Ølfabrikken Gammel Ekstra Porter

To celebrate my 1000th Danish rating, I drink this, which is the highest rated Danish beer I haven’t had - at the moment it is the 6th higest Danish beer. This gives me 4 countries with 1000 ratings or more.

A pitch black beer with a nice very dark brown head. The aroma has strong notes of dark bitter chocolate, combined with notes of oranges, and a bit of hops. The flavor is extremely powerful - quite sweet with very strong notes of dark bitter chocolate, roasted almost burnt malts, caramel, vanilla, wood, cherries, and alcohol, leading to a very bitter end where the chocolate, alcohol, and citrus from the hops lingers around. The mouthfeel is almost like tar. WOW.

[Bottled, thanks Ungstrup!] Very black, near no head. Loads of burnt malt up front. Fairly sweet with massive flavour of coffee and licorice. Very malty and rich with heavy, oily mouthfeel. Notes of burnt rye bread and tar. Shock and awe beer, but not out of balance. Ekstra indeed!

(Bottle 50 cl) Pours black and completely opaque with a small, light brown head. Very roasted aroma with a vaguely burned note. Extremely rich and full-bodied with loads of burned, malty accents and some rather unusual fruity hints. Distinct burned and bitter finish. An odd one. 260806 and 070907

Inky dark brown. Not much visible carbo, nor head. Swirl it around and it sticks to the glass. Intense charred wood, plum, port, molasses with lighter nuances of chocolate. There is a lot going on here. Superroasted molasses taste. Very viscous body, sweet and a little bit oily. No shortage of woody bitterness either, but it’s a rather abrasive counter to ultra dense malts. Not complementary. One of the biggest beers I’ve had...and only 8.5%. The glass is stained, I think permanently.

Blind tasting at sk8vikings porter / stout tasting, beer no 27. Pours dark brown to black with a rim from a brown head. Quite burbon dried malty aroma. Full bodied. Clear liqourice flavour, mellow, malty with a dark chocolate whiff. Very nice.