Black Boss Porter 9.4%

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

Bottled thanks to drewbeerme. Pours a brown black with a beige head. Nose of brown sugar and alcohol. A little bready with chocolate and grain. Chocolate and brown sugar dominates the flavor, molasses, slightly burnt but overly sweet and doughy.

smells like raisins and heavy metal and molasse dark dark brown with a red tint. thin. taste eh. thin bubblee. taste of malt caramel roast a little thin some vanilla not all that bad. but like one dimensional. a burnt aftertaste and alcohol zip dominate the finish.

Wow, at $1.64 this was a bargain, but I must admit I was a little weary in trying this one. A true baltic porter from Eastern Europe, they say, is the last remnant of what true English porters used to be back in the day. While that may, or may not, be the case - this beer may be reason enough why the style died out in the first place. In fact, I’m struck with the vision of a Polish homeless man stumbling around the streets drunk with this in his paper bag. Incredibly over the top cloying sweet and acrid. Obviously no advanced thought went into attempting to create a microbrewed beer with an artisan feel. Just an insane amount of simple sugar dumped into a beer to jack up the alcohol level with no thought given to adjusting the bitterness to compensate.

(Bottle) Very dark red, large tan head, fair amount of lacing, the aroma was unusual--and in my opinion one of the weaker points of the beer. The other downside I couldn’t figure out at first, but I think ksigty has it exactly right, there is a burnt aftertaste that isn’t very nice. I found this to become less of an issue as it warmed though, and so overall it was pretty good.

Pours a very dark reddish hue. Almost black. Hints of black cherry and licorice. Quite a potent porter, but not overpowering. Surprisingly sweet. A somewhat burnt aftertaste ruins the moment, but overall, this is a delicious beer.

pours a nice near black...aroma is of malt, dark molasses and licorice. light bodied (?) with a burnt caramel sweetness. flavor is anise and cardamom when cool. as it warms vanilla flavors develop and it gets a bit creamier. the alcohol is subdued....very one dimensional

One of the best beers I’ve ever had, thus far. Smooth, rich chocolate aroma. Flavor was more sweet goodness. My friend commented that "it tastes like someone poured caramel corn all over beer!". The facet of this porter that separated from other porters that I’ve had was the 9.4%. With such a finely made beer, the alcohol was wonderfully hidden. Wowie zowie is the best way to express my love of this beer.

Bottle from jjpm, thanks John! Sweet caramel and chocolate aroma--very candy-like. Black with a thin head. Medium to full palate. Very sweet chocolate flavors up front, but not sugary. Interesting notes of toffee and a huge wave of vanilla hit as this warms. Very interesting flavor. I’m glad I took my time with this, as the flavors really started to come on as more time passed by.