Tallinn at Dawn (Cellar Series)
Põhjala in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia 🇪🇪
Porter - Imperial Baltic Regular|
Score
7.64
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BA Imperial Baltic Porter
An indulgent imperial Baltic porter aged in Madeira casks for 16 months.
Taste: The first sip explodes with a delightful mix of toasted grains, caramelized sugars and bright red berries, reminiscent of a warm homemade cherry pie. Bit by bit the character of Madeira starts to unfold and flows over the palate with notes of sun-kissed grapes, dried figs and chocolate ganache, balanced by a peppery hop bitterness and exquisite oak tannins.
Appearance: A mahogany brown beer with a dense beige head.
Nose: Rich and toasty, with a wave of dark chocolate and mocha notes interwoven with the warmth of toasted almonds.
Malts: Pilsner zero, Munich light, Low colour Maris Otter, Carafa special T-2, Chocolate rye, Caramel pale, Caramel 300, Oat malt
Hops: Magnum, Columbus, Northern Brewer
An indulgent imperial Baltic porter aged in Madeira casks for 16 months.
Taste: The first sip explodes with a delightful mix of toasted grains, caramelized sugars and bright red berries, reminiscent of a warm homemade cherry pie. Bit by bit the character of Madeira starts to unfold and flows over the palate with notes of sun-kissed grapes, dried figs and chocolate ganache, balanced by a peppery hop bitterness and exquisite oak tannins.
Appearance: A mahogany brown beer with a dense beige head.
Nose: Rich and toasty, with a wave of dark chocolate and mocha notes interwoven with the warmth of toasted almonds.
Malts: Pilsner zero, Munich light, Low colour Maris Otter, Carafa special T-2, Chocolate rye, Caramel pale, Caramel 300, Oat malt
Hops: Magnum, Columbus, Northern Brewer
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8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2025
at 22:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Draught at Monk's: pours black with beige head. Whiskey, vanilla, some light bozziness, chocolate. Taste is somewhat sweetish, lightly boozy, not bitter. Fairly large. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2025
at 02:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
330ml bottle. Jet black colour with small, frothy to creamy, fading, dark beige head. Roasty and chocolately, dark malty, minimally vinous fruity and woody aroma, notes of dark chocolate, couverture, a touch of dark toffee, hints of red wine, blue grapes, some cherry, some oak. Taste is roasty and chocolately, dark malty, vinous fruity and slightly woody, notes of dark chocolate, couverture, a touch of dark toffee, hints of red wine, blue grapes, some morello, cherry, a touch of plum, some oak with a minimally tannic touch.
Minimally viscous, but somehow acid thinned and therefore alltogether still watery texure, smooth and slightly cloying, simultaneously minimally dry and repellent palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation.
Clean and focussed, very pronounced and distinct flavours, some subtleties nonetheless; seemingly light and almost drinkable or better: a "high frequency sipper" - very good.
Minimally viscous, but somehow acid thinned and therefore alltogether still watery texure, smooth and slightly cloying, simultaneously minimally dry and repellent palate, medium, mildly prickly carbonation.
Clean and focussed, very pronounced and distinct flavours, some subtleties nonetheless; seemingly light and almost drinkable or better: a "high frequency sipper" - very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2025
at 00:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pours black with a small head. Arom is sweet licorice, toffee and Madeira. Sweet and warming taste of licorice, Madeira, roasted malt and oak casks.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2025
at 19:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Weicher, intensiv malziger Beginn. Moderate Süße, Schokolade, Trockenfrüchte, helles, eher mildes Holz. Vollmundig, zu, Ende moderat alkoholisch, minimal torfig. Lecker. 9/11/11/10/12/11
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2025
at 20:08
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
kihoskh#24 very well balanced slightly dark fruity barrel aged aroma, raisins , roasted malts. really smooth and balanced aroma with emphasis on the notes from the barrelling, but not boozy. Flavor is roasted malts, chocolate, faint dried dark fruits (the madeira barrel aging no doubt) faint charred wood (same). The beer was taken off the barrels at the right time, it is very well blended and balanced but also with a lot of flavor notes. it tastes like it is at the point just before oxidation might become an issue. ripe.. great beer. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Kihoskh Winter bliss on 05 Jun 2025 at 12:51 - Score: Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5. Original review text: Dark brown to black, light brown head
Roasted malts, dark chocolate cookie, brown sugaryboozy note
Salty and barrel aged flavor , poultry sure what exactly was in the barrel, I mostly get ham and perhaps a sweet whisky or rum. Pretty well balanced imp porter, also decently complex with tge salty woody notes.
Roasted malts, dark chocolate cookie, brown sugaryboozy note
Salty and barrel aged flavor , poultry sure what exactly was in the barrel, I mostly get ham and perhaps a sweet whisky or rum. Pretty well balanced imp porter, also decently complex with tge salty woody notes.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2024
at 17:37
8.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2024
at 22:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2024, Saturday. Almost black beer with a beige head. Aroma and Taste of roasted dark malt, chocolate, coffee, red wine, slightly boozy finish.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2024
at 19:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg Billie's 2024-09-11 Antwerp
AR: heavy barrel aged = boozy, chocolate
AP: dark brown, no head
F: heavy barrel aged = boozy, chocolate
AR: heavy barrel aged = boozy, chocolate
AP: dark brown, no head
F: heavy barrel aged = boozy, chocolate
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Nov 2024
at 19:39
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Sir Kenneth of Essex, 27/10/24. Pitch black with a khaki head that thins to a swirl and edgeing in time. Nose is rich roast, raisins, molasses, chocolate shavings, mellow madeira tones, dates, dark malts. Taste comprises fruit cake, light spice, dark malts, chocolate, raisins, dates, mellow port soaked oak, figs, toffee. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced spike of alcohol. Solid easy drinking BA affair.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2024
at 17:11