Ocean Porter

Draught @ [ Den Tatoverede Enke, Copenhagen, Denmark ].
Clear dark black color with a average to large, creamy, excellent lancing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt, hay, moderate hoppy, grass, spruce, smoke - peat. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Bitternes is burnt malt and peat. Body is light to medium, texture is oily - watery, carbonation is soft. (130608)

Bottle at 3 Små Rum, Gothenburg. Pours a clear, almost black body under a small, beige head. Coffeeish and roasted aroma with some fruity hops and a little licorice. A quite pleasant aroma, but maybe a bit on the roasted side. The flavor follows the same path, with coffee and roasted malt and a little licorice. Dry in the mouth, and with a long coffee-bitter and roasted finish. The beer is quite nice, but a bit one-dimentional. I respect the brewers wish to focus on the malts, keeping the hops at a low level, but I like my porters more fruity and hoppy. (080709)

Bottle@3 Små Rum, Göteborg. Big bubbely two-finger chocolate head. Opaque dark brown body. Predominant cocoa aroma along with a scent of mild coffee and dryish dark malts. Much of the same flavorwise, with notes of roast and licorice, and a very mild hop bitterness. Light to medium body. A bit watered down mouthfeel. Dry, light bitter ending.

Thinnish creamy dark beige head. Opaque black body goes dark brown at edges. Roasty chocolatey aroma with malty notes. Dry-sweet roasty burnt chocolate and coffee taste with alcohol notes. Slightly hollow mouthfeel. Dry, long aftertaste of same with pine needle hops. Excellent! (0.3l draft at the Rover, Göteborg.)

Tap at DentatoveredeEnke, Copenhagen. Black with a cremy beige foam. Aroma & taste is roasted malts. Caramel, coffee & quite ashy taste. Little too thin palate & too sweet & buttery! OK