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Nurme Alus in Talsi, Courland, Latvia 🇱🇻
Porter - Imperial Baltic Regular|
Score
7.10
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A bold and rich Baltic porter with pleasantly roasted chocolate and caramel notes, along with some stout characteristics.
Brewed in the heart of Baltics, Riga
Brewed in the heart of Baltics, Riga
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
440ml can. Jet black colour with slightly late awakening, average to huge, dense, firm, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, tan head. Roasty, slightly chocolately, dark malty and caramel malty aroma, notes of coffee grounds, dark chocolate, cocoa, a touch of liquorice, minimally smoky, ashy overtones. Taste is roasty, minimally nutty, dark malty, slightly caramel malty with some residual sweetness, notes of toffee, coffee, coffee grounds, some liquorice, cocoa, a weak, fruity touch of blueberry, minimally metallic overtones, rust, iron; minimally fruity, alcoholic finish.
Creamy-oily texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying, simultaneously slightly dry palate, medium to fine, dense, creamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Focussed, not overly complex - pretty much OK.
Creamy-oily texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying, simultaneously slightly dry palate, medium to fine, dense, creamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Focussed, not overly complex - pretty much OK.
Tried
from Can
from Beyond Beer
on 29 Sep 2025
at 21:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
250ml draught at Agenturet. Deep black body, covering beige head, dotted spots on the glassware. Attractive on the nose with smoothly roasted chocolate malts, mid-sweet. Quite solid malt-driven taste profile of dark caramel and chocolate. Closes with mid-sweet chocolate malts, lightly roasted. Fine bodied. Like it. (In friendly company with Synny, Cunningham, and Finn, Tromsø, 03.09.2025)
Tried
from Draft
at
Agenturet Øl og Vinbar
on 03 Sep 2025
at 16:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
25cl on tap at Koht, Tallinn. Pours close to pitch black with a tanned head. Roasty aroma with notes chocolate, nuts and licorice. Smooth, flavourful and enjoyable.
Tried
from Draft
at
Koht
on 27 Aug 2025
at 15:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
TCBW2025. Black colour with a mediumsized beigeish brown head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is roasted malts, some chocolate, toffee, nuts and mild liquorice tones with a wee bit of alcohol sweetness as well. Flavour is nutty, some chocolaty, toffeeish and mild roasted tones. Nicely balanced.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jun 2025
at 20:00
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Smell-weak malt, weak chocolate, faint roast.
Foam-thin malt, weak cofee, weak roast. Head is medium to large, dark brown in color.
Appearance- nice, simple can. Black in color, basically very dark brown in color, no visible carbonation.
From - pint
Taste - malt, some chocolate, faint cofee, some acidic tones, some roast. Overall, quite weak to medium roasty and malty. not for me.
Foam-thin malt, weak cofee, weak roast. Head is medium to large, dark brown in color.
Appearance- nice, simple can. Black in color, basically very dark brown in color, no visible carbonation.
From - pint
Taste - malt, some chocolate, faint cofee, some acidic tones, some roast. Overall, quite weak to medium roasty and malty. not for me.
Tried
from Can
from
Lauvas alus
on 24 Apr 2025
at 16:48