Armchair Detective (Cellar Series)
Põhjala in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia 🇪🇪
Porter - Smoked Special Out of Production|
Score
7.71
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A gently smoked multigrain Imperial Baltic Porter aged in a blend of XO Cognac barrels
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8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours black with a small slightly tan head. Aroma is very complex, dark malts, chocolate, licorice and some coffee. A hint of peat smoke. Some booze. Big body. Flavour is big, rich and loads of dark malts, some sweetness. Very complex. Coffee, chocolate, licorice, definitely some cognac, prunes. A lovely Baltic porter, very balanced, beautiful BA notes. Lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2021
at 02:02
8.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
0,33l bottle from Alko. Bottled 25.8.2020, BBE 25.8.2023. Very dark brown, almost black beer with very small and quickly totally vanishing head. Mmm, aroma has a lot to offer. Smoke, roasted malts, licorice, vanilla, even christmas spices, barrel and some woody notes. Flavor has roasted malts with smoke, licorice, barrel and some cognac, wood & ashes. Barrel is not too dominant, but gives charasteristic. Wonderful balance, neither too sweet nor too boozy. Huge beer from Põhjala, one again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2021
at 18:05
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle 330ml. @ home. 🏡
[ As Põhjala Cellar Series - Armchair Detective ].
ABV: 12.0%. Clear dark black brown colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, sweet malt, cognac, barrel - vanilla, wood, oak, light smoke, moderate chocolate and coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, roasted, dark malt, sweet malt, smoked, wood, barrel - vanilla, cognac, oak. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20201201]
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Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2020
at 11:53
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Almost black beer, a head is small and light brown. Aroma has liquorice, salt liquorice, sweetness of malts, some barrel, chocolate and vanilla, strenght of alcohol. Taste has salt liquorice, roastiness, barrel, balanced sweetness of malts, mild smoke, some wood and chocolate. Almost full bodied, smooth. Nicely complex, balanced without too aggressive barreling. Delicious beer.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2020
at 10:28