3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
This pours a thick dark brown and turns into an oily black in the glass. It’s head is slender, tan, and soon gone. It smells of dark, lightly roasted malts, anise, caramel, chocolate, and dark dried fruits. The mouthfeel is thick, rich, creamy, and slightly hot. The roasted malts become more prominent in the flavor. Smoothly blended in are tastes of powdery cocoa, licorice, raisins and prunes, and an alcohol presence that grows as the beer warms. The finish is hot & sticky. A very nice Baltic Porter from Germany, one worth repeating. <font size=-4><a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp? Tuck Wines, Sprirts, & Beverages, Peoria, IL<font size=-1>
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
pours an inky black color, small mocha colored head. Very smooth and rich, chocolate, licorice and a sort of figgy taste as well. Some alcohol is evident as well. Really good porter.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours pitch black with a fully receding tan head. Aroma of licorice, candy, and chocolate. Taste is dark malt, cocoa, licorice, and foamy chocolate. Mouthfeel is full bodied with smooth carbonation. Very rich and tasty. A quite impressive porter from Germany.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
The aroma of this beer is of raisins and molasses. It’s lightly carbonated with a thin head. Malt, sweet, it has quite a lot of raisin flavor in it.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
From a 500 ml. narrow neck bottle with a freshness date that is too scratched up to read, short blurb on the back label.
Poured a porter black with a small tan head.
Aromas of dark fruits and raisins, molasses, caramel and a light alcohol.
Good, even, moderate carbonation and a softly crisp, smooth medium bodied mouthfeel.
Tastes of dark fruits and chocolate covered raisins, molasses, caramel toffee, plum flavored alcohol, a very light hop bitterness towards the end and a roasted chocolate, coffee malt finish with a lingering plum fruitiness.
A decent Baltic Porter, not a great one, but still very drinkable.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Best by 12/07/04. Black with brown edges and a thin tan film on top. Flavor and aroma of a roasted dark chocolate milkshake. Just a hint of vinegar on the finish. Medium body is a bit thin due to the age, smooth. Very nice, even if it is past its prime.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A German porter? I’m game for anything. Black pour with a fairly large tan head. Nice lacing and head retention. Aroma is caramel, chocolate, licorice. Creamy and slick mouthfeel with very low carbonation, sweet finish. Light acidity is in the back though. Got harder to drink by the end... hard to explain but basically the acidity and the sweetness combined.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, shared with NachlamSie. Pours dark mahogany with small tan head. The aroma has lots of toffee, along with notes of caramel and wood, and a little bit of chocolate. The flavor is chocolate, toffee, hints of oak, and maybe a little bit of smoke. Some molasses and maple syrup type sweetness develops after a while. The finish is sweet, but leaves an ashy aftertaste. This actually reminds me a lot of a strong schwarzbier rather than my conception of a Baltic porter. But it’s still tasty.
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