3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark brown with a reddish hew. Little white head. Aroma of roasted malts (caramel malts). Little chocolate. Medium carbonation. filling in the mouth with little creamy feel. Slight bitter finish. Pleasant slight above average porter.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
500ml bottle pours dark brown with ruby highlights and a nice tan head that stays well and laces in weblike patterns on the glass.. Aromas of caramel and light chocolate. Flavor is quite sweet. Lots of caramel, some semisweet chocolate, and some raisins. Palate is good creamy and smooth. Lots of carbonation. Pretty nice and I think underrated!
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours dark brown with red edges and a good beige head. Quite high carbonated for a porter. The aroma is basically caramel and som malty sweetness. Taste is a complex mix of coffee, caramel, slight bitterness... quite good actually.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a dark nut brown with a creamy tan head and medium retention/lacing. Caramel to the nose, with some bittersweet chocolate and possible cherry essence. Roasted grain, slight bitterness (ever-so), light sweetness (indicative of style), and a bit of a medium roasted coffeebean finish. Good brew, a bit better than middle of the road, imho. Nothing to write home about, but nothing to scoff at, either.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Blackish colour with a medium creamy mostly lasting head. Aroma and taste of chocolate and coffee. Good palate.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
caramel, toffee, and heavy nuts in the nose. poured way too carbonated, but given that there was a surprising smoothness in the palate. not dark at all, none of my well-trained friends picked up that this was a porter. i mean, dark, but hardly opaque. mostly a dark red/brown with enormous dark head. smelled reasonable and indeed the taste was decent too. lots of alcohol, a sweetness that wasn’t fooling anybody. 500ml was too much, but the first 12oz were good.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Port winish aroma, with a unique taste that bridges classic porter-stout bitterness with a belgian sweetness. Port wine notes in the finish
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Quite different from the other two Baltic Porters I’ve had (Baltika 6 & Carnegie), this one poured a ruby red-brown color with a large head (that turned into strong lacing). The aroma was hard to discern and somewhat week. However the flavor was rather malty, sweet and fruity (figs, prunes, and some raisins - the dark fruits). Alcohol was detectable in the flavor, but enjoyable. Mouthfeel was nicely carbonated, medium body, and not grainy like the other two Baltics I had. Heck, throw some candy sugar in there, and you’re pretty close to a Belgian dubbel.
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