Ølfabrikken Porter

It poured a pitch black liquid with a small light brown foam. Smell and taste of chocolate, soy sauce, burned and sweet. Nice!

500 ml bottle at Pikkulintu. Appears pitch black with thick brown head. Dark chocolate, coffee and liquorice in the aroma. Flavour has a lot of roasted malt with associated elements of coffee, dark chocolate, dark sugar and even some smoke. Nice, smooth palate. Definitely one of the best porters I’ve tasted.

Serving: 22.3 oz. bottle. Appearance: Pitch black color with a huge, dense, creamy, brown head. Great head retention. This one looks damn good. Aroma: It has a huge nose you can smell as soon as you open the beer. Chocolate, dark roasted malt, licorice, a bit of smoke, slight vinous notes, and brown sugar. I could sit here and smell this all day. Flavor: Robust and roasty without being overpowering. That is a tough one to pull off. Earthy with some flint notes, brown sugar, some smoke, a light vinous notes that emerges more as the beer warms, coffee, and light chocolate notes. Wow! Very complex stuff. Palate: Rich and smooth. Medium low, smooth carbonation works nicely. A rich and viscous mouthfeel with a medium, roasty finish. Overall: It’s been awhile since I’ve had a beer wow me like this. While I am usually skeptical of the high percentile beers, this one lives up to the hype. I am not quite sure it is a porter, but I am sure not complaining. What is is fantastic!

Frothy brown head when poured. There is an aroma of dark chocolates. The flavor is a sweet chocolate malt, which lingers with a fruity-oaken aftertaste. Smooth and very good.

Bottle from Village Beer Merchant in Buffalo. I never thought I’d get my hands on this but I saw it and had to get it. Pours a pitch black opaque body with a smaller brown head with some light lacing. Aroma is sweet chocolate, licorice, smoke all the while blending with roasted caramel malts and slight coffee. Flavor is a great balance of sweet caramel and dark chocolate with roasted malts, but not too overpowering. Smooth, creamy medium bodied mouthfeel. Long lingering aftertaste. Alcohol is nowhere to be found. Very solid porter which exemplifies the style perfectly IMO.

Can 33 cl at Tre små rum Göteborg 2009-10-14, had a wee sip after a lot o other beers... firly nice porter!

Very good Porter with a big ashy, roasted malt character. This beer isn’t too big or dramatic, but it nails the porter flavor profile (ok, maybe it’s somewhat stout-ish) and hits appropriately hard for the Baltic sub-style. The beer pours black and opaque. The edges barely show a sliver of dark brown. The head is a relatively dark tan-brown that dissipates a bit more rapidly than I’d like. The aroma is primarily sweet and roasty. There’s a touch of burnt molasses and cigar/tobacco flavor. The flavor has a big ashy component with a lot of roasted malt. The finish might have a touch of hops, but it’s hard to tell under all that malt. The malt is really the star and brings flavors of licorice, burnt caramel and molasses in addition to the roast. The feel is nice and creamy but gets a tad astringent for me. I’m not sure if the comparison is apt, but I recently had Beer Here’s Mørke Pumpernickel Porter made by a former Ølfabrikken brewer, and it’s probably the only porter I prefer to this one. The mouthfeel really pushes the Beer Here beer over the top. At any rate, they’re both great beers.

Bottle Pours a good deep brown with a bubbly tan head which leaves quickly then holds its own a top the beer. Produces some good lacing. Has a good aroma of roast, coffee, alcohol, caramel, and chocolate. Has a good carbonation. The flavor is great, Very robust and hearty. I had this on a cool fall night and was the perfect beer for the season. Blended well. You can taste all the aromas. Has a good oily texture. This one is full bodied. The finish is excellent and the aftertaste is great. This is an awesome beer.