Baltic Anomaly
New Holland Brewing Company in Holland, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Baltic Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.00
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Much like the alien mystery found at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, this Baltic Porter boasts an anomaly of its own. Honey lends an extraterrestrial dimension to this earthly porter, balancing out the sweetness with a slightly dry finish.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Roast and caramel. Black pour with decent head and lacing. A little booze. Dark chocolate. Bittersweet finish. Creamy consistency like melted ice cream. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2017
at 21:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Total Wine Brookfield. Clear dark brown, thin fizzy offwhite head, poor retention. Aroma of chocolate, roast, plum. Taste is honey, roast, chocolate, cherry. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2017
at 19:10
5.5/10
Be great without the extra sweetness
Tried
on 08 Sep 2017
at 16:48
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 8/7/2017. Pours crystal clear very dark brown color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, honey, brown sugar, nuttiness, and toasted brown bread; with lighter notes of coffee, smoke, raisin, plum, fig, herbal, grass, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, honey, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with great strength. Taste of big milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, honey, brown sugar, nuttiness, and toasted brown bread; with lighter notes of coffee, smoke, raisin, plum, fig, herbal, grass, and roast/toasted earthiness. Light herbal/grassy hop and roasted bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk chocolate, cocoa, caramel, honey, brown sugar, nuttiness, toasted brown bread, light coffee/fruits, herbal, grass, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, honey, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with an awesome hop/roast bitter/sweet balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from hop/roast bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is well hidden with a mild warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this an excellent Baltic porter! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, honey, and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. Absolutely spot on style example. Rich and complex malts without being too roasty; with restrained fruity yeast and balancing earthy hop character. Honey works perfectly with the darker malt flavors. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2017
at 19:38