Disko (Cellar Series)
Põhjala in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia 🇪🇪
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.56
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A rich and vibrant imperial stout aged extensively in French whisky barrels.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a dark brown foamy head with some retention and some lacing notes. Aroma of chocolate notes with some oak notes with faint vanilla notes. Taste is also a mix of chocolate notes with some dry oak notes and faint vanilla notes with small residual sugar notes. Body is full with an oily texture and good carbonation with light discernible alcohol notes. Enjoyable BA stout but French oak doesn’t add a ton of flavours..
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2026
at 19:16
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
330mL bottle, pours jet black with a tiny dark brown head. Nose is full of charred oak, wood, moderate roast, and a very light liqueur-like character from the French oak whiskey barrels. Flavour is luxurious, with a remarkable oak barrel character, plenty of charred whiskey, luscious molasses and dark chocolate, and a very solid roasted malt base. Barrels used to perfection, ungirded by a top-notch malt bill. Oily, lush mouthfeel; wonderful complexity. Põhjala’s barrel-aged beers are usually great, but this one is a step above—phenomenally crafted.
Tried
from Bottle
from
BeerLovers (Heineken)
on 09 Dec 2025
at 04:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cigar box, ashtray and caramelly malts. Pours Dark Brown with a beige head. Smooth palate. Decent. 3.5.
Tried
on 01 Oct 2025
at 06:43
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Flasche 0,33l: Schwarz, kräftige Trübung, wenig mäßig stabiler mittelporiger brauner Schaum; sehr süße + sehr würzige Nase, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, Trockenfrüchte, dunkle Schokolade, Kakao, Vanille, Malz, kräftig dunkles Karamell, sehr nussig, Haselnüsse, würzige Fassaromen; sehr süßer + sehr würziger Körper, Röstaromen, eingelegte/getrocknete Früchte, Rosinen, Feigen, Vanille, Zimt, Röstmalz, Malzzucker, kräftig dunkles Karamell, sehr cremig, kaum Kohlensäure, dunkle Schokolade, Kakao, leicht alkoholisch, würzige Fassaromen; süßlich-würziger Nachgang
Tried
from Bottle
from Beyond Beer
on 17 Jul 2025
at 07:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aroma: Malt dried fruits and plumbs.
Flavour: Malty and fruity sweet with plumbs and light Smokey notes. Aftertaste is sweet with an oily and warm mouthfeel.
Colour: Dark Brown with an offwhite head.
From: Bottle curtesy of Rasmus40
Flavour: Malty and fruity sweet with plumbs and light Smokey notes. Aftertaste is sweet with an oily and warm mouthfeel.
Colour: Dark Brown with an offwhite head.
From: Bottle curtesy of Rasmus40
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2025
at 21:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Best of Beers. Black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate, dried fruit and whisky. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish with a little alcohol. Oily and soft. 200625
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2025
at 21:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
pitch black, small smooth brown head.
aroma of glue, wood, booze, roasted malts. a bit brutal and boozy i think.
flavor is roasted malts, salt licorice, bourbon, chocolate. flavor is not really boozy as the arma was, but fairly intense. very good no nonsense non-pastry imp stout.
aroma of glue, wood, booze, roasted malts. a bit brutal and boozy i think.
flavor is roasted malts, salt licorice, bourbon, chocolate. flavor is not really boozy as the arma was, but fairly intense. very good no nonsense non-pastry imp stout.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Kihoskh
on 05 May 2025
at 22:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 02 May 2025
at 21:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 26/04/2025.
Pitch black topped with a khaki head that thins to a swirl and edge work.
Nose is dark malts, dried fruit esters, spice, molasses, chocolate.
Taste comprises dark malts, charr, earthy fruits, spice, figs, chocolate, dates, toffee.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost cloaked in mellow whisky barrel.
Okay BA impy if a touch raw in places.
Pitch black topped with a khaki head that thins to a swirl and edge work.
Nose is dark malts, dried fruit esters, spice, molasses, chocolate.
Taste comprises dark malts, charr, earthy fruits, spice, figs, chocolate, dates, toffee.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost cloaked in mellow whisky barrel.
Okay BA impy if a touch raw in places.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2025
at 19:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
23rd March 2025
Near clear dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head that dissapates quickly. Smooth palate, quite light all things considered, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Soft rich dark malts, good dark chocolate, mild coffee. French whiskey brings mildly spicy ripe fruits, a little softer and a little fruitier than your average UK or US whiskey barrel, does that describe French Whiskey? Dunno! Seems to make this brew a little off the beaten track.
Near clear dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head that dissapates quickly. Smooth palate, quite light all things considered, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Soft rich dark malts, good dark chocolate, mild coffee. French whiskey brings mildly spicy ripe fruits, a little softer and a little fruitier than your average UK or US whiskey barrel, does that describe French Whiskey? Dunno! Seems to make this brew a little off the beaten track.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2025
at 19:20