 ksurkin (356), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Oct 16, 2009 bomber from grape & gourmet. pours a deep, dark, translucent brown with a half inch khaki head and solid lacing. aroma is very nice with sweet roasted malts, toffee, vinous red fruits, and notes of plum, molasses, and smoked meat. flavor is very good as well with loads of sweet toffee and butterscotch candy up front with fruity notes of tart red apple, plum, raisin, and fig backed by notes of roasted coffee, nuts, and rum cake. palate is smooth and nicely carbonated by maybe a bit thin for a beer this big but leaves a lingering, roasted finish. overall, a very nice baltic porter.
ChazMania (408), Pasadena, California, USA
Oct 13, 2009 Bomber. Pour was a bit fizzy, but not much of a head retention. The aroma is great, big coffee and toffee wafts. Flavor is good with the malty roast beans right up front. Not sure if I have sampled many ’baltic porters’ but for this cold blustery rainy day, this is really hitting the spot.
brewski519 (395), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
Oct 12, 2009 Sampled at WFB in Durham - my first brew of the day and one of my favorite. Poured a reddish brown and had a nose of sweet malt, fruit, toffee and some caramel. Nice smooth rich flavor of malt, toffee and berry. This was a great beer that I am going to try again in a greater volume than just a couple ounce tasting and very much looking forward to it.
boFNjackson (1233), Portland, Oregon, USA
Oct 7, 2009 Bottle... Poured dark brown with a red highlight and a moderate, tan head. Roasted aroma. The lager yeast was very prominent in this one. Had good roasted, nutty flavors and dark malts. An overall light, easy drinking baltic porter.
cmonster (74), Portland, Oregon, USA
Oct 6, 2009 Pours dark brown with a huge beige head. Roasty nose and an even more roasted flavor. Char, toffee, and alcohol. Medium body, watery, and little carbonation. The finish lingers on and on. Not bad, not great.
DaSilky1 (1933), San Diego, California, USA
Oct 2, 2009 Pours a dark smokey quartz brown, glimmering red in some light, just a ring of white on top. Nose is nutty with lagery yeast tones and stale-like hops. Syrupy molassis, nuts, and astringent nut skins in the finish. Authentic tasting like all those other mediocre baltic porters from balticland or whathaveyou...Compared to the Alaskan Baltic Porter I had last night, this sucks. The combination of syrupy maltiness, the harsh astringent nature of the yeast, the unwelcoming stale hoppiness..just doesnt cut it. It’s rather boozy too in a unrefined way.
kwerikson (65), burlington, New Jersey, USA
Oct 1, 2009 poured really dark amber with a thick frothy head that was of white in color. there is some nice lacing and the head fell after about 3 minutes. it is very thick and full bodied with a magnitude of flavors through out the whole beer. it is chocolaty sweet in the begining and finishes very clean in the end. nice beer.
stefanje (937), (Santee) San Diego, California, USA
Sep 24, 2009 650 ml bottle from Bev4less. Pours an opaque black color with a small beige head. The aroma is moderate in strength with burnt barley, licorice and a hint of alcohol. The taste features more burnt barley, licorice and chocolate. The palate is full and creamy. The finish is medium in duration with lingering anise. Overall: Not really to my like this one was.
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