Zywiec Porter

Brewed by Bracki Browar Zamkowy (Zywiec Heineken)
Style: Baltic Porter
Cieszyn, Poland

[Tasting @ yespr – Courtesy of yespr] Hazy black with tiny beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, liquerice and coffee. Sweet flavor with roasted malt and liqeurice. Slight burned rubber notes – unwanted I presume….

33 cL bottle, thanks to Justyna for bringing me this. Pours dark brown with a little tan head. Dark roasted and mild chocolate aroma. Flavour is smooth chocolate and with a roasted malt note. Ends with a solid bitterness, slight burning note and a smooth chocolate note on top. Very drinkable baltic porter

Bottle.[Tasting session @ yespr, thanks for a great evening Jesper] Average beige creamy head that mostly diminished. Fair display of lacework. Dark mahogany colour. Aroma of chocolate, dried fruit, light toasted malt. Over the palate comes burned malt, light coffee. Medium to full bodied with a soft carbonation and light dry and thick texture. Moderated sweet with good counter bitter flavour. Bitter burned and lingering malty finish.

Dark color with nice tan head. Roasted molasses, coffee, licorice, dark fruit, and alcohol. Alcohol figures in the taste as well. Finishes dryer than expected.

Pours a near black colour with a small, but sturdy tan head. The aroma is strait forward, with plenty of nuts, caramel, vanilla and dried fruits. The flavour is nice mid-palate, but an atringent bitterness, like that of baker’s cocoa and aluminum. It is possible I may be drinking an infected bottle, because the finish is bitter like penicilin. Flavours of rich caramel, dark fruits and roasted malt are trampled by an offensive, harshly bitter finish. The mouthfeel is velvety smooth and perfectly carbonated, making it quite drinkable despite the overly bitter finish and the booze is well hidden. I think I need to try this one again.

This has a dark brown color with a thick tan head that thined out over time and left some nice laceing along the sides of the glass. As i smelt it the aroma bombarded my nose with an intence nuttyness followed by roasted coffee and caramel malt. Even thogh the coffee was pleasing to the nose the nuts overwelmed the smell. As i took a sip the beer had a good initial hop bitterness with a coffee and chocolate coating on the sides of my tounge and mouth. The finish was nice and creamy and it resembled a candy bar.

Pours fairly thick dark brown with a finger of tan head. Aroma of sweet caramel, slight roastiness, pilsner malts, slight sour yeastiness, toffee, plums. Flavor is bready with bitter burnt malts and a nice bit of dark fruit as it warms. Palate is relatively thick and sticky. I do taste a bit of metal in the flavor, but not enough to ruin the experience for me.

500mL bottle, gift from my Polish AuPair. Pours dark with tan head. aroma is slightly sweet with toffee and roasted malt. mouthful is full of bitter sweet goodness. has nice robust roasted malt with cocoa and a bitter finnish. Very nice robust porter