Ølfabrikken Porter

Brewed by Bryggeriet Ølfabrikken (Gourmetbryggeriet - Harboe)
Style: Baltic Porter
Roskilde, Denmark

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

Thanks to rbald42 for hooking me up with this one. Pours a very dark brown with a very nice tan head with a nice amount of lacing. Smell is loads of chocolate, bits of coffee, roasted malt, slight smoke, and a bit of hops. Taste is very similar with a good amount of residual sugar coming through atop the dominant chocolate flavor. Nice medium mouthfeel and good drinkability. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 02-14-2010

22oz bottle in a snifter. Pours very dark brown with a tan, lacy head. Aroma of chocolate, dark fruits, alcohol. Flavor very complex, with the rich chocolate, roasted malts, and dark fruit flavors combining nicely. A long finish, rich texture, and a nice masking of the alcohol. A great porter, and it lives up to the expectations.

THOUGHTS: Good God, this was heavenly. It was like alcoholic, chilled, mocha coffee. This could almost be considered a Baltic Porter. It became more and more fruity as it warmed. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark brown that look opaque, black in the glass with reddish, amber at the very edges. It had an average, light brown head that mostly diminished, but left good lacing. The aroma was heavy roasted malt, chocolate, strong coffee and chocolate syrup; soy sauce, plum, black cherry, fig, dark and sour fruit, and slight alcohol. The initial flavor was light to moderately sweet and slightly bitter; while the finish was very sweet, slightly sour and lightly bitter with a fairly long duration. There was chocolate, coffee, dar and sour fruit, caramel, molasses, roasted malt, brown sugar, burnt malt, maple syrup, slight soy sauce and tobacco. The medium to full body was silky and then dry with slightly fizzy carbonation and a dry and slightly alcoholic finish.

Solid brown, dark as they get, with a roasted tan head on top. Promising look. Huge roast in the nose, rich chocolate, caramel, molasses, licorice, vast and vastly appealing...very much in line with an Imperial / Baltic Porter / Stout. Big in the mouth, and instantly swelling with this rich, chocolate-y flavor, made dense and delicious. A touch sweet, then dry, then this, then that. Interesting graph on the label, actually, one I’ve never seen anywhere else. Five squares, from light to robust, filled up to #4. Then, 5 squares, from mild to bitter, filled to #3. Finally, from dry to sweet, all the way to #5. I’d agree with them all except #3...it’s a big, malty thing, and tasty, but not the ultimate degree of sweetness. Wait, ...maybe it is, actually... It is as sweet as I like an Imperial Stout/Porter and maybe as bitter, too, but not quite as rich and full, we could go a little further, I think. **cough! ahem** DArkness! If nothing else, and that’s a big IF, for a beer this good, this is definitely the best Danish beer I’ve ever had. And the most expensive. But, ...worth it? (I paid about $7 for the bottle.) I’m leaning on "yes". Sweet, yes, robust, yes, and richly rewarding. Dang, this is good stuff. Thumbs up all the way!

Bottle pours a jet black beer with a nice brown head. Wonderful roasted malt scent with notes of chocolate, sugar and caramel. Fantastic taste of dark chocolate, malts and a hint of coffee. Slick feel. Very nice!

Tap @ Gastropub Nordic. Rated @ 16.4.2010.
Beautiful black colour with a massive off-white creamy head. Complex aroma of roastiness and sweet caramel. The taste is very roasty with fruit, malt, chocolate and coffee notes. Sweet and slightly dry finish. Awesome Porter.

UPDATED: NOV 21, 2010 Draught. Black with a large porous (almost dirt-) brown head. Aroma: fruits berries, chocolate, wine gums. taste: wine gums, berries, licorice, milk chocolate, with a medium grapefruit bitterness. Medium-bodied, smooth mouthfeel. The aftertaste has some wet wool (?). A nice one.

Beautiful black beer with a tan thin head. Nice burnt smokey aroma. Light carbonation but distinct. Tastes almost like an imperial stout. Excellent selection.