9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Black body with a firm, light brown head. Aroma of roast malt, licorice and tar (harbour-like). Rich flavour with coffee, wood smoke, more tar and licorice. A little sour with some bitterness in the finish, no annoying sweetness that can ruin a porter sometimes.
2005 beer, tasted end of 2007: Could the aroma get more intense of licorice, salt, tar, smoke, chocolate? The smoothness is overwhelming, and the flavour shows even more chocolate now. Perfect!
Pre-1970 Urban Limfjordsporter from Aalborg Aktiebryggerier. A bit dusty, cellary aroma, but excellent caramel and licorice character otherwise. Sweetish roasted flavour with a bit of charcoal, a hint of smoke and caramel, along with dust and cellar.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2004
at 12:24