Victory Baltic Thunder

650 ml, bb Dec 31 2008. Clear (when held to the light), deep mahogany with a small, persistent head. Aroma is an odd mix of wood, chalky caramel, fruity-herb coffee and chocolate. Flavor is chalky cocoa with some light apple-cherry and char. Finish of coffee, char, marshmallow and light alcohol. Medium body is a little too watery and frothy, but nicely dried by some roasty flavors.

Bottle poured into English pint glass. It poured dark brown, almost black with a 2-finger tan head. Aromas of roasted malt and some underlying nuttiness. The taste was primarily malt sweetness with undertones of chocolate, caramel and a very slight smokiness with a nice, slightly bitter finish. Overall, very nice.

Deep brown in color with a thin head that dissipated quickly. The nose has aromas of chocolate, plum, fig and spice. In the mouth it was medium to full-bodied and semi-concentrated with a slightly dry finish. Fairly simple but nice.

Heavy flavors of roasted malt and chocolate. Thinner body than I expected, and the head dissipates quickly. It’s a good beer and I’ll probably revisit it, although I would rather have his one in 12oz bottles rather than 22oz.

Bottle (22oz). Pours a very deep ruby-brown with a large diminishing frothy tan head. Aroma’s roasty and quite fruity with notes of coffee, chocolate and toffee -- pretty nice. Flavour of dark malt, dark fruit, toffee, nuts and chocolate. Decent bitter finish. Alcohol’s totally hidden. Medium bodied, oily mouthfeel. No complaints here, it seems right on style and I quite liked it. Almost hard to drink the whole bottle though due to the style, just a personal preference.