Winter Brew (Polish Porter)
Old Dominion Brewing Company in Ashburn, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Baltic Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.07
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The Winter Brew varies year-to-year. The back label should state what style it is, so make sure you rate the correct style!
2003 Winter Seasonal. Polish-style Porter. This year's Winter Brew is a reproduction of the classic Polish Porters. We used a traditional lager yeast to ferment this high gravity beer. Our brewers used a combination of German and Polish hops to creat this unique beer.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottled. Black, no head. Roasty with loads of coffee. Light-medium bodied wqith primitive clean, hard mouthfeel. Notes of licorice. Low bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Would have never guessed this to be a baltic style porter. On tap at Dulles Airport. Great blackish-brown, hazy and has a nice beige head on it. Color is shiney and opaque. Aroma of roasty hazlenuts, flaked malt and dry hops. Begins with a medium body, roasty and lightly sweet. Moderately chewy texture, some hops apparency and a slight dryness on the finish that is lighter and crisper, in retrospect due to the lager yeast. But the body is good and chewy, with a peanut brittle finish, a hint of vinous malt and a pinch of brown sugar. Pretty good stuff, not terribly dripping with flavor, but what it has is very tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
dark brown beer with a moka head. Fruits and chocoalte aroma, slight alcool too. Fruits such as raisins stwed in rum comes out. The body is rich creamy, and complex.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
23-October-2003 Bottle:
Super dark brown in colour with ruby highlights when tilted and a dense tan head that lasts! Aroma of chocolate, yeast, bread, cherries, roasted malt and prunes. Medium to Full-bodied; Coats the mouth with dark chocolate and coffee, then sweetens up nicely. Aftertaste bittered some from the malt and coffee, but left remarkably clean! Alcohol is somewhat noticeable, but hidden fairly well. I wanted to enjoy this beer (because I am Polish and it is from the best brewer in my home state-Virginia), and I REALLY enjoyed it! I bought this twelve ounce bottle at Giant Food in Manassas, Virginia and sampled it on 21-December-2003.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Minimal nose. Almost black, lowish head. Milk-chokolate flavors with a bit oak added. Full to medium body. Chokolate and bitterhop aftertaste, which peters off a bit too fast. A very much appreciated beer after the check-in hell at Dulles airport....
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Dark muddy brown. Thick, malty aroma with molasses, slight coffee, walnuts. Evenly balanced maltiness. Delicious finish of coffee, nuts and cream. A decadent dessert and the first really killer beer from the Toronto Christmas Party.