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Big Spruce Brewing in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦
Porter - Imperial Baltic Special|
Score
6.69
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50% aged in Glenora single malt whiskey barrels, 50% aged in Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels then blended for a kick.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a black Baltic porter with a nice large brown foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma of chocolate malt with some dry roasted malt notes with huge woody bourbon notes clearly identifiable. Taste is a nice mix of chocolate malt notes with huge dry woody notes of bourbon with a dry bitter finish. Body is a bit thin for style with good carbonation and light warming alcohol notes are discernible. Enjoyable but bourbon notes are quite forward and body is maybe tad too thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2018
at 18:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear dark brown with a ruby hue and a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of barrel, dark grains, roasted malts and some green apple. Flavor has more roasted malts and dark grains with a decent amount of bourbon and a hint of green apple.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2016
at 15:14