Põhjala Cheesecake Island

Cheesecake Island

 

Põhjala in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia 🇪🇪

  Porter - Imperial Baltic Regular Out of Production
Score
7.05
ABV: 10.0% IBU: 30 Ticks: 49
A multigrain Imperial Baltic Porter inspired by cheesecake - brewed with lemon zest, lactose, and vanilla.

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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8
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

Tried from Can on 03 Oct 2021 at 20:58


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle.Black colour with small beige head.Aroma of vanilla and coffee with cream, even roasted and malt with chocolate and roasted malt nots.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Sep 2021 at 08:43


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

Bottled 330ml (from brewery shop) Dark brown colour, small beige head. Intensive perfumic aroma of coconut, vanilla and lime candy. Medium to full-bodied. Flavour is also very perfumic: lemon zest and vanilla are evident, is a bit like coconut flavour. Some alcohol kick. Chocolate cake. Of course quite sweet and somehow restless. Not much beery elements but ok diabetes stout.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2021 at 19:11


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours black. Scent is robust, sweet, dark malts, chocolate. Cheesecake, I get that, but could blindly be fooled for a creamy, red fruit scenario as well, somehow. Marzepin ( light) notes. Taste is full, roasty, sweet, sharp edge in the aroma ( similar to the one described at the scent). Medium full to full body, medium low to low Carbo. Decent, but not my personal preference perhaps.

Tried on 28 Aug 2021 at 00:03


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a minimal dark beige head. Coconut, vanilla, wood, roasted malt. Finish is sweet.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Aug 2021 at 09:12


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

0.33 l bottle from Spicy Days, Zagreb. Shared with Marko. Dark brown to black, small beige head. Very aromatic. Fruity. Strawberry. Cherry, blackberry, vanilla. Cottage cheese with lemon peel. Chocolate underneath. Sweet, oversweet, strong, some tartness, berries, strawberry, roasty. Smooth, medium body, quite drinkable, warming finish. Slightly boozy in the aftertaste.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2021 at 17:14


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle, thanks Hrabren! Very dark brown body, off white head, tiny. Enormous aroma, the vanilla and malty notes, maybe the zest create something that's more like coconut than anything. Sweet taste, with the lemon zest bringing freshness to a simple, slightly nutty sweet body. The zest is the best part of this, making it quite drinkable, and I can't say I don't like it, I just don't feel drawn to it. Imperial Porter Radler ffs. Still, very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2021 at 17:11


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

bottle from mikkeller shop. pitch dark, brown head. aroma is wood, vanilla, coconut, citrus, bakery, browncake, cedar wood, sweet nuts. cocktail bar, very pleasant and very desserty aroma. flavor is vanilla, chocolate, coconut, faint lemon, frosted brown cake, cigar box wood. I am not very fond of dessert stouts and dessert porters but this one is very well done and it all fits together somehow. The beer equivalent to a frosted brown cake, with a bite of cheescake on the side.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2021 at 16:41


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

14/8/2021. Bottle courtesy of ITFCdan. Pours very dark brown with a small frothy beige head. Aroma of chocolate, biscuit, lemon tort, roasted malt, vanilla, touch of sherbet, coconut and candle wax. Heavy sweetness, light roasted bitterness. Full bodied, gently fizzy.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2021 at 19:46


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

Bottled 330ml. -from Goblet Zagreb. Pitch black coloured, medium sized brown head, light cheesecake and alcohol in the nose. Semi artificial cheesecake, lactose, vanilla and alcohol with rather sweet warming finish.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2021 at 14:17