Baltic Porter
Ārpus Brewing Co. in Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻
Collab with: PINTAPorter - Imperial Baltic Special
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Score
7.10
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Brewed in collaboration with PINTA Brewery to celebrate Baltic Porter Day 2026, this release pays tribute to one of the Baltic region's most iconic beer styles. Officially marked on January 17, 2026, the day is honored with a classic yet refined interpretation of the style.
Smooth, robust, and elegantly layered, this Baltic Porter delivers rich notes of dark chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, and subtle dark fruit, all wrapped in a clean, lager-like finish. Full-bodied yet balanced, it showcases depth and drinkability in equal measure.
A respectful nod to tradition, brewed with modem precision - crafted to celebrate Baltic Porter Day the right way.
Smooth, robust, and elegantly layered, this Baltic Porter delivers rich notes of dark chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, and subtle dark fruit, all wrapped in a clean, lager-like finish. Full-bodied yet balanced, it showcases depth and drinkability in equal measure.
A respectful nod to tradition, brewed with modem precision - crafted to celebrate Baltic Porter Day the right way.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Black with a big beige head. Huge sweetness right off the bat with dark malts, chocolate, roasted but not a large amount. Some earthy, caramel, dark sweet fruits. Full bodied with a slight chalkiness in the finish. Finish is long and sweet malts. A big beer that gets close to being overly sweet yet remains just drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2026
at 19:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Drinkøteka, Prague. Pours black with a brown head, some lacings. Aroma of roasted malt, caramal, chocolate, little tart dried fruit. Flavor is light sweet light tart, roasted malt, caramel, chocolate, light smoked, light tart fruit. Medium body, average carbonation, light sweet light tart finish. 040426
Tried
from Can
from
Drinkøtéka
on 04 Apr 2026
at 19:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A: dark brown coloured body | rich brown head
A: raisins | smoked grain | alcohol
F: rich lactose | deep chocolates | creamy end
T: toffee | earthy malts | licorice finish
O: pungent | smoked & grainy flaours | deep throughout (could use some aging)
440 mL can | Swiat Piwa (beer store): Krakow (central), Poland | 29-March-2026 | PLN30,00 | best before 31-January-2027 | sampled: 02-April-2026
A: raisins | smoked grain | alcohol
F: rich lactose | deep chocolates | creamy end
T: toffee | earthy malts | licorice finish
O: pungent | smoked & grainy flaours | deep throughout (could use some aging)
440 mL can | Swiat Piwa (beer store): Krakow (central), Poland | 29-March-2026 | PLN30,00 | best before 31-January-2027 | sampled: 02-April-2026
Tried
from Can
from
Świat Piwa (World of Beer)
on 02 Apr 2026
at 15:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Opaque brown colour, small beige head. Chocolate, coffee in the nose. Medium-bodied. Coffee, toasted malts dominated the flavour but also has some citric/tart vibe on the background. Chocolaty, bitter but somehow also off the grid. Shows its 9%.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Feb 2026
at 19:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can with Gurthnar at Drinkøteka. Very dark red-brown body, blackish, tiny beige head. Huge cocoa, dark chocolate, bittersweet, some solid roast. Lean, dry, heavily roasty taste, lower bur nice dark chocolate notes, citric traces, lotsa herbal bitterness, some alcohol. Bit rough and it showed so much promise...
Tried
from Can
from
Drinkøtéka
on 19 Feb 2026
at 20:53
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Med-full body, med-light carbo. Med-light sweet, med-high bitter, med-light warmth, pleasant though, rounded. Overall a bit lacking in the complexity and richness department, but works. Med liquorice, light chocolate, tobbacco. Interesting profile, GBNG.
Tried
from Can
from
Drinkøtéka
on 19 Feb 2026
at 01:18