Neuzeller Porter

Brewed by Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle
Style: Baltic Porter
Neuzelle, Germany

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

500 ml bottle, via alldaydrinker. Pours a clear dark brown body with a minimal wispy beige head that ran to the edges of the glass quickly. The nose is heavy roast, coffee, licorice, and a little alcohol. The flavor is roasty and chocolaty up front with some dark fruit and a moderate risidual sweetness. A minimal amount of alcohol and huskiness. Mouthfeel is fairly thick and oily in texture with nice minimal soft carbonation. Very mouthcoating on the finish. Overall, pretty good, but not among my favorite Baltics.

Black/brown with a weak head. The aroma has notes of coffee and roasted malt. The mouthfeel is quit full, but rather flat. The flavour is strong and nice, and very stout-like. It has notes of coffee and bitter chocolate and a limited sweetness. Atypical for at scwartzbier - but I really like it, the best of it’s kind until now.

I really liked this porter. It starts sweet and finishes sweet with almost no hop profile. Not very complex, but full flavored, good tasting,and easily drinkable. Low carbonation.

Black in colour with low carbonation and almost no head??? Aromas of molasses, cheap chocolates, mild stewed fruit, and a bit of roasted malt. Sweet vanilla chocolate flavors dominate the palate. It’s very sweet, and the roasted malts provide almost no balance. Slick in the mouth. Even with all of its faults, it grew on me a bit. Still a bit problematic.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3     Light Brown(1)->Pitch Black(5) : 3     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 2   Off-White(1)->Dark Brown(5) : 2   Lasting: 2   Lacing : 2   Nitro : XX
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : 2   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Ink : XX   Tar : XX   Olives : XX   DMS : XX
Malt : 3   Biscuity : 2   Burnt Toast : XX   Caramel : 2   Nuts : XX   Pumpernickel : XX   Cereals : 3   Coffee : XX   Dark Chocolate : 2   Vanilla : XX   Grapes : XX   Blackberries : XX   Cherries : XX
Hops : 1   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : XX   Floral : XX   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes :   Earth : 2   Wood : XX   Mint : XX   Smoke : XX   Soy : XX   Bourbon : XX   Anise : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Sourness : XX   Lactic : XX   Bitterness : 1   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : 2   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Hopless, very sweet (brown sugar) porter with little body, little carbo and a general tendency towards lifelessness.

Pours dark brown with a tan head. Smells of chocolate, coffee, pepper, some spice and earthy hints. Tastes of caramel, chocolate, some bitter hints, elements of dark fruit. Mouthfeel is thick and malty. Finish is sweet. Nice!

500ml bottle. English Pint. Pitch black with a thin dark brown head. Aroma - roast malt. Taste was fairly sweet and mainly smokey roast malt, caramel and cocoa. Perhaps a touch of vinegar as well.

Bottle. Black colour with large creamy light brown mostly lasting head. Aroma is roasted malt. Sweet flavor with notes of caramel and liquorice. Oily palate.