2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Thick darker beige head. Black in colour. Sweet and malty in scent with a hint of apple. A bit light in body, sweet tasting, too sweet. Good in small doses, but that’s it.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Roasted malt aroma, fairly dark roasted, accompanied by a little chocolate. Dark brown color with a transient tan head. Starts malty sweet, followed by really dark roasted flavors, something of a molasses character. Suggestions of dark fruit, but not finding chocolate. Rather full mouthfeel. The finish is mostly malt residue, not finding any bitter. Although there is a chocolate character remaining!
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a deep brown color with a light brown head. Aroma is malty, roasty, and chocolate malts. Flavor is of roasted malts with notes of chocolate.
1.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
The aroma is floral and sweet with hints of vinegar and burn malt. The appearance is dark brown with a small head. The flavor is like the aroma and not too good but there are subtle hints of chocolate and roasted malts. The palate is thin with an acidic, cardboard aftertaste. This is either a very bad beer or a very stale one and I am inclined to believe the former.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured a clear dark ruby color with a thin beige head. Sweet and fruity roasted malt. Just a hint of chocolate. Roasty malt with a mix of dark fruits and chocolate. Very tasty. Medium to full bodied.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours deep mahogany into an English pint. Mocha pancake head slowly recedes to skim surface. Tangy coffee aromas. Thin and sour with a lasting sweet espresso finish. Burning alcohol. Then I had some sausage -- points go way up...
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a very dark clear brown with ruby highlights. Aroma of roasted malt, licorice, caramel, alcohol, and light notes of chocolate. Taste is sweet, roasty, alcohol, and licorice with hints of bittersweet chocolate. Med-full silky and oily mouthfeel with medium bitterness. A touch of harsh fusel alcohol but not to bad. Overall a tasty Baltic Porter.
1.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 4/20
From a 500ml bottle. There are damn few bottles of beer that I can’t drink in their entirety. This is one of them. The label says ‘porter” But this is not a porter. This is an imperial stout. Thick, sickly sweet, metallic taste had me pouring out the remainder (an action I hate to take with any beer that costs as much as this does).
At least I can say I’ve had a beer from Poland and cross this off my list from the Great Beer Guide pg 342!
Jackson says this ambiguous porter/imperial stout has ‘medicinal character’. Yeah, so does Robotussin.
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