Black Boss Porter 9.4%

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

Poured from Bottle into Pint glass. Pours a dense black that has some slight deep copper edging with a light cocoa colored head that quickly dissolves into a nice layer atop the glass. The aroma has mostly sweet chocolate and is accompanied by some roasted malts. The flavor has more roasted malts, a lot of milk chocolate and a very light bitterness. Its a very light bodied porter with the right amount of carbonation. This is a pretty watery porter that leaves you needing much more flavor and the aroma is a dominated by too much chocolate.

Bottle - At $1.99 per 500ml bottle, this is quite the value. It’s a nice mahogany pour with a small head. Smells of toffee, with slight bourbon and hint of coffee in the background. Taste is rich malt, bourbon, coffee, lactose. No alcohol present, which is impressive considering 9.4%. Had this near the end of the tasting, and it was a nice capper.

From 500ml bottle, pours dark brown with quickly receeding tan head. The aroma is brown sugar, hazelnuts, and carmel. The flavor didn’t come through as strongly as I expected, with again brown sugar, some nuttiness, and a bit of bitterness. The alcohol kind of crept up on me unawares. Nice long finish echoing chocolate, dried fruit, and light biterness.

Bottle. Pours a black body with a huge 4 finger creamy tan head. Chocolate malt, soy, hints of minerals, and a hint of licorice. Some light roast y malt character and a light creamy soy chocolate. Good brew.

Bottle from Bottleworks. Pours A clear very dark brown with nice tan head. Very sweet aroma with chocolate and caramel. Heavily roasted malts taste great and this sweet molasses dominates with hints of chocolate and coffee. This is a fully boddied beer that is slightly syrupy, but an incredible porter! Possibly my new favorite of the style.

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a fruity malty dark fruit and chocolate aroma. Sweetish malty fruity sugary dark fruit flavor with some hints of chocolate. Has a very sweet malty chocolate finish.

Pours dark bron—near black – with a small head and soapy bubbles. Some ruby in the color when held to the light. Aroma is strong of dark fruit: dates, raisins, red grape. Mid-palate stays with sweetness, adding semi-sweet chocolate and fig. However, increasingly evident following the first sip is a watery quality. This pervades both the mouthfeel and the flavor, unfortunately. By finish, a hint of dried, dark fruit remains, but the beer has lost some of its punch.

Sampled on 4/21/2009. This porter pours an eclipse black color from a 500ml bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is chocolate and coffee, roasted malts and some dark fruit. A medium bodied porter. The malts are chocolate and coffee. The hops are earthy. Nice balance. Creamy smooth tasting Porter. Nice carbonation. Hides the 9.4% alcohol well. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.