Gl. Carlsberg Porter

Bottle courtesy of Thewolf: Poured a deep clear black color ale with a medium foamy head with some good retention and some lacing. Aroma of light roasted notes is the most dominant notes. Taste is a mix between some roasted notes with a touch of sweetness. Medium body with some good carbonation. Easily drinkable but nothing is remarkable in this beer.

Black with short lasting brown head. Smoky aroma with liquerice and roasted malt. Sweet flavor with roasted malt and smoky notes. Ends slightly bitter.

Bottle. Near black with a creamy tan head. Plenty of roasted notes in the aroma. Flavour of dark chocolate and liquorice with a sightly oily mouth feel and a warming alcohol finish. Very good.

33 cL bottle (as Carls porter). Pours black with a lasting a light brown head. Roasted, cane sugar and dry aroma. Sweet cane suar flavour with a following roasted malt flavour. Goes slight dry and bitter into the finish. Great classic, but it gets cloying quite quickly.

Bottle. Red black colour with a beige head. Aroma is licorice, coffee. Flavour is smoked,roasted, coffee, fruit, licorice.

Bottled at Portertunnan, Gothenburg. (1994 vintage) Dark brown, almost black, clear beer with a dense, tan head. Mature and rounded aroma with licorice, chocolate and coffee. No bitter-notes. Some roasted notes in the flavor, and lots of licorice. Medium body and a finish with licorice and some alcohol. Nice 12-years old. Rating: 7-4-7-3-14-3.5. (060826)[br][br]Bottle, quite fresh. A clear, reddish brown beer with a beige head. Malty, sweetish nose with roastyness, coffee and chocolate. Chocolate, coffee, roasted and burnt malt, sweetness, some alcohol and a little hoppy bitterness in the mouth. Medium to full body. A little warming feeling as well. Coffee and chocolate finish, with some alcohol. Still a nice one. (080509)

Bottled vintage 1994, sampled in Aug 2006. Opaque black, no head. Wineous, portwine-like nose, some tar. Very wineous, smooth palate - salted licorice, roasted malts, tar. Only very light sign of oxidation. Absolutely lovely vintage.

Huge dark yellow-brown, very fine foam, leaving lace; quasi-black beer but with sparkling ruby reflections. Explosion of malts in the nose; dark malt mash, dark malts, also from dark grains as in French Noirs, and burnt grains. As entering a (dark) malt silo. Dry, wry, bitter malts taste, with a bittering effect that keeps growing. Straw, bitterish dried mushrooms, vaguely nutty, tad of chocolate, black cardemoms... And, guess what, pretty complex. There’s quite some restsugar underneath, but it cannot turn the brew sweet. Medium to well bodied, obvious grist slickness. If the taste is tilted towards the bitter, the balance between drinkability and body is excellent. From all the big brewers, Carlsberg is the one that puzzles me most. They’re capable of both the worst and the best - a bit like Coors in the USA. And, come to think of it (the Belgian branch of) Scottish&Newcastle. Big thanks to DeanS for this gem.

As "Carlsberg Carls Porter", summer 2006 33 cl bottle bought in Helsingör, Denmark. Brownish color, brown head. Sweet raissin scent. Very sweet taste, raissins and chocolate. Aftertaste goes more towards coffee and some bitterness. Medium high bitterness and full moutfeel.As "Carlsberg Porter - Imperial Stout 2994" on a porter tasting with PDA in Gothenburg on August 26s.Deep red color, small beige head. Very sweet raissin taste. Sweet scent. Low bitterness. A bit coffee after taste.8/3/7/3/13 = 3.4