Black Boss Porter 9.4%

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

pours with a head which quickly dissipates into a nice lace. smells bready with a touch of cocoa and sweetness. the 9.4 % alcohol is well hidden, heavy malt flavors are well pronounced. for $1.99/.5L bottle this is an excellent buy, and an outstanding example of baltic porter

500ml bottle: pours almost black with a huge off white head. aroma is slighty malty with some roasted smells coming through. flavor is deep in chocolate flavor with some carmel coming through. very well made beer.

Pours a clear dark red-brown color with a thin tan head. Aroma of caramel and licorice. Nice medium bodied palate, much lighter than expected for the abv. Nice flavor, slightly sweet and fruity, with a sort of coffee-like finish. Good brew.

Pours a deep brown, very small fizzy head which quickly dissipates. Sweet, lightly roasted, malty and alcoholic aroma, very pleasing. Coffee and fruit, ending with chocolate sweetness; very little bitterness. Starts out nice on the palate but the body quickly thins out. Very drinkable..

500ml bottle taken right from my 47° cellar and served in a stem glass. Dark fruits, vinous, some lactic sourness, light roast. Color is dark with red tints along the edges, not too much carbonation. Taste is light roast and dark fruits with a sweet malt and tangy finish. Body is kinda thin. Doesn’t seem like it is 9.4%. A decent beer and an absolute steal for $1.49.

Half-liter bottle. Hey, I once worked for a b… no, that’s way too cheap. Nice smell when opened and poured; some porter malts and a lot of graininess. Dark brown in the glass, bubbly foam that settles to a thin layer. Light coffee and dried currant when smelled in glass. Taste is a little medicinal or phenolic, though. If you can get over that, there’s some interesting barley that seemed to have been accosted more than roasted. Big dark roast with some astringency nd hot alcohol. I’m used to my Baltic being much smoother, though those have all been American interpretations. Still after rating mostly lighter beers lately, I was ready to chew on this goober. Found at Woodman’s in Kenosha, and decent for the price.

Foam Rangers January meeting. Deep brown with small head. Roasted malts, browned sugar and chocolate. Thin body with roasted malts and chocolate on the palate.

Bottle at home ... that to Pat for this ... Deep deep brown little red tinge ... good soft roast no bitter malt nose ... over fizzy .... good chocolate ... lots of roast malts ... A decent Porter all in all this is a solid pint.