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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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Deep dark brown body with a very large, slightly soapy milky brown head, about six centimetres tall. Aroma of raisins, malt, prunes, nuts, earth and a bit of metal. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong roasted malt flavour with a lot of pit fruit and raisin sweetness, some metallic notes, a hint of milk and a little earthiness. Aftertaste shows a lot of peanuts, some earth, toffee, roasty bitterness and a little grapiness at the end. Overall, a fairly nice baltic porter, but perhaps a bit too much sweetness and not enough complexity throughout, with less of a focus on malt than others from the baltic region, like the gold standard: Zywiec. I sampled this 50 cL can purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 12-December-2012 for US$3.35 sampled at home in Washington on 17-February-2013.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Feb 2013
at 22:39
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Pours clear deep brown to black with a large brown head that dissipates with some lacing. Aroma is very today, coffee, tobacco, ashtray. Flavor is the same plus anise, lightly sweet, light to medium bitter, light ashy astringence. Interesting, but a bit too anise and cigarette butty for me. BlackIPA where are you?
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jan 2013
at 19:50
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from BrewDog online. It pours very dark brown with a bubbly tan head. The nose is cola, caramel, liquorice, roasted malt, toast and a touch of smoke. The taste is bitter-sweet, roasted malt, pretty big on the liquorice, coffee, cola, decent bitterness, spice, earth and a touch of alcohol warmth in the background. Finish is bitter-sweet. Medium body and pretty harsh, fizzy carbonation. Not particularly complex, but tasty nonetheless. Carbonation does spoil it slightly however...
Tried
from Can
on 21 Dec 2012
at 03:51
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from brewdog.com. Very dark brown color with huge light brown head. Roasted malt, coffee, licorice, dark chocolate in aroma. Taste, roasted malt, milk chocolate, ash, licorice, alcohol. Long, strong coffee bitter finish. Tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2012
at 10:42
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Can. Pours pitch black with a light tan head that quiockly disappears. initial aromas have some german whaeat charactistics some banana phenols. These fade somewhat. Also a little alcohol heat in the nose. Flavour is rich, but in my view the roasted malt do not play well with the star amise. Dry finish which lingers.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Nov 2012
at 14:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap @ Schouskjelleren. Practically black body with a nice, dense tan head. Strong aroma of dark roasted malt and coffee. Flavor is quite sweet, dark, roasted malt, chocolate, liquorices and fruit. Moderate bitterness. Fine body and sweet malty aftertaste. Sweet and nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Oct 2012
at 12:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
250ml draught at Gaasa. Black as pitch, almost. Fawn-coloured head leaving spotty lacing. Smell of semi-sweet malts. Dark fruity and salty liquorice in flavour with notes of spiced berries. Bittersweet ending. Fine bodied. Likable (Oslo, 19.09.2012).
Tried
on 02 Oct 2012
at 12:04