Koff Porter
(has 2 batches)

Pours black with a small, full, dark tan head. Aroma is very sweet. Molasses, roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, and just the slightest hint of alcohol. I could sit here and enjoy the aroma all night. Body is full and silky smooth. Flavor is Chocolate, molasses, roasted coffee, malt, and some dark fruit. The roasted flavor really comes through in the end. Also finishes nicely bittersweet. A damn good porter.

Danke an den Doppelbock für die Tauschabwicklung! Süßer, etwas kaffeeartiger Geruch. Cremiger Antrunk, ein süßer Unterton ist immer vorhanden. Von Anfang an ist das Bier röstmalzig, nähert sich gegen Ende hin auch einem Kaffeegeschmack. Ein herbes Aroma scheint nebenbei immer auf der Zunge zu liegen und ergänzt das Bier sehr gut. Weiterhin angenehm cremig. Köbes, noch eins! Test vom 4.2.2007, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 10,12,11,14,8,12 - 11,75

Bottle, 7.2%. Black colour, dark brown head. No aroma to speak of. Sweet, roasted and creamy flavour. Medium bitterness. Creamy mouthfeel. 5 4 7 4 15

Bottle, 7.2%. Good bready aroma. Black colour. Big stable creamy light brown head. The flavour is bready with a good coffee note. Good dark bread and dark malty syrup notes. Semi-sweet, but balanced by a distinct bitterness. Creamy mouthfeel. 7 3 7 4 17

Bottle. Porter IVB. Dark black color with a large good lacing light brown head. Aroma is light malty, hoppy, yeasty, fruit, notes off alcohol. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration. Bitternes is coffe, chocolate bitternes. Body is medium to full, texture is oily. Good balance and complex taste.

11.2 oz bottle from World Of Beer. This is one of the darkest beers I’ve seen. It’s just absolutely black with a brown to light brown head. Full inviting aroma of molasses, dark fruit like dates and plums. The aroma is complex. I also get roasted malts, chocolate malts, and a bit of alcohol. From the fist two sips I get a metallic note that de-rails a nice tasting beer just as it was getting started. This off note does seem to subside as more beer is consumed. If this was a 22oz the second half of the beer would be flawless. So behind the initial metallic shavings I taste flavors that mirror the aroma with molasses, dates, plums, roasted malts and chocolate malts. Overall a nice tasting brew that leaves a rich roasted and chocolate malt taste behind.

1999 vintage I wish I could say I had the years of knowledge, the due diligence, the foresight, the experience, and capacity to have personally saved a bottle of this beer for 7 years. But it would be a lie, maybe in 7 years from now I will be able to say that. This bottle was bought at a special vintage event and it should have been kept relatively well. It was fridged for 48 hours and held at room temperature for about 20 minutes. Popped with a small hiss and pours with just the smallest brown lacing. Aroma is on the mild side of being present and mainly a charred malt. Taste is a bit better with some chocolate and a nice dry roastiness in the aftertaste. Body is lighter than I like (I usually find this to be the problem with the Baltic, Baltic Porters). A bit of bitterness at the end as well. This has lost a lot of the characteristics I enjoy in a fresh Koff, which I really enjoy. So I guess in the end I will never get to say that I have a saved a Koff Porter for 7 years.

Big, dark brown lasting head over opaque black body. Sweetish, roasty aroma with notes of bitterness. Rounded. Smooth, rounded roasty and burnt malt taste with coffeeish, oily, chocolatey notes. Wide-bodied, smooth, oily, rounded. Bitter, burnt toast aftertaste. Excellent! A beautiful porter. (0.33l bottle.)

Originally very dark head, gradually clearing out to yellow brown, dense & creamy; very dark, nearly black beer with some burgundy highlights. Coffee nose, but caramelly at the same time, quite sweet. Taste is fully roasted, scorched coffeebeans or breadcrust, sweetness just a faraway cry. After some time, a typical sourness from roasted barley appears, however restrained. Bit aggressive burning, and not at all full-bodied, thin for a 7.2 ABV beer. In the aftertaste a flavour as from brown sugar, but without any sweetness. OK, but nothing more. Thanks to lachesis for sharing this one.