Nørrebro Skärgaards Porter

Brewed by Nørrebro Bryghus
Style: Porter
København, Denmark

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Bottle. Medium sized fizzy tan head that mostly diminished, mostly opaque black body, one ring of lacing, and very little carbonation observed. The aroma is roasty, chocolate, coffee, some nuttiness, and malty. The flavor is malty, roasty, licorice, coffee, chocolate, some dark fruits, hint of bitterness, and a dry finish. The mouthfeel is smooth and this is a medium bodied porter. Overall, this is a very quaffable beer, I enjoyed the taste of it, worthy of a try, and a beer I would drink again.

Pours a very deep dark brown, almost black with only the faintest of mahogany edges when held to a light source. Completely opaque with a two finger frothy beige head that slowly fades into a lasting ring. Roasted malt aroma with hints of chocolate, caramel, oatmeal, nut, toffee, toast, honey, molasses and subtle hops. The deep roasted scent is nicely balanced by the sweetness of the cocoa and honey. Smokey roasted malt flavor with hints of coffee, chocolate, toffee, oatmeal, hazelnut and toast. The sweetness of the honey, as well as the chocolate, provide a nice balance to the deep roasted malt profile. The mouthfeel is not as thick as I hoped with the addition of honey. It basically has the same feel as an average porter and it seems as if the honey has an affect just on the flavor, adding sweetness. Slight hop presence in the finish providing a very slight bitter dry finish. Well balanced and easy drinking with no trace of alcohol heat. Decent.

This dark brown porter poured with a foamy tan head and a roasted malt and coffee aroma. There is a rich malt flavor with lots of coffee and chocolate and a bit of treacle.

600 ml bottle. Finland. BB 25.08.09. Dark black/red brown colour with small tan head. Roasted malt, bitter hops, liquorice and coffee in aroma. Roasted malt, coffee, liquorice in flavour and some hoppy bitterness in aftertaste.

Poured dark brown/black, creamy, roasted malts, chocolate, nutty, little coffe, little licorice.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a large sized head of foamy brown colored bubbles that were and left behind a semi-opaque typically carbonated dark ruby red brown colored body and thick foamy lacing. The mild aroma was sweet. The mildly vinous smooth mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The mild flavor contained notes of mildly vinous dark malt and brown malt. A decent one that I would consider buying again.

Bottle - Pours deep black with a huge bubbly tan head. Smells of licorice, honey, and lactose. It’s sweet and a bit boozy. Tastes smokier and roastier than it smells, and bitters nicely in the finish, but never really develops a personality. It’s more muddled than complex, though there are some interesting flavors in there. Feels good in the mouth, though the aftertaste of old coffee grounds leaves something to be desired.

as the morning unfolds i find more things to tell me i may have gone a bit crazy last night, why was my wallet in the freezer? why was there so much cash in it? why were my sandals under my pillow? what exactly caused the pain in my back on the lower right hand side? i can figure out why i had a bloody nose, but the rest is up for debate. but the good news, i apparently spent an asston on beer last night. i do not need to leave the house, and i have a local pizza joint in my contacts of my phone, and i know where my phone is, keys, no, phone, yes. oh yeah, this smells great. strong chocolate, sweet and inviting, burning coffee notes, chocolate flavor with a bit of a thin mouthfeel, and an aggressive roast note. starts to get to tasting like a burned twig after a while. the lack of body is a bit of a negative, a cashew flavor is in there and i like that, a decent enough porter to settle my thoughts during the first few innings of the cubs game. the head on this sucker sticks around til the end. chocolate emerges late, and gets a more nutting, but more burnt flavor also, smells like greatness, drinks pretty good. 5 9 6 2 12

Bottle at the GBBF Bar Sans Frontiers Earl’s Court, London 08/08/2007 Roast aroma. Dark and smoked with some alcohol present. A little dryness in a crisp burnt roast finish.

Bottle from Monument in Concord, CA. Pours ruby, but it’s opaque brown in the glass. Head is sort of fizzy tan. Aroma has a strange veg note. Otherwise it’s chocolate, coffee and really dark roasted malt. Full bodied and creamy carbonated. This stuff is really full of flavor. Approaching old fashioned linoleum paste. Which is not a bad thing; sniffing that made me what I am today. Very smooth. Thick. Dried apricots and dates. Coffee. Chocolate. Label says brewed with honey. ??? Don’t get that. Suddenly it seems that anise dominates, then it doesn’t seem that way. Maybe anise was the strange veg aroma. This stuff is really complex, and I state that it is incredibly underrated. So there! By the way, was there a question as to whether flavor requires high ABV? This is the answer.