8.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Collaboration of German Gänstaller (one of Germany’s most creative and innovative brewers in my opinion) with American ‘fixed value’ Hoppin’ Frog from Ohio, a Baltic porter at near 13% ABV. Small-bubbled, medium sized, pale greyish beige, shred-lacing, slowly opening and dissolving head on a black beer with burgundy-reddish edge of only a couple of millimetres. Very ‘thick’ aroma of soy sauce, dusty old black chocolate bars, marmite and a lot of it, cold black coffee, reduced gravy, salmiak and indeed ‘zoute drop’, molasses, hints of dried prunes, cloves, bayleaf, almond, sandpaper, whisky. Dense, thick onset, sweet plum jam and candied fig aspects surrounded by a firm, very soy sauce-like umami flavour, softly carbonated and feeling very ‘heavy’ and viscous – but somehow maintaining a decent amount of drinkability. Velvety edges grace an almondy, hazelnutty and somewhat (Ersatz-)chocolatey malt core with outspoken salmiak and ‘drop’ flavours for accompaniment, pairing up with hints of bayleaf, molasses and pipe tobacco in the end, where the ‘underground’ shifts to a coffeeish roasty bitterness, supported by spicy hops and eventually warmed by whisky-like alcohol, becoming unsurprisingly dominant in the end. Long-stretching, heavy, massive beer, one to enjoy sip by sip near a fireplace or something – but as big and bold as it may be, it also feels quite focused, hitting the core of what I associate with Baltic porter in terms of flavour with remarkable precision, albeit in a very robust, ‘increased’ kind of way. The unlikely sum of Hoppin’ Frog and Gänstaller equals fireworks, apparently – looking forward to volume 2…

7

Sweet, roast, toffee, caramel, alcohol, port wine, chocolate

8

Täitsa mõnsa, veits happeline, aga selline magus ja mõru, väga kuiv, lausa selline mia tõmbab su kuivaks...

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. A dark brown beer with a red shine with a thin brown head. The aroma has notes of malt, alcohol, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and alcohol, leading to a bitter finish.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

A black beer, a head is small and beige. Aroma has liquorice, dried fruits, some chocolate. Taste has liquorice, dried fruits, raisin, prune, drying bitterness. Powerful, but no alcohol. Full bodied, but not stickyness. Big beer, but still so called easy.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle picked up from Beer Republic Webshop, Tilburg and consumed at home, Attenkirchen, Thursday 21st May 2020, after a walk to L'Olive, Thalam where we sat outside and had a meal and a beer. We're listening to Sybarite - Placement Issues. Black with a huge foamy tan head. Malty and chocolate on the nose, roasty also. Thick oily mouthfeel, black treacle, molasses, liquorice, chocolate. It's okay, actually it's better than ok, it's very good, but I have had much better from Hopping Frog.

8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Creamy lightbrown excellent fully lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter fantastic flavor. Long great heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate. World Class.

7.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours a black colour and small beige head. Aroma's of chocolate, licorice, red fruit, rye bread. Retronasal there's rye bread, sweet chocolate, alcohol, red fruit. Flavour is heavy sweet, rye bread. Alcohol is warming but not burning. Above medium bodied. Long finish with some roast and light bitterness.

8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Vom Fass im Muted Horn Berlin 2020-01 getrunken. Dieses kräftige Porter startet mit einem deutlichen Kaffeearoma der dann am Gaumen sehr leicht daher und durch feine eine Schokoladennote abrudet. So haben wir hie rein ganz klassisches Porter im Glas was nicht enttäuscht.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at Muted Horn. Black color with beige head. Aroma is liquorice, chocolate, rich stuff. Taste is liquorice, chocolate, sweet, motor oil style. Thick mouthfeel with soft carbonation, warming finish. Wow, this is heavy, but nice.