Back Road Autumn Ale 2005 (Baltic Porter)

Formerly brewed at Back Road Brewery
Style: Baltic Porter
LaPorte, Indiana USA

Thanks to richlikebeer for sharing. Jet black color with a creamy tan head that hugs the glass. An aroma of caramel, malts, fruit, and chocolate. Body id almost like a stout. Tastes of roasted malts, chocolate, and coffee. Taste is somewhat burnt. Good beer!

surprise surprise, a Back Road beer courtesy of BBB63. pour was gorgeous, jet black with a huge, creamy tan head. sweet nose, fig, orange, chocolate, and caramel make up a very potent bouquet. a slightly burnt malt taste with alot of toffee and chocolate. the aftertaste is very burnt, as that heavy roasted flavor lingers behind in the aftertaste. i have yet to be dissapointed in anything from Back Road. Thanks mike.

Sampled at the Milwaukee YEHa!05 courtesy of BBB63: Nearly opaque dark brown pour has a thin-lacing light tan head. Complex sweet cherry and dark fruit aroma has a lightly roasted milk chocolate balance. Starts with light fruit and dark toffee malty sweetness turning more dry, roasty and bittersweet toward the smooth drinkable finish. A very nice brew. Sad to see this is a one-time thing.

Bottle: Courtesy of Styles. Aroma of chocolate, vanilla, fruit, and light coffee. Pours a dark brown with some orange hilights when held to the light and a small off-white head that quickly fades to a ring. Chocolate and caramel up front, Hints of fruit in the middle. Big roasted malt and roasted coffee finish.

Very dark beer with mahogony highlights when held up to the light. Thin brown head. Lots of alcohol in the nose, with raisen and other dried fruit sweetness. Roast grains, chocolate, some coffee, with a nice hoppy finish. Very tastey beer.

Thanks so much to Tom for this one, you certainly didn’t have to leave it at my house! 22oz bottle. Served at 59° in an english pint glass. Nearly black with some red tint and the edges and a nearly non-existant, hazy, head. Smells like a true baltic porter, roasty with some buttermilk-ish sourness. Aroma also is nutty with coffee and bittersweet chocolate. Smells great. Mouthfeel is initially large and creamy. The initial taste is dark malt, cream, and mocha followed by a rush of very dark roasted malt, smoke, buttermilk, and bright citrusy hops that counter balance this extremely roasty flavor. The finish is above average bitterness and some more roastiness. Smooth, full body that finishes easy. This is a very easy drinking 8.5% beer, not too thick or overpowering, but packed with a ton of flavor. Very tasty.

Guess who this came from. Black body, thin tan head. Estery, smokey aroma with chewey dark chocoalte. Bitter chocolate and apricot in the flavor with a bit of charred barley. Great flavor. Dry chocolate finish.

Thanks to Mike for sharing this: Pours a dark brown, small off white head, aroma of licorice, light chocolate and caramel. Flavor is sweet, lots of sugary toffee and cocoa, tasty stuff. The alochol is there, but not offensive.