The Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter

Brewed by The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Style: Baltic Porter
Farmville, North Carolina USA

Dark brown with no head but good lacing. the aroma was fruity: smelling of dates and cherries with hints of tar, yeast, licorice and chocolate. Bitter throughout. Medium-full bodied with a syrupy texture. A very good beer, but not quite my style.

The aroma of the beer is amazing - smells like tropical fruit with a hint of dark pitted fruits (plums, raisins). One can also smell hints of tar and RED, yes i do mean RED licorice. It is a bit yeasty to the nose as well. It pours with virtually no head and the body hue is dark brown. The initial flavor is lightly sweet, but heavily yeasty. The finish is a bit salty. All in all though, the beer goes down smooth. The body feels medium to full on the palate, and the texture is syrupy. The carbonation is soft. I really enjoyed this beer! A great ending to a great night!

Bottle thanks to ucusty. Pours thick, with a small, off-white head. Very dark brown body. Aroma of dark fruits, tar, liccorice, cherry, yeast and chocolate. Taste is yeasty, with some initial soy sauce, then chocolate, butter scotch, some oxidation as well. Syrupy with light bubbles.

12oz Bottle. Berry heavy roast aroma, combining with clean alcohols, rich brandy-like complexity and all around malty delight. Pours deep black, with a blackberry liquor corner and a rim in deep tan. Flavor develops deeply. This is rather remarkable. The qualities of this beer are rather diffuse. It’s got fantastic roast character, great alcohol nuances, good caramel maltiness, and a crispness that keeps it lively. Fruitiness rises from the roast, alcohol or lagering. Although, the yeast product profile seems more ale-like, which might make this unusually complex. Palate is bright, crisp, dry and balanced. Nice beer. It’s got some of the quite complexity that demands a more deft palate to completely appreciate, but the roast character melds with alcohol and fruit so well to make this stunning at any level. Thanks for sharing Piper!

Thanks Santa! Very dark brown/black opaque, head foamed up full but dissipated quickly. Huge rich roasty aroma with some dark chocolate, and a chocolate milkiness. Flavor is also heavily roasted, full soft velvety with a dark bittersweet chocolate finish. Rockin!

Bottle. Pours a black beer with a brown head. Sweet chocolate roasty smoked malt. Nice etoh soft mouthfeel. Very good.

Black with a good tan head. Nice roasty & earthy flavors. Slight alcohol at the finish, but not too much. Not sure if I like it more than their regular porter, but it’s close. Can’t drink quite as many of them as the standard.

Sample via piscator- been wanting to try this for awhile- thanks Kris! Pours very dark, little head or lacing. Nose- powerful nose with many flavours hitting the nose- spice and plums , smoke and roast. Taste- full bodied and vinous. Little bit boozy in a good way. Black licorce, oak and roasty malts. Smooth drinkiing that coats the mouth on the way down. nice stuff