Okocim Porter

Brewed by Carlsberg Polska
Style: Baltic Porter
Warszawa, Poland

Bottle from Keg Liquors, IN. Deep brown with ruby highlights. Tall tan head with fine bubbles, medium carbonation that fell quickly. Aroma of chocolate and toasted malts with a bit of caramel. Tastes of chocolate, roast, some sweetness like toffee; low to no hops; balanced toward sweetness. Very drinkable, could have another.

Bottle thanks to my Polish friend. Pours with a deep brown near black body and a khaki head. Aroma of dark, fruity esters, red licorice, chocolate, dusty/dirty, and light earthy spices. Taste is leather, earth, smoke, chocolate, anise and charcoal. Light, refined bubbles. Quite good. Not too smokey. As it warms it becomes slightly lactic and metallic, although not unpleasantly so.

aroma is light candy tang and subtle soft cocoa features. body is handsome opaque with fleeting head and low carb. flavor is chocolate sweetness backed by alcohol whip. palate is decidedly oily. pretty well put together considering its cost and ease of availability, ive had worse cheap baltics.

Pretty much black, tan head. Sweet roasted malt aroma with coffee, vanilla. Sweet and roasty with a quite metallic tang. Low carbonation is just about enough to stop it being syrupy. Finish is medicinal and metallic. I wasn’t expecting this to be as good as Zywiec Porter, but this was really disappointing.

(br-btl br/rd-lbl, Okocim Brewery in Brzesko, “Traditional Polish Taste”, 8.3%, $3, 25¢/oz)

opq-mgy, thin-long-tan-head, silky-full-body, fine-med-co2.

sweet-flower bright-grain chclt dark(kuhlua) aroma.

taste:
T1 flowery-hop ^chclt.
T2 ^milk-chclt-malt ^rich(like wood or leather).
T3 §coffee-bean §sweet-chrcl.
Ts fresh-flowery.
Tf §cloying.

maintains a balance, from aroma through Tf, more of bright vs dark than sweet vs bitter (because sweet is clear winner).

Bottle 500ml.
Clear medium to dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, coffee, light burnt and brown sugar. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20091022]

A nice low budget baltic porter from BOTW. Reddish brown with soapy looking head. Nose was a little subdued, but noticed coffee, prunes, and spiciness. Palate is nice, a bit creamy, bubbly, thick malty feel, that is a bit nutty and chocolaty. Not the best of this style I have had but certainly a nice beer.

Bottle 50 cl. Pours a dark brown with an orange hue and a small, off-white head. Sweetish roasted malt in the nose. Medium body, very sweet roasted malt and a little vanilla. Very subdued bitterness. Overly sweet - almost cloying. 221009