Aldaris Porteris

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

I’m admit I’m biased to Porters, and this one is one of the better ones I’ve had. Pours dark, deep brown. The glass lets just enough light through to give it an almost ’glowing’ effect when held up to a light bulb. Head is burnt brown in colour and it laces nicely as you progess through the brew. Noise is filled w/ fruit, hops, and roast. Attack and finish are bit on the sweet side, a little work here by Aldaris would move this Porter up to the next level. Very, very drinkable.

This is a pretty good porter that we picked up at the store on a whim.. I was not disappointed and it had lots of darkness to it and carmelizations. I think this is a bit underated on this site

Pours a deep brown almost black color and topped by a creamy tan head. The aroma is quite chewy and malty with notes reminiscent of a good bock. I get notes of alcohol, raisins, and a subdued notes of roasted malts. The beer is sweet and slightly on the thick side. There is a bit of roast character that peeps out from under the up front sweetness. This is a tad too sweet and there is not enough bring roast character to balance it out. This is a pretty decent beer, but it really is just a bit too sweet and a bit too unbalanced.

pretty dark with a light purple tinge. plenty of plum and some cocoa powder in the aroma. hint of staleness and boiled cauliflower but not too bad

Bottle into tulip glass. Smelled slightly of roasty chocolate, but there wasn’t much to smell. Dark plum in the glass with a huge beige head, kind of rocky, nice lacing patern on the side of the glass. The flavor is where it’s at: caramel malt, definitely sweet, but with fruity hops and some baked bread. Almost tastes like a doppelbock with more bitterness and more chocolate. In the end, some smoky mint spiciness. Creamy and full palate that was not dry and not watery. Overall, very enjoyable.

Black with no foam. Very fruity "portierish" aroma. Full bodied and creamy palate, very sweet flavor. Flavor comes up slowly, not much of a cutting hops. Mildly alcoholic ending. Needs some more personality and dimensions to be great porter, nice one though.

wow. this is nice. very creamy. dark fine carmels. surprising. lightly tangy. molasses and faded pit fruit. hops? no. a bit of anise on the end.

poured a dark, dark brown. Head was thin but a dark tan. The aroma was chocolate, and roasted malt. Flavor was definitely dark chocolate. Coffee and smoke was also present. I liked this.