7.1

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

Almost black beer with a beige head. Aroma of roasted dark malt, chocolate, coffee. Taste of dark roasted malt, caramel, coffee.

6.5

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

Röstiger, süß karamelliger Beginn. Leichte Herbe, Kaffeenoten, zunehmend süß, langer Abgang. Ok. 11/10/9/9//9

6

Sort med lett beige skum som legger seg rundt kanten. Aroma røsted malt mandler. Smak røsted malt mandel lakris karamell sjokolade. Fin fylde, lett søtlig. Delt med Synny og DjOeye

6.4

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

Sort med lett beige skum som legger seg rundt kanten. Aroma røsted malt mandler. Smak røsted malt mandel lakris karamell sjokolade. Fin fylde, lett søtlig. Delt med Synny og DjOeye

7

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

Sort med beige topp som daler raskt og legger seg som et slør rundt kanten. Aroma; sjokolade, lakris, malt, mørk karamell, dadler. Smak; Malt, kaffegrut, brente mandler, sjokolade, dadler, lakris. Myk munnfølelse, smakfull men godt balansert. Middels lang ettersmak. Spandert av Djoeye. Delt med Djoeye og Leif.

7.8

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

Baltic porter from a brewery in western Poland, Szczecin to be precise, where the roots lie of Kamila, at whose home this bottle was shared – thanks Jonathan and Kamila! Pale yellowish beige, thickly moussy, shred-lacing, slowly opening head, black robe with misty mahogany-brown edges. Aroma of coffee grounds, bitter black chocolate, cold espresso, toasted brown bread, black peppercorns, dried prunes, toasted walnut, bayleaf, hints of gherkin, sweet sherry and something vaguely smoky. Cleanish sweet onset but nowhere cloying, dried plum, date, quite ‘prickly’ in carbonation but with full, oily mouthfeel; a vague note of porcini-like umami is present but remains in the background, while a thick layer of black chocolate is gradually superseded by slabs of bitter roasty coffee and toasted brown bread, dragging something walnutty in its wake; the roasted bitterness is spread out over a long distance, aided by leafy hops, but that full dark chocolateyness keeps the overall flavour bittersweet, with a dash of rum-like alcohol in the end to top it off. No ‘pastry’ ingredients here, no barrel ageing, just your old school, plain and classically designed eastern European Baltic porter – and though a modern addition to the old heritage of similar beers by Zywiec and Okocim, every bit as convincing. Excellent and elegantly unadorned example of the style from one of the countries most traditionally representing it.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle, 7.7%. Vinous aroma, milk chocolate. Almost black colour, seems clear. Small frothy off-white head. The flavour is quite roasted with a lot of coffee. Also quite sweet. There must be lactose in it. Long aftertaste, mostly dark and bitter chocolate. Perhaps a bit too sweet, but I like it.

6.6

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

Tap @Kufle i Kapsle in Warsaw-Poland. Coffee bean color with a beige foam. Nose: green coffee mixed with “burnt” malt. Peculiar, I must admit. Mouth starts clean, with a note of under spirit cherries and a medium bitter finish. Not such a memorable Baltic Porter, just solid.

7

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

W aromacie kakao, czekolada, ciemne pieczywo, lekka sliweczka i sherry. W smaku kakao, czekolada, sporo owoców, melanoidyn brak. Zwraca uwagę bardzo wysoka, kakaowa goryczka, trochę nie pasuje do reszty moim zdaniem. Wysycenie niskie. Lubię goryczką, ale ta jest za wysoka i trochę psuje odbiór.