Svalbard

Vibrant Forest Brewery in Hardley, Hampshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Porter - Baltic Regular

Score

6.94

ABV: 8.1%

IBU: 35

Ticks: 6

We interred our Baltic Porter 'Archipelago' into fresh Grappa barrels, intending to brew up a truly festive treat. Svalbard is unsubtle. The aroma brings forth fond memories of deep winter, all roasting evergreen logs and sticky fruit treats, both lit with brandy. Immediately, this is replaced by a thick dripping of almond, cream, and brandied dried fruits. This is carnage, utter Christmas Cake.

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6.8

madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Svalbard from Vibrant Forest Brewery 5 years ago

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

19th July 2020
Almost opaque dark brown beer, a few dark tan bubbles don't even come close to forming a head. Palate is fairly dry and has modest fine carbonation. Tangy dark malts, bitterish but pretty fruity dark chocolate. Something like liqueur soaked raisins on the pretty spicy finish. Seems more like 15% than 8.1%, but tasty enough.

Tried on 19 Jul 2020 at 15:50

7.1

SVD (7137) reviewed Svalbard from Vibrant Forest Brewery 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Black beer, no head, aroma is malt, fruit, wine, sweet, raisins, taste is the same, sweet, sweet raisins, complex, nice

Tried on 22 Nov 2019 at 16:29

7.3

Bierkoning (17699) reviewed Svalbard from Vibrant Forest Brewery 6 years ago

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

Bottle, deep dark brown color. Roast but also Grappa in the aroma. Soft perfumed notes. Malty sweet, soft roast, oak, anis, Grappa in the flavor. Soft floral notes. No carbon whatsoever. Almost full bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 08:34

6.9

LazyPyro (9998) reviewed Svalbard from Vibrant Forest Brewery 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

330ml bottle. Black with no head. Aroma of boozy raisins. Taste of boozy raisins, perhaps a touch of liquorice... seriously this doesn't even taste like beer, far too much grappa barrel I guess because I'd never think this was a porter in a million years. Medium body, very smooth, and very flat. Bit of a weird one, like the taste of it but this isn't a porter any more.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2019 at 22:15

6.8

Idiosynkrasie (17851) reviewed Svalbard from Vibrant Forest Brewery 6 years ago

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle. Darkest brown colour, no head. Sweet-ish, chocolately, dark malty aroma, hints of caramel, toffee, malt lozenge. Taste is sweet-ish, chocolately dark malty, alcoholic fruity Grappa overtones, a minimally metallic touch. Smooth and soft, minimally sticky palate, soft to flat carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2019 at 20:41

7.5

omhper (44752) reviewed Svalbard from Vibrant Forest Brewery 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Near black, small head. Huge aroma of grappa. Mid sweet with near full body and rounded mouthfeel. Grappa and licorice. Unsubtle, for sure. But really tasty. And probably suitable on a Svalbard spring day.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2019 at 19:06