Mild herber, leicht süß-getreidiger Beginn. Süßlich im Mittelteil, zunehmend bitter, mittellanger Abgang. 9/9/8/9//9

Bottle, 5.0%. Mild peach and lemon aroma. Cloudy pale yellow colour. Very big, rocky white head. Clearly overcarbonated. The flavour has notes of lemon. Not acidic, though. A little yeast. High carbonation but thin mouthfeel. Low to medium bitterness. Yeasty finish and aftertaste.

Bottle, 6.5%. Sweetish and malty aroma. Almost clear golden colour. Small white head. The flavour is sweetish and bready with a faint hint of tropical hops. Good clean bitterness.

Sort med lett beige skum som legger seg rundt kanten. Aroma røsted malt mandler. Smak røsted malt mandel lakris karamell sjokolade. Fin fylde, lett søtlig. Delt med Synny og DjOeye

Sort med lett beige skum som legger seg rundt kanten. Aroma røsted malt mandler. Smak røsted malt mandel lakris karamell sjokolade. Fin fylde, lett søtlig. Delt med Synny og DjOeye

Sort med beige topp som daler raskt og legger seg som et slør rundt kanten. Aroma; sjokolade, lakris, malt, mørk karamell, dadler. Smak; Malt, kaffegrut, brente mandler, sjokolade, dadler, lakris. Myk munnfølelse, smakfull men godt balansert. Middels lang ettersmak. Spandert av Djoeye. Delt med Djoeye og Leif.

Bottle, 4.5%. Good fruity aroma, tropical and mineraly. Cloudy pale yellow colour. Small white head. The flavour is fruity with grapefruit bitterness. Mild mineral finish. Refreshing and clean. Low to medium bitterness.

Baltic porter from a brewery in western Poland, Szczecin to be precise, where the roots lie of Kamila, at whose home this bottle was shared – thanks Jonathan and Kamila! Pale yellowish beige, thickly moussy, shred-lacing, slowly opening head, black robe with misty mahogany-brown edges. Aroma of coffee grounds, bitter black chocolate, cold espresso, toasted brown bread, black peppercorns, dried prunes, toasted walnut, bayleaf, hints of gherkin, sweet sherry and something vaguely smoky. Cleanish sweet onset but nowhere cloying, dried plum, date, quite ‘prickly’ in carbonation but with full, oily mouthfeel; a vague note of porcini-like umami is present but remains in the background, while a thick layer of black chocolate is gradually superseded by slabs of bitter roasty coffee and toasted brown bread, dragging something walnutty in its wake; the roasted bitterness is spread out over a long distance, aided by leafy hops, but that full dark chocolateyness keeps the overall flavour bittersweet, with a dash of rum-like alcohol in the end to top it off. No ‘pastry’ ingredients here, no barrel ageing, just your old school, plain and classically designed eastern European Baltic porter – and though a modern addition to the old heritage of similar beers by Zywiec and Okocim, every bit as convincing. Excellent and elegantly unadorned example of the style from one of the countries most traditionally representing it.

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