Bottle: Pours a dark brown with a finger of creamy tan head. Nose is sweet with chocolate, vanilla, and hints of bananas. Flavor of roast, cocoa, vanilla, bananas, and light hints of yeast. Picking up this ever so slight metallic vibe. Lingering roasty finish. Not bad.

12oz bottle. Opaque black with a thin, steady head. Medium bodied, sweet chocolate licorice maltiness. Sugary and not that complex, a pretty timid example of the style. Lacks any real depth. Mellow carbonation keeps it smooth, but also further exemplifies the beers underwhelming characteristics. Creamy, not unlike a Milk Stout. True to style, in a bad way.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of cocoa, earth and leather, a bit of a nutty presence. Flavor is fairly nutty/earthy with a bit of chocolate (especially in the finish) and a sweet stickiness on the palate. This is good, but not overly complex. That said, it doesn’t fall toward the cloying end of the Baltic Porter spectrum, which is fine by me...

This beer is a good example of what an ale could be. Very pretty beer, black liquid and choco moos head. Head fades rapidly. Plain old clean yeast aroma with nice lacing on the glass. Thin carbonation yet creamy on the palate. Malty milky feel on the tongue. No gunk on the bottom of the bottle. Dark wet roasted feel that is not offensive. Kind and forgiving to the taste bud. Mild laid back stout experince. Near end of session still interesting but going flat. Becomes like a black mild beer on nitro near the end. Some lingering roasted wood near the finish. I don’t like baltic porters but this stuff is freindly fine. Overall good beer experience.

A dark brown beer. The Schell’s yeast is very perceivable in the flavor and aroma. Heavily roasted grains are the primary quality of this beer. Some lager yeast. I prefer the flavor while the beer is chilled, but the aroma opens up as it warms.

12 oz bottle purchased by my Dad at Zipps in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pour is black with ruby notes and a one inch light tan head. Head falls pretty quickly with minimal lacing. Aroma of slight roast, some grassy smoky tobacco. Faint, but clean nose. Taste is some of the roast of the nose up front, followed by a milkiness and leafiness. There is also a soft milk chocolate sweetness. Flavor like the nose is faint but clean. Palate is medium, lowish carbonation and a clean brief finish. The alcohol is not present until the very back of the finish. Nice enough.

Bottle from guerde. Thanks a bunch man. Pours really black with a few tan bubbles. Aroma of roasted malt. And treacally dark fruit. Near full bodied with mild, foamy carbonation. Flavor is dark fruits and dark malt, with I think a touch of coffee. Even chocolate. Pretty tasty stuff.