Mallassepät Dark Lab Works

Dark Lab Works

 

Mallassepät in Naantali, Southwest Finland, Finland 🇫🇮

  Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular
Score
6.65
ABV: 5.2% IBU: - Ticks: 5
This is not your average dark beer. It’s an epically complex porter where the darkness of the malt meets the deep, peculiar twang of licorice. Fortunately, the smooth, comforting vanilla steps in just in time to prevent a total flavor meltdown. Consume responsibly. Or don’t. We’re brewers, not theoretical physicists.
 

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5.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
33cl can. Bb 06/2027. Canned 12/2025.
Une de ces bières où il faut vraiment aimer la réglisse - ici, le tout aura eu du mal à passer pour moi.
Brune, col épais café au lait crémeux.
Arôme sur un bouquet chargé en malts - chocolaté, léger vanille en support, réglisse est présente mais reste tolérable à ce niveau.
Palais est léger sur les malts - côté réglisse est assez élevé - retrait chocolaté avec une douceur de vanille que je trouve un peu trop en retrait et qui au final peine à trouver sa place avec la réglisse. Bière garde une base assez classique d'un porte macro avec cette finalité toffee-esque.
Tried from Can from Alko (Tampere Stockmann) on 21 May 2026 at 18:30

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Smell of licorice, roasted malt. Dark brown colour, beige head. Aroma of licorice candy, vanilla, some peat. Lively carbon. Very sweet, unnecessarily so.
Tried from Can at Mallassepät Takomo Taproom on 05 Apr 2026 at 18:08

5.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
Murky dark brown colour, medium-sized beige head. Nice dry licorice aroma. Light to medium-bodied. Flavour has berryish, sweetish licorice flavour. Full monty with licorice. Too sweet and overriding.
Tried from Can from Alko (Webshop) on 07 Feb 2026 at 19:54

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Almost black beer, a head is medium, thick and beige. Aroma has liquorice, roastiness and vanilla. Taste has liquorice, roastiness, some sharpness. Medium bodied. Very nice beer, the liquorice and vanilla are really there.
Tried from Can from K-Citymarket (Turku Kupittaa) on 30 Jan 2026 at 16:51

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7
Keg @Juova.
The beer poured near black in color with a thin off white head.
Thick layer of "kouvola licorice" and vanilla in flavor. Smooth mouthfeel ,bit sweet. Candy licorice. I like it.
Tried at Juova Hanahuone on 24 Jan 2026 at 11:49