 dkachur (641), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
May 7, 2008
Bottle from Wine Warehouse Charlottesville. I had been holding off on this, intending to save my Tsarina Esra as my first baltic at rating 400. But, Numenor ruined all that by giving me a taste of my first baltic at rating 300. So, I decided to go ahead and give it a shot. Pours a dark brown with a small head... almost nonexistent. Bitter aroma of coffee and roasted malt. Very similar taste, with a creamy texture. A little too thin bodied that I’d like.
mansquito (576), Boston/Philadelphia, USA
Jul 22, 2008 Light brown head forms over the not quite black, but very dark body. Strong espresso aroma, along with some fruitiness and a discernible sweetness. Taste is sweet and malty. Tons of espresso and chocolate. Caramel is in there too. Body was thinner than many other big beers, like the previous reviewer noted, but the taste was certainly not and it coated your mouth with a delicious syrupy aftertaste.
GMUcrew7 (158), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Jul 19, 2008 22 oz bottle, pours dark brown with a small tan head. Array of aromas, roasted malts, molasses, dark fruits and a hint of alcohol. Nice well balanced flavor of the high malt content and the sweet dark fruit flavor. The alcohol is well hidden, but the body is a little thin for such a big beer.
crazyvin (1057), New York, USA
Jul 19, 2008 Poured a rich looking black hue with a thick tan head which faded to a small coating. A nice rich coffee like aroma. Flavor seemed to be heavily roasted with some sweetness to it. Finish was dry. Mediocre palate was the only thing keeping this beer down.
Retorp (2148), Tampa, Florida, USA
Jul 18, 2008 The aroma is dark fruit, alcohol, dust, dirt/earth and roasted grains. The body is deep black and holds a wispy tan head. The fore is dark chocolate, dry roasted malt and sweet cream. It then goes earthy/dusty/dirty before offering a bit of dark fruit sweetness. It doesn’t remind me a lot of the Perkunos Hammer. It’s dryer than I remember the Hammer being and while I get some dark fruit sweetness this is much more dry and earthy tasting.
CamdenD (557), Madrid, Spain
Jul 17, 2008 Slightly disappointing! Too bad given the outright whoring of Perkuno done on the label and description. Heavyweight’s porter was sublime, this one, well, not as much. It is heavy, but bludgeoning when some finesse would do better. Overwhelming caramel toast aftertaste eliminates the nice bittering alcoholic elements that were suggested in the tempting nose.
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