7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nitro pour at Lakefront. The Chocolate Cherry beer is often attempted, rarely with success. This one works. Nitro helps a lot, helping accentuate the cherry. Smooth, sweet,.never clumsy or syrupy. Drinks a lot more like a Porter to me than a Stout. A pleasant surprise.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2023
at 21:43
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap at Lakefront. Phenomenal beer. Fantastically malty, wheaty base beer plays quite well with the barrel. Big oak tones as opposed to booze, not to say there isn't a little warmth. Sweet, luscious. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jun 2023
at 21:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Drake! Brown, looks like some minor floating particles, no head, but carbonation is evident on the sides of the glass. Caramel, fig newton, brown bread nose. Brown leaf, caramel, vanilla, dark cherry, fig, burnt sugar. Tastes a bit boozy, but that's fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2023
at 22:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz can. Pretty enjoyable, straightforward. Honey malt gives it some decent malt depth. Hops are classical and crisp. Very sessionable. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 12 May 2023
at 23:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bomber shared by Nate & Andrea at the April 2023 PS tasting, 4/8/23. 10 years to the day after bottling. Clear red, thin tan head, good retention. Aroma of toffee, toast, cherry. Oxidation notes. Taste is toffee, raisin, tinny hop. Full bodied. A bit harsh but still not too bad for a decade old. Glad to have been able to try this. Better late than never! I wonder if Chad still works there.
Tried
on 17 Apr 2023
at 03:47
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle shared by Jay at the February 2023 PS tasting, 2/11/23. Black, thin brown head, average retention. Aroma of roasted malt, earth, chocolate. Taste is roast, booze, peppers. Harsh. Past its prime.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2023
at 01:03
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Tap at DU. Cherry tone is overbearing, dominating...too much. No finesse or beer like qualities. Interesting flavored malt beverage. Not that good, embarrassing actually.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2023
at 22:42
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Tap at OF. Brandy bomb. Thankfully only 8oz of this will ever be in my life. Harsh brandy tone, cheap alcohol. Fake raspberry can't do a lot here, though it adds to it for sure. Unruly, not good at all, should have been dumped down the drain. Not getting any vanilla. Brutal.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2023
at 22:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at DU. Glad I was able to try this one. Beastly, rich, thick what I would call Quad. Heavy sugary tone, tastes like malt extract. Full bodied, bold, slow sipper. Not really stupendous for the style but unique and fun.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2023
at 22:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Full pour at Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The pour is an opaque black brown with a khaki head. The aroma is roast malt, cane sugar, and molasses. The taste is a big rich roast malt, pine, and the molasses of the nose, but more herbal than sweet. The palate is medium to heavier bodied with soft carbonation and the roast herbal molasses sweet finish. Haven't had a Baltic Porter in awhile, tasty stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2023
at 23:52