Cheesecake Island
Põhjala in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia 🇪🇪
Porter - Imperial Baltic Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.04
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Taste: Sweet pie crust and rich caramelised sugars join with flavours of fresh vanilla cream, coating the mouth before lashings of sweet baked lemon zest roll across the tongue. Rich dark fruits mingle with a pleasant biscuity malt character, and a creamy baked graham cracker-oat finish lingers, inviting you to just one more slice.
Appearance: Dark black with a brown head.
Nose: Freshly baked graham crackers and baked lemon come enticingly from the glass, with sweet toasted malt and freshly brewed coffee joining in, transporting you to your favourite bakery.
Malts: Pilsner zero, Munich malt, Carafa special T-2, Cookie malț, Oat malt, Golden naked oats, Cara 150, Caramel pale, Dark chocolate malt, Special B, Crystal 300, Flaked oats, Demerara sugar, Lactose
Hops: Magnum, Cascade, Yellow Sub, Northern Brewer, lemon zest, vanilla
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SVD (7137) reviewed Cheesecake Island from Põhjala 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Bottle at home, black beer, small to no head. Aroma is sweet, vanilla, lacotse, lemon, citrus, fruit. Taste is the same, sweet, citrus, bitter, roast, chocolate, malt, fruit, vanilla, alcohol, complex,
nathanvc (6963) reviewed Cheesecake Island from Põhjala 3 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Beers@Moviefun. Cloudy black, stable, foamy, beige head. Strong aroma of vanilla custard, crême brûlée, chestnut, biscuit, milk chocolate, orange zest, candied plum & apricot. Taste has very sweet plum, apricot & date in a creamy, chocolatey malt profile with vanilla notes, some refreshing lemon zest. Herbal hoppy finish with bittersweet dried orange peel effect, mocha & vanilla, decently hidden liqueur-like alcohol. Full body, creamy texture, average carbonation. Just a tad too sweet, but the odd combination of lemon zest does freshen things up.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Cheesecake Island from Põhjala 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours black with a deep chestnut brown head that dissipates quickly to the edges and a bit of visible sediment. Flavor has dark grains and lemon with a bit of roast and some vanilla coming through. Flavor has strong roasted malts and vanilla with a lemon bite and a dark grain backbone.
DvdP (5043) reviewed Cheesecake Island from Põhjala 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
BD 28012021. Black, pillowy brown head. Smell is lactose first, some lemon. Soft, bit thin, some sharp carbonation. Taste is weird, big bag of lactose first, then some tart yet very sweet lemon extract. Some light bitter in the finish. Reminds of cleaner. Opened up to be more weird and less tasty: pretty boozy, lemon and lactose clash massively, weird tartness.. Not for me, this one.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Cheesecake Island from Põhjala 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
18th January 2022
Almost clear but very dark brown beer, small tan head. The nose immediately says this ain't yer average Impy. Bright lemon immediately obvious. A smooth and slightly soft palate, modest fine carbonation. The smooth dark malts have a modicum of chocolate. But the dominant flavour is light bright lemon, touch of sherbet. The cheesecake comes through well albeit a milky cheesecake. Candy lemon on the back end. Smooth finish. Fuck me this is a subversive affair. And I can't help but like it. 8.0
1st March 2025
Nothing to add to this review but an adjustment on score because this is both special and different!
Ferris (26026) reviewed Cheesecake Island from Põhjala 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Jet black with a decent brown head. Chocolate and vanilla with a nice flowery note. Chocolate, light lemon flowery candy notes and a touch of vanilla. Easy drinking and candy like.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Cheesecake Island from Põhjala 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
11.2oz bottle pours out black topped with a ring of a tan head. Nose is sweet chocolate lemon zest some cheesecake notes. Taste is more of the lemon chocolate cheesecake and some vanilla notes. Interesting not great.
SureThing_II (6281) reviewed Cheesecake Island from Põhjala 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Sweet cheesecake. Super sweet cheesecake to be precise. Sweet liquor on nose. Tastes sweet, cheesecake, light coffee. Dessert indeed.
rumore (5447) reviewed Cheesecake Island from Põhjala 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
33cl bottle from Abeervinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours black, with very fine brown foam. Aroma is very particular and intense, of vanilla and chocolate/liquor sweets. Some vanilla too. Body is dense, with average carbonation, and quite sticky. Taste is markedly sweet, with a long final. A liquid dessert!
lore (7878) reviewed Cheesecake Island from Põhjala 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
deep dark brown colour, medium sized dense brown head; aroma of raspberry, blueberry, cappuccino, vanilla and cheesecake notes; taste has the same notes as can be felt in the aroma; good one