Galway Bay Brewery Tharapita

Tharapita

 

Galway Bay Brewery in Oranmore, Galway, Ireland 🇮🇪

Collab with: Pühaste
  Porter - Imperial Baltic Special
Score
7.70
ABV: 11.3% IBU: - Ticks: 27
This opulent and decadent 11.3% Baltic Porter was brewed in collaboration with our friends from Pühaste. The beer pours a dark caramel head atop a rich, ink black liquid, expect notes of sticky dates, plum, chocolate, raisins, dried fruits, and hints of pecan. With a similar brewing process to our imperial stouts but utilising a lager yeast instead of our usual ale yeast. This decadent, dark beer utilised a serious amount of Pilsner Malt, Munich, Crystal Malt, Chocolate Malt and Flaked Oats and was then cold lagered for months to pay tribute to the famous dark beers of Estonia
 

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

Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Strong and roasty with dark chocolate, ash, burnt malt, touch of coffee. Medium sweet with a bittersweet finish. Strong, but not too boozy. Good body.

Tried from Can on 24 Jan 2025 at 13:31


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sample, thanks oh6gdx! Black, minimal head. Aroma of soy sauce and licorice. Very sweet with full body and dense, rounded mouthfeel. Earthy licorice and treacle. Intense warming finish. Big and bold.

Tried on 20 Jan 2025 at 20:59


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can 440ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. [ As Galway Bay / Pühaste Tharapita ]. ABV: 11.3%. [20250112]. 8/3/8/4/16

Tried from Can on 12 Jan 2025 at 20:40


8

Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 20:38


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

Can (from Viking Grace, thanks Jojo!). Pitch black colour, small beigeish brown head. Aroma is liquorice, some toffee, chocolate and mild syrupy tones too. Flavour is super sweet, liquorice, chocolate, alcohol, some syrup and mild toffeeish tones to it. A bit too inkyish boozy, but otherwise nice.

Tried from Can on 12 Nov 2024 at 18:20


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

28th September 2024
Panda thanks to Cloin. Clear dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, decent fine carbonation. Light but rich dark malts, a little unsweet dark chocolate. Some mild bitterness in the mid. Modest ripe fruits. Finishes quite light and with a mellow boozy spice. Refreshing to have a big dark beer that is not part of the normal pastry onslaught!

Tried on 28 Sep 2024 at 22:34


7

Tried on 12 Sep 2024 at 22:43


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

Can at home picked up from HOTM. A opaque, black brown coloured pour with a fading kahki head. Aroam is meaty roast, charred black sugars, liquorice, meaty. Flavour is composed of big thick chewy roast, light smokey bacon, ham glaze, spicy finish, chopotle, super chewy. Palate is medium sweet, chewy, moderate carbonation. burnt toffee. warming alcohol. super chewy.

Tried from Can on 07 Sep 2024 at 00:26


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

Can at home, from HOTM online, 26/08/24. Pitch black with a good sized lasting khaki head. Nose is rich roast, light smoke, dried fruit esters, charr, dark chocolate, burnt toffee, hint of liquorice. Taste comprises sticky fruit cake mix, chocolate, toffee, dates, figs, dark malts, spice, charr, raisins, molasses, toasted brown sugars, aniseed trace. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced spike of alcohol. Solid sipper ... liquid fruit cake in a glass.

Tried from Can on 26 Aug 2024 at 17:11


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can, huge thanks Trnka for sharing! Blackish body, no head. Creamy aroma, soy sauce, chocolate and coffee. Lean taste, light roasty coffee, bit citric, soft fruitiness, light chocolate. Tasty and well balanced, excellent but for the aroma, dare I say!

Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2024 at 08:21