Pisgah Cosmos

Brewed by Pisgah Brewing Company
Style: Baltic Porter
Black Mountain, North Carolina USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

Pours a deep, dark brown with a thin, lingering, creamy head. The aroma is exactly what I expected based on the description on the bottle: chocolate and dark roasted malt sweetness of a Baltic Porter but with the Belgian yeast adding a little something different. The flavor is a bit more skewed towards the chocolate flavors but with that yeasty tang underneath. The combination is something like a quad that used more roasted malts than usual, but with a candy-sweet finish develops as the beer warms.

750mL Bottle. Big aroma of strong roast, plums and caramel. Pours a tawny mahogany brown, with a coffee-colored head. Flavors are a little odd, I don’t dig the Belgian strain on top of this and am really not sure how it can be a Baltic Porter. The roast is decent, but oxidation plays an unfortunate role this early in the game. Texture is very dry and airy. This is a decent dry Belgian Stout, but wanting a Baltic Porter, I’m a bit let down.

2008 vintage bottle. Even with pouring slowly, this guy fizzed up like crazy with big champagne bubbles. I was afraid that it’d settle to little head, but instead it worked its way down to a perfect thin, white coating that lasted till the last drop. There was mild clouding in a reddish-dark brown color. Nose of yeast, toast, maple syrup, and alcohol. It initially struck me as similar to an American interpretation of a quad, then I was hit with the malty, fruity flavors of a dark porter. It’s a unique style bender and an extremely enjoyable one. The contrasting flavors had melded wonderfully and the alcohol was all but unnoticeable in the mouth-feel and flavor. Great stuff.

courtesy of cartdan pours dark brown, mocha head, golden lacing. aroma and flavor, chocolate and caramel malts, dark chocolate, cocoa nibs, thin oat palate and a dash of dark fruits with a cocoa powder finish.

Bottle shared at a BeerAdvocate tasting. Dark reddish-brown color with an off-white head. Aroma is roasted malt and Belgian yeast. Flavor is pretty sweet with roasted malt, dark fruits, and a little caramel. Medium body.

Bottled. A brown beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt and wood as well as lighter notes of roasted malt. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of roasted malt as well as lighter notes of alcohol and wood. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.

Thanks to Ethan for this one! Vintage Early 2008. Dark brown with garnet undertones. Fluffy tan head and spotty lace. Fruit and belgian yeast on the nose. Light to medium bodied which was nice considering the time of year I decided to pop it. Light roast, dark fruit, yeast, and coffee

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of brentfeesh. Pours a dark brown with a reddish hue and a light brown head. Aroma of fruit and dried fruit. Medium body, lightly tart fruit and roasted malt with some dried fruit accents also. Some alcohol in the finish. 290509