Victory Baltic Thunder

Brewed by Victory Brewing Company
Style: Baltic Porter
Downingtown, Pennsylvania USA

Rich brown pour with a robust head. The nose is raisiny with hints of grapes and roasted grains. The flavors are mildly roasty, less so than I was expecting. Some coffee/chocolate notes and hints of dark fruitiness. A little too spritzy for me. Overall a very drinkable dark lager, but not very complex or particulary deep. Thanks be to Frankenkitty

Dark brown pour. Fizzy tan head and no lace to speak of. Standard porter aroma. Thin bodied with raisins, roast, wood, and a malty finish. Slightly alcoholic. Not viscous enough to qualify as a "baltic porter". Decent, but not something i’ll seek out again

bottle BB 1/2/9 by way of pforei... medium reddish brown pour with a small quickly dissipating tan head. the aroma is very ’porter-like’... woody, roasty grain, cream, yeast, grass and touches of chocolate and molasses. rather bland flavor profile... dark raisins/dried dark fruit, chocolate, roasty grain, wood and vegetal lager yeastiness. dry tart finish with lots of vaporous alcohol. yeasty malty aftertaste. light to medium body with a harsh mouth feel from prickly carbonation. mediocre porter...

Thanks to David for opening this! Bomber, BB 1/2/09. Poured clear, deeper iced tea brown with a creamy cap of beige head. The aroma picked up dark fruity and chocolate malts with a bit of grass and coffee coming through.. nice roast to it. The flavor found deeper caramel and roasted chocolate with some herbal and spritzy fruit notes at the edges.. warm finish.. too much residual sugar for my liking at the end, and an extra layer of complexity would have been welcome. Medium-plus bodied on the palate with nice roast and warmth.. lower carbonation allowed it to flow slowly across the mouth and coat well.. overall a solid brew.

Pours to a deep rusty ruby brown body with a thin light tan head. The aroma is dark malts and caramel or crystal malts. Some dark fruits. The flavor is rich dark malts and fruits. Sweetened dark chocolate. Not overly complex. Acetic malts. The palate is dry and mouth puckering.

Nice pour and frothy head. Specialty malts make their presence known in the aroma. A bit sweeter than I would’ve liked on the flavour. Licorice and molasses with a bit of bittersweet chocolate. A hint of coffee on the back-end. Some figs and dried fruit in there as well.

22 oz. bottle bb. jan. 2 2009. the color is nutty brown and there is one finger of dark tan head that fizzled fast. aroma has sweet dark fruit, toffee, caramel, and light coffee. mouth feel is medium light with plenty of carbonation. flavor has has a medley of dark fruit, sweet but not overly so, cocoa powder, and a light touch of roasted coffee. raisins, figs, and dried fruit with a complementing sweetness but it still retains some toffee and coffee. very well done.

Bouteille 650ml, courtoisie de Blankboy. De couleur brune-rouge foncée et claire. Nez fruité (raisins, prunes, léger de figues, notes d’ananas), de malt rôti, moyen de caramel toffee aux petites notes brûlées, léger de chocolat noir et de café ainsi que des notes de réglisse noire. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture riche, crémeuse et aux notes sirupeuses. Goût fruité (raisins rouges aux faibles notes vineuses, moyen de prunes, notes de figues et de mûres, traces de poire) accompagné de notes de réglisse noire lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût moyennement amer de malt rôti aux petites notes terreuses, moyen de chocolat noir, de caramel toffee (notes brûlées) et de mélasse sucrée. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve un moyen-léger goût d’alcool aux notes réchauffantes ainsi qu’une amertume légèrement asséchante de houblon herbeux jusqu’en finale, où on note également la présence d’un léger goût de café et des traces de fumée de bois. Post-goût long-moyen et légèrement sec, moyennement amer de rôti (faibles notes brûlées), moyen de houblon herbeux de chocolat, d’alcool, de fruits (moût de raisins, pelures de prunes) et de fumée de bois.