Black Boss Porter 9.4%

Brewed by BOSS Browar Witnica
Style: Baltic Porter
Witnica, Poland

Excellent Porter that has a wonerful smokey character yet goes down smooth and is very pleasing to the palate

From a bottle--Poured a brown-black deep rich body with a small tan head that quickly dissipated. Nose of sugary chocolates and liquorish. Aroma of alcohol is also present. Distinctive Baltic porter flavor with thin carbonation and rich nutty, caramel hints. Finished a little hot, but overall, quite enjoyable.

Bottle that’s been sitting in my cellar for about 3 years. Pours dark brown with a faint light brown head that doesn’t last. Smells of molasses, licorice, sweet chocolate, earthy. Tastes earthy and boozy with some caramel and syrup qualities. Some dates peak through eventually but not as exciting as some of the others tried alongside this.

roasted aroma, like dark rye and baking chocolate. fiercely dark. great rich flavor and consistency. true porter style.

8/9/07 From the bottle. Aroma is of dark plum, more like a port than a porter, then as the beer opens up goes to raisin, then fades into a bready roasty tone. Appearance is dark hazy brown with a medium tan head. Flavor is fruity sweet malt forward with caramel, smooth roast toffee, nutty, dark dried currant and no hop character. Mouthfeel is medium/full bodied with a powdered grainy feel throughout the mouth; warm. Overall, very cool and complex, like a strong aged winter warmer; possibly the best porter I’ve had this year.

Pours a very dark black with a moderate tan head. Very smooth with a rich chocolate taste. Sweet with a light carbonation. All in all one of the best beers I’ve ever had.

Hard to do better than the flavor on this one. Excellent balance between the sweet aspects and the lingering smokey bitterness. Not big or overwhelming in the flavor profile, but this is one example where that ’s not necessary to be excellent. Aroma is light, misty and sea-breezy in feel, in a category beyond chocolate and into fudge. Rich, creamy and smooth. Fits right in with what I love about this sub-style.

Bottled. Pitch black in colour. Medium sized beige head. Lacings. The aroma is sweet and malty, roasted, something.... The flavour is is sweet and malty. There is a pleasant and sweet aftertaste as you swallow the beer. Really ggod this one.