Range Brewing Baltic Noir

Baltic Noir

 

Range Brewing in Newstead, Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺

Collab with: Põhjala
  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special
Score
7.21
ABV: 11.0% IBU: - Ticks: 2
Baltic Noir is a brand new Imperial Pastry stout, brewed in collaboration with our new friends from Pohjala in Tallinn, Estonia. Pohjala are well known for their daring and out of the box stouts as well as their use of native ingredients to flavour their beers. For this decadent and heavy hitting stout we have used a kettle addition of lactose, a whirlpool addition of bee captured pollen, a mid fermentation addition of Australian native Orange Blossom honey from Bee One Third and finally a conditioning addition of toasted macadamias and almonds. Don't let the delicacies of this beer fool you, it is also big, brooding and bold. It's a complex mix of deep and rich notes of dark chocolate and roasted coffee blended with sweet and floral notes of orange blossom honey, then finishing with a subtle toasted nuttiness. Sip slowly and allow to warm before pouring to explore the true breadth of flavours.
 

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8.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

From a 440ml can on 16/10/2025 (purchased directly from the brewer). Pours near black with smallish deep tan head. the nose features dark chocolate, a bit of orange zest, and some roasty and nutty notes. On the sip, it's a rich beast and appropriately dessertish - sweet dark chocolate, a touch of caramel, a good dash of orange, some distinct honey and nutty notes. Finishes with a sharpish, firmish tangy and roasty bitterness. Has a substantial slick and almost creamy palate with softish to moderate carbonation. In some ways straight forward, but really well done, and too easy to drink for an 11 per center.

Tried from Can on 16 Oct 2025 at 10:01


7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Can. Very black, a tan head is shortly at the rim. Brooding roasty aroma with bitter chocolate, hints of honey, citrus and raw nuts. Full bodied but not syrupy, low carbonation. Delicate choc-orange with roast and nuts behind. A fair bitter kick at the end along with a little overt alcohol. Very nice.

Tried on 22 Sep 2025 at 13:34