Okocim Porter

Carlsberg Polska
Brewed at Okocim (Carlsberg Polska)
Style: Baltic Porter
Warszawa, Poland

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

Deep dark brown-black color. Frothy off-white head. Chocolate and fruity sweet notes that finished really nicely. My favorite Baltic-styled porter to date!

500ml. Bottle $1.99 Herman’s Package Liquor Okocim Porter poured a deep garnet, the only way of knowing this is holding it to the light. Otherwise it’s a dark brown to black. There are glowing ruby highlights around the glass when held to the light. When poured a 1+ finger head formed that faded to a slim cap but left lacing as it receded. Look promising. The smell is pretty deep and dark. Starts off with a sweetness from raisins aqnd is quickly followed by brown sugar and a drizzling of molasses. Smells sweet but is nicely balanced. In no way cloying. There are toasted grains and the slightest touch of alcohol bringing up the rear. Very nice. Now the most important aspect. The taste has many of the same qualities as the smell. The raisins are in the flavor as well along with big brown sugar flavor. The brown sugar brings to mind the mixture of that and cream on top of oatmeal, minus the oatmeal. Deep toasted grains and every now and then I even pick up milk chocolate, not much but a little. All these sweet flavors but somehow it’s not sweet or cloying. I have a hard time deciding between a 4.5 and a 5. It’s that good. Mouthfeel is as close to perfect as the taste. It’s medium bodied but leaning toward the heavier side. The mild carbonation makes the beer move sluggishly through my mouth letting every flavor make the rounds. Very nicely done. Drinkability is good for a higher abv beer that this is. More to enjoy during the cold weather months than warm but good either way. I could easily sip these all night long. For some reason I wasn’t expecting this beer to be as good as it is. What a nice surprise. So far one of the best porters I have ever had. Everything goes together so well. At $1.99 for a 500ml this is a steal. I will pick this up this anytime I see it. 12/30/06

Rated 9/22/06: Sweet vs. bitter, good battle great porter. There’s something about this that captivates me. Not what I’m used to this bottle kept me intrigued. Nice roasty aroma with a powerful sweetness reminiscent of dark fruits. Pour is nice and medium dark with a great tan head and lots of visually wonderful lacing. Moderately thin compared to American porter standards but very creamy and fullfilling afterwards. Interesting flavor, really sweet considering but it works nicely. There is almost a port quality here. Bitter and amazingly sweet this one is very good.

Way too sweet. I am really starting to believe that America is the beer capital of the world. We didnt invent it, we just perfected it! I had high hopes for this beer but it stuck in my mouth and took several glasses of water to thin in out! wont try again - even if it free!

UPDATED: SEP 5, 2007 Black pour, small almond head. Aroma of mollasses and roasted malts. Taste is chocolate malts with a touch of roasted malts, lots of caramel malts, and a blast of sugary sweetness, mollasses. Pretty sweet with some dark fruits as well, lots of sugar but balanced with the chocolate malts, a touch of cofee in the finish and more rich sweetness, medium mouthfeel, warming alcohol. This was an awesome beer.

Aroma:chocolate-fudge,lightn utty... Apperance:Dark brown,good head... Flavor:Chocolate,fudge,nutty...good..

Bottle. Medium sized tan fizzy head that mostly diminished, poor amount of lacing, semi-opaque, visible carbonation on the sides of the mug, and a dark brown with a hint of ruby for the hue. Nose was malty, semi-sweet and chocolate. Flavor was semi-sweet, malty, chocolate, mildly vinuous, and somewhat thick tasting. Mouthfeel was fairly smooth and somewhat thick. Medium body. Decent for the style, quaffable, goes down smooth. Worthy of a try.

Large light brown head of medium sized bubbles. Minimal carbonation. Soft malt and milk chocolate aroma with some sweetness. Bit of roastynes also. Color is a very dark brown. Sweet and roasty flavor. Some soy sauce, milk chocolate again, brown sugar and toasted marshmallow. Sweet and creamy in the mouth. Finishes smooth and sweet. Light alcohol presence. A decent baltic porter but a little on the sweet side.