Aldaris Porteris

Brewed by Aldaris (Baltic Beverages Holding - Carlsberg)
Style: Baltic Porter
Riga, Latvia

Bottle. Red brown colour with a baige head. Light roasted, fruity aroma and a sweet caramel malty taste. Medium body and a dry finish.

Bottle. Nice chewy smell of raisins and molasses right out of the bottle. Pours a deep brown under a thick brown head, wafting the smell of brown sugar and cola through the room Taste is a little fruity, with a bit of dark roast malt astringency following. Touch of chocolate, molasses or rum. Despite its low price and doubtless roundabout way of getting to my glass, it is indeed a nice, robust, well-made porter.

Sweet vinous, fruity aroma has some alcohol and some roast apparent. Clear mahogany brown body with shy, large bubbled tan head that recedes immediately to a very slight ring. Extremely sweet and somewhat boozy with strong sugary fruit character and some light roast. Medium body with very low carbonation that feels very still and unexciting in the mouth. I guess this bottle wasn’t in the best of shape. Half pint glass. Just above fridge temperature. Bottle (State Line Liquors, MD, Oct-05).

Bottled. Clear brown coloured with a beige head. Aroma of malts, caramel and coffee with roasted notes. Sweet flavour of caramel with notes of coffee and roasted notes.

Bottle. A brown sugar aroma with only a hint of malt and hops. Dark reddish brown with small head. Sweet dark malt and brown sugar/molasses flavor with mild hops and chocolate finish. Body fairly light for a porter. Very good but may be too light for some.

Bottled. Not much aroma, just hints of chocolat. Black, light brown head, good lace. Sweet, loads of chocolat, some licorice, bitter finish, full bodied and soft.

Bottle, pours a dark brown with an off white head. Malty with a mild burnt nose. Dark fruit with malty sweet flavors, Very smooth and sweet. A most enjoyable Baltic.

Pours a transluscent brown with a light head. Roasty taste with traces of something that reminds me of soy sauce and a pretty weak finish. A bit too thin in the mouth, too. Definitely drinkable, but could be better.