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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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2011
at 05:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Black with a brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, dark chocolate, ashy and a little liquorice. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and roasted rather bitter finish. Smooth. 260911
Tried
on 26 Sep 2011
at 11:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @ FairBar. Black with small light brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate and and little liquorice. Flavour is roasted malts, strong liquorice, chocolate, coffee, little caramel, spices, hops and bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Sep 2011
at 06:56
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap @ Fairbar. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt. coffee, tart fruit, cherries. Taste is malt, light coffee, caramel, sweet and tart cherries, blackberries. Medium body, soft carbonation. 250911
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Sep 2011
at 07:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Craft beer Co, Clerkenwell, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, malty, fruity aroma. Taste is quite unexpected, really rich, sweet, malty, dark fruit, hint of chocolate, almost port like. Could not detect any licquorice in there but a really interesting brew indeed.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2011
at 02:21
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
16 ounce can from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a very dark brown color with a thin brown head that fades quickly. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, faint anise and a fainter bit of citrus. The taste is roasted malts, coffee, chocolate, citrus, anise and an herbal note. Thin-medium bodied. Quite nice.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Aug 2011
at 17:31
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ SUMMER BEER FESTIVAL, Parco Rosati,via delle Tre Fontane, Roma, Italy.Clear dark black brown colour with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, sweet malt, toothpaste - mint ! Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, dark malt, chocolate, licorice notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110513]
Tried
on 23 Jun 2011
at 23:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft @ SBWF 2010. Pours a dark brown black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice aroma. Roasted malty caramel and licorice flavor with hints of chocolate. Has a roasted malty licorice and caramel finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jun 2011
at 18:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
26/04/2011 Brasserie 4:20 (tap). Scura, nera impenetrabile, con riflessi color caffè, buona schiuma marroncina, non molto persistente. Aroma intensissimo, pieno, di liquirizia, note di malto tostato sullo sfondo. In bocca ha un attacco amarognolo (liquirizia, caffè), quindi dolcissima e nuovamente amara nel finale. Molto complessa, ma alla lunga decisamente stucchevole. Corpo medio, consistenza oleosa. Birra particolarissima e curiosa.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Apr 2011
at 11:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can pour courtesy of gunhaver. It has a mahogany body with thin mocha head. The aroma is just loads of spicy black licorice and anise as well as maybe a sense of rootbeer. The taste is thick sludgy buckets of spicy black licorice that makes one wonder how they fit all this licorice into this little can. Behind the mountain of black licorice is a sense of black strap molasses.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2011
at 18:57