Baltic Porter
Uncommon Brewers in Santa Cruz, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Baltic Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.17
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This is a Baltic Porter brewed with whole licorice root and star anise. 7.8% ABV. It is fermented warm with an ale yeast in flagrant disregard of modern style guidelines, instead working towards a heritage pre-lager treatment of the style. Subtle licorice and anise notes are present in the nose. The body is surprisingly light, with licorice sweetness helping to balance a smoky chocolate malt character. There should be clear notes of roasted barley on the finish.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can during 2nd Annual Midlands tasting group; dark brown pour with a tan head, aroma has chocolate and some roast malt, taste has chocolate, some roast, dark fruit.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jun 2015
at 10:53
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
From old notes. From tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012. Black color with beige head. Roasted malty aroma, caramel, chocolate, licorice. Sweet and bitter taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2015
at 14:50
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at 3 små rum, May 18, 2015.Black color, dark brown head. Light acidic, roasted scent. Light acidic, metallic taste. Metallic aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, low bitterness.
Tried
on 18 May 2015
at 15:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can. Pours a pitch black hue with a small beige head. A big sweet malty chocolate nose. The flavor is tobacco, dark fruit, dark cherry especially, some ash and very milky. Solid. Drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 06 May 2015
at 02:10
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen - dark brown verging black coloured pour. Roasted malty aroma and taste, chocolate, caramel, some dark fruits. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Apr 2015
at 15:39
8/10
Tried
on 12 Mar 2015
at 18:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from the Grumpy Goat, Reading. Black with a tan head. Good strong chocolate aroma. The chocolate is less strong on tasting but still the main flavour. There’s some light roastiness, some sweet cola and- yes- a little liquorice (fortunately not too much). Generally sweetish with some dryness at the end. It’s fine, if a little underwhelming.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jan 2015
at 15:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Black beer with a reasonable light brown head. The aroma is malty with mild roastedness, and the flavour is gently bitter with a fairly vinous hit and quite deep roastedness. Overall a nice vinous and roasted porter. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2014
at 16:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home. Pours deep brown, nose is roasted malts, toffee, taste is caramel, chocolate.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Oct 2014
at 11:51
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Beer Shop, St Albans. Dark, dark brown. Surprisingly little head. Smell of American milk chocolate, liquorice, hazelnut: nicer than it sounds if somewhat artificial. Sweet taste, the star anise really comes through. Slightly sickly. Nice creamy palette with lots of tickly carbonation. Interesting stuff, very well made but a bit too clever for its own good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2014
at 15:03