S2S Baltic Porter with Red Grape
Howe Sound Brewing in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Porter - Baltic Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.70
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A rich Baltic Porter with dark chocolate, raisin, plum, and toffee notes.
The addition of red grape must adds a complex aroma of sweet cherry and currant with a delicate finish.
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Medium brown with haze, thin head. Quite sweet...toffee...that vinous character is really out of place here. Not in line with the style, which takes better to richer molasses notes...lager is specifically not fruity. Just can’t get past the wonky balance of having all that fruitiness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at Devil’s Elbow, Vancouver; 12oz
Dark color, near black, with beige compact head. The body is strong, the mouthfeel is smooth; the aroma is mild, but it has a good malt depth in the flavor, with dark caramel, reminiscent of a Sticke, moderately sweet, clean fermentation profile, and maybe a hint from the red grapes.
Solid beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at St. Augustine's, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma brings out red grapes, dark raisins, and toffee. Flavour brings out lots of dark fruits, especially raisins, followed by heaps of toffee, and dark cocoa. Quite deep in the flavour profile, while remaining light and silky on the palate. Nicely balanced. A very nice dessert porter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle - Roasty and sweet caramel malts with fruity notes. Deep dark brown with a small light brown head. Sweet fruit notes with dark malts, cherry and dark fruit.