2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
500 ml bottle. BB 25.04.2011. From Lithuania.
Dark reddish brown colour with small off-white head.
Dark fruits, sugary sweetness, dark maltiness and molasses in aroma.
Darker malt, sugary sweetness, some bitterness and molasses in flavour.
This is not Porter, it’s more like Dunkler Bock. Thin.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
500ml bottle in a shaker. Pours brown with a beige head. Aroma of darker malts, toffee, and some banana. Possibly a bad bottle. It has a decent flavor, but it seems to be lacking what a lot of porters have as far as rich malts. Not that great.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle... probably 2-3 years old... been in my fridge for at least one. Pours a somewhat murky tootsie-roll brown with no head. Aroma is doughy and sweet, rich grassy, light alcohol, vinous. Flavor follows, one dimensional, rich grassy malts, tootsie-roll like chocolate, reminds me of my baltic porter attempt, doppelbock/dunkel like, rich finish. Flat with soft sizzling carbonation, not sticky but lightly syrupy.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Brown pour with a roasted chocolate aroma. Taste is nuts and fruit. It was just ok for me.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours clear reddish brown color with tan head. Caramel malt aroma with some fruitines. Moderately sweet caramel flavor with some raisins and plums. Slightly toasted malts. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a dark brownish red with a thick foamy tan head.
It smells fantastic, like a dessert, with hints of cinnamon roll, chocolate frosting, spices, dark fruits, and a lot of syrupy sweetness.
The taste follows the smell, just a decadent chocolaty, molasessy, desertlike flavor. The alcohol is there but it melds beautifully with the flavor. It is sweet, but not cloying. The moutchfeel is thick, but right on for this style.
This one is pretty good, I like most of the baltic porters out there, this one is unique in a way, but I don’t think it is the best example, but it is a good worthy one.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 12-12-2009 00:01:19
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Typical sweet-sour molasses and iron and blood. A little thin. A great easy to obtain first course in Baltics. Smells good too, just not a world-beater.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle pours dark brown fairly clear color with thick foamy tan head that hung around a while. Aroma sweet malts. Taste really the strong point with sweet malts, caramel, and little dark fruit, nuts and roast. Roast comes out more as it warms. Palate a little thin as compared to other Baltics and carbonated. Finish brief mild roast. Alcohol not evident.
This is a good Baltic porter and I’m surprised it’s not rated a little higher. I enjoyed it and it’s certainly a good value.
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