Grand Baltic Porter
Browar Amber in Bielkówko, Pomeranian, Poland 🇵🇱
Porter - Baltic Regular|
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7.06
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Grand Imperial Porter is a representative of the Baltic Porter style. From the first sip, it delights with the taste of roasted grains combined with notes of chocolate, coffee, caramel and noticeable nuances of dried fruit. It is distinguished by an extremely dense, creamy head with a perfect structure. Perfect for desserts, especially dark chocolate.
The main distinguishing features of the Baltic porter are the use of bottom-fermenting yeast, roasted malts and long aging. Style enthusiasts additionally extend this time, which, under the right conditions, refines the taste.
In our brewery, we draw on the tradition of brewing in Pomerania. Therefore, the Baltic porter was the obvious choice. Its recipe was developed in the 19th century in the countries of the Baltic Sea basin and in Russia. It was a replacement for the Russian imperial stout imported from Great Britain.
We have been brewing our Grand Imperial Porter since 2008. From the very beginning, it was recognized by consumers and received many awards:
2013: Chmielaki Krasnostawskie; first place in the category: Strong dark beer with an extract content in the wort area 18.1° BLG.;
2010: Beer of the Year title awarded by Bractwo Piwne;
2010: 1st place in the Browar.biz plebiscite in the “Porters” category;
2009: 2nd place in the Beer of the Year category in the Browar.biz plebiscite;
2009: 1st place in the Browar.biz plebiscite in the “Porters” category;
2008: 1st place in the “Porter” category in the 2nd Christmas Porter and Stout Tasting in Moscow;
2008: 1st place in the Browar.biz plebiscite in the “Porters” category.
Porter perfectly complements the taste of desserts. Some people add a scoop of ice cream to it. In a dry version, it perfectly harmonizes with hearty red meat dishes.
Note: Before November 2023 known as Grand Imperial Porter.
The main distinguishing features of the Baltic porter are the use of bottom-fermenting yeast, roasted malts and long aging. Style enthusiasts additionally extend this time, which, under the right conditions, refines the taste.
In our brewery, we draw on the tradition of brewing in Pomerania. Therefore, the Baltic porter was the obvious choice. Its recipe was developed in the 19th century in the countries of the Baltic Sea basin and in Russia. It was a replacement for the Russian imperial stout imported from Great Britain.
We have been brewing our Grand Imperial Porter since 2008. From the very beginning, it was recognized by consumers and received many awards:
2013: Chmielaki Krasnostawskie; first place in the category: Strong dark beer with an extract content in the wort area 18.1° BLG.;
2010: Beer of the Year title awarded by Bractwo Piwne;
2010: 1st place in the Browar.biz plebiscite in the “Porters” category;
2009: 2nd place in the Beer of the Year category in the Browar.biz plebiscite;
2009: 1st place in the Browar.biz plebiscite in the “Porters” category;
2008: 1st place in the “Porter” category in the 2nd Christmas Porter and Stout Tasting in Moscow;
2008: 1st place in the Browar.biz plebiscite in the “Porters” category.
Porter perfectly complements the taste of desserts. Some people add a scoop of ice cream to it. In a dry version, it perfectly harmonizes with hearty red meat dishes.
Note: Before November 2023 known as Grand Imperial Porter.
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5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Butelka. Ciemnobrązowe, z rubinowymi refleksami. Piana berzowa, o kremowej konsystencji, niestety opada do obwódki. W aromacie czekolada i kawa, bez szału. Pojawiły się też delikatne nuty żelaza. W smaku czekolada, kawa i karmel, męcząco słodkie, wbrew zapowiedzi wytrawności z etykiety, Goryczka konkretna, ale jakoś nie komponuje mi się z tą słodyczą. Alkohol niewyczuwalny. Wysycenie średnie, co jednak nie przeszkadzało tak bardzo. Piwo raczej średnie.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2017
at 01:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Terre de Boissons Calais and drunk at home. Black beer lasting tan head. Chocolate sponge aroma. Good condition. Some dryness. I rather liked it. No faults. I liked the chocolate sponge aroma and flavour. Rather good and hides abv well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2017
at 15:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from the Polish Delicatessen, opposite the Barum Top Inn, Halifax. Black-brown, but more of the former, with next to no head. Fairly strong tasting, but its very sweet dark malts hide this to an extent. Has a sticky-sweet texture.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2017
at 14:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Butelka 0.5l (23.07.2017). Ciemno brunatne z rubinowymi refleksami pod swiatlo. Piana bezowa, slaba. W aromacie ciemne slody, suszone owoce, nuty chlebowe calkiem przyzwoity choc malo intensywny. Slodkie z nutami ciemnych slodow, karmelu i lekka nuta alkoholu. Srednie cialo, za duza slodycz, przyzwoite w odczuciu, da sie wypic ale szalu nie ma.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2017
at 09:45
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
On tap at House of Beer, Krakow, two years ago. Black with short lasting creamy head. Chocolate, alcohol, blueberry’s and prunes. Quite sweet, bitter chocolate, dry finish. Full body, medium to high carbonation. A bit dry but otherwise excellent!
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jun 2016
at 07:40
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
From a 500ml bottle on 24/3/2016. Pours close to black with a medium head. Has a powerful malty aroma of toffee and treacle. In the mouth, this is a very sweet beast, featuring oodles of caramel, toffee, butterscotch, treacle, golden syrup, some chocolate and dark dried fruit. The texture is slick and syrupy with the carbonation modest. Reminds me quite a bit of a Zywiec porter but with the sweetness dial turned right up. A marvellous dessert beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2016
at 00:28
9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle. Aroma: sweet chocolate and earthy. Appearance: black, brown foam. Taste: heavy cloying sweetness, lightly bitter. Palate: full body, creamy, soft carbonation, long finish. Overall: very savouriness, complex and balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2016
at 12:09