Wrecking Ball Baltic Porter
Marshall Wharf Brewing Company in Belfast, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Baltic Regular|
Score
6.79
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught at 3 Tides, 8/29/15.
Dark brown body has some magenta highlights when held to the light, showing good clarity and a dark beige head atop with moderate retention.
Anise, very dry roast, vanilla and bakers cocoa in the nose are all held together by just enough caramel, but it remains dry and challenging, for sure. Perhaps a pinch of alcohol? No flaws.
Richly malted, yet dry and drinkable, with a carbonation imparting a creamy texture in concert with the malts. Chocolate ranges from bitter to milk as it warms, with malt adding sweetness and dry, ashen and prune-like notes providing a too-style character. What it dosent kill you with is hops or alcohol and as mentioned, it’s not syrupy-sweet. Rich, for sure, but delicious and quite drinkable. Served in a pint glass, I was able to drink the whole thing quite normally without any fatigue of palate. No soy/oxidation or any other problems. Low hop apparency.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
6 oz. Draft @ When Pigs Fly. Aroma of chocolate, molasses and light earthy dirt. Flavor of course is malt driven. Caramel, molasses, traces of earthy English malts and alcohol in the backend. Body leans on the thin side with the alcohol showing much more as it warmed. The flavor is nice but the thinner body hurts it in my mind. Still well worth a try and the malt does linger for a good amount after the sip. Well made.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
on tap-pours a brown head and black color. Aroma is sweet dark malt-roasty/molasses/licorice. Taste is sweet dark malt-roasty/molasses/licorice, secondary earthy hops, alcohol. Full body with some syrupy character.