cocoa, light vanilla, and a hint of smoke. It pours a dark brown with some faint orange highlights and a one finger khaki head with decent retention. The flavor starts with moderate cocoa and a touch of caramel. The finish has moderate vanilla and just a hint of roast. It’s medium bodied with mild carbonation and a somewhat soft mouthfeel. Overall, it’s seems more like a vanilla Porter than Baltic Porter. Regardless, it’s pretty tasty.

Tap during Zwickelmania at their Side Bar... Poured near black with a moderate khaki head. Roasted malts and coffee on the nose. Foamy dry, palate. Big roasted, smoked malts with cocoa/mocha and lots of coffee for this guy. I’m not sure if they added coffee or not, but it really shined through here.

Bomber shared by Arbitrator at a tasting. Pours darkest brown with a small tan head and good lacing. Aroma is roast, dark chocolate, and coffee. Very nice and roasty. Flavor is excellent. Seems like a coffee beer - huge coffee flavor. Dark chocolate, roast, and lots of earth as well. Fairly thin on the palate with drying roastiness. Drinkable and very tasty. Thanks, Arby.

18-Dec-11 (22-oz bottle: Purchased 17-Feb-11 for $5.49 at John’s Marketplace in Portland, OR)
If you like a chocolaty beer, this one’s really gonna hit the spot! It’s as chocolaty as any beer I’ve tried, medium-sweet, slightly earthy, moderately roasty, some coffee. The nose is equally chocolaty, smelling like cocoa and fudge, but also a bit earthy. Full-bodied, creamy, and richly textured on the palate without seeming heavy. Carbonation is a bit lower than medium, but this allows the rich and creamy mouthfeel to shine without any interference of prickly bubbles. Medium-dark brown with ruddy highlights, clear in appearance, with an inch of tan head that settles to a wide ring while leaving a fair amount of intricate lacing on the glass. Overall, it’s not a complex beer by any measure, but what it does, it does well. It might fall under the "guilty pleasure" category.

Bomber from Belmont Station. Super dark brown in color, with a light beige head. Rich fudge in the aroma with some dry toasty and roasty malt. The flavor is creamy and smooth with sweet chocolate and light hops. Borders on being to sweet and one-dimensionally chocolatey, but I still dig it. Full bodied and smooth. While I could see this being better with a more complete fermentation, I still dug it as-is.

Beefy smoky aroma, Dank yo! chewy slick body, tobacco and espresso, warming heat, dark fruits, inky.