Mare Oscuro

Luppolo Brewing Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

Porter - Baltic Regular

Score

6.61

ABV: 7.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 5

In collaboration with our friend North Pacific Kelp, we utilized four different varieties of kelp locally sourced from Haida Gwaii. The use of kelp in both the mash and whirlpool provides a distinct sea-like saltiness and earthy aromatics with a pleasant minerality.

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Gerbeer (8214) reviewed Mare Oscuro from Luppolo Brewing Company 3 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 2

473 ml can. Pours a dark brown with full light tan head. Aromas of roasted malts, plastic and salty chocolate. Flavors of roasted malts and a huge dose of kelp; and not in a good way. Almost a drain pour after having an 8.4 rated beer.

Why don’t BC brewers focus on making big flavorful stouts instead of adding crap to fairly low ABV/malt base beers?

Tried from Can on 15 Nov 2025 at 01:48

7.4

Oakes (33493) reviewed Mare Oscuro from Luppolo Brewing Company 11 months ago

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

Dark brown. Thin head. Full body, light acidity and dark fruit, low bitterness.

Tried on 09 Mar 2025 at 17:02

7.1

pictoman (9684) reviewed Mare Oscuro from Luppolo Brewing Company 1 year ago

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

Poured from 473mL can. Very dark brown with small beige head. Lots of roast malt on the nose, mostly a roast malt forward brew with some very feint salty green kelp notes in the background (like those you would find in a side dish at a Korean restaurant).

Tried from Can at Luppolo Brewing Company on 09 Feb 2025 at 04:11

7.1

mcberko (47456) reviewed Mare Oscuro from Luppolo Brewing Company 1 year ago

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

On tap at Luppolo, pours a deep dark brown with a medium tan head. Aroma brings out toasted malt, a touch of cocoa, and a touch of seaweed. Flavour has nice toasted malt, cocoa, and some earthiness. Not getting the kelp here, but pleasant malt character. Good.

Tried from Draft on 14 Dec 2024 at 22:16

7.2

RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Mare Oscuro from Luppolo Brewing Company 1 year ago

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

6oz pour at brewery. Pours black with small beige head. Aroma is nice and roasty. Flavour has a deep roasted malt character, finished with some bright hops. Very nice Baltic porter.

Tried on 10 Dec 2024 at 03:19