Capital Baltic Porter

Brewed by Capital Brewery
Style: Baltic Porter
Middleton, Wisconsin USA

12oz bottle 9/13/09 (Binny’s Napervile)-Pours a dark brown with a big tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, fruits, and slight chocolate. Taste of dark malt, chocolate, brown sugar, and slight alcohol. This light to medium bodied brew is not what I was expecting. A little light and lacking some depth. I was expecting more for this series but still tasty.

Poured a murky brownand somewhat thin for a baltic with whippy tan head aromas were from coffee,lightly roasted malts,and hops taste is of the same not a powerhouse baltic but easy drinking middle of the road not what i think of when I think baltic porter

12oz bottle. Sweet and rich. Sort of light colored for the style. Brown sugar with lots of pungent dark fruity esters. Quite drinkable despite the sweetness. Alcohol certainly makes itself known and is ever-present. Slight burnt brown sugar in the aroma.

12oz bottle. Deep dark reddish/brown with an off-white head. Sweet, toasty with a slight dark fruity aroma. Sweet flavor, slight actually, a light bitterness as well, pretty decent.

bottle from the bockyhorseys... typical ruby brown porter color only a bit more pale. it is topped by a fizzy light tan head. smells like it’s going to be sweet... cream, black licorice, malt powder and dark fruit/raisins. it is rather sweet though the thinner body and sharp texture keep it drinkable. flavors of malt powder, wood, earth, pale molasses, some chocolate, vanilla and black raisins before a clean crisp finish. the aftertaste is a little roasty and nutty-ish. not bad...it just lacks some depth and strength. 6/3/6/3/13/3.1

From a 12oz Bottle. Mostly transparent, root beer brown colored body with a thin layer of quickly dissipating, fizzy off-white foam. Clean, malty aromas of chocolate nougat, raisin, and toffee, although it definitely more of a Munich aroma than any dark fruits obtained through roasted malts. Would like a little bit more in terms of a dark malt character - more chocolate, licorice, or mild roast would be nice, as it’s lacking in this depth and somewhat more akin to a doppelbock. Medium bodied, lightly carbonated mouthfeel with a soft, malty texture. Lots of melanoidin flavors up front on the palate, rich and malty, but again, lacking in any real dark malt character. Toward the finish, a hint of roast comes out, mingling with the alcohol warmth, but it is very subtle. Hints of nutty malt. Exceptionally clean, but needs more dark malt character.

Courtesy of Styles

Bottle: The aroma consists mostly of caramel along with some light toffee, fruit, and hints of smoke. It pours a transparent mahogany with a small beige head that quickly fades a thin film with a thicker ring around the edges of the glass. The flavor starts with moderate caramel with some molasses and dark fruits quickly following. The finish has a light chocolate cherry and a hint of grain. No hint of 8.5%. Medium bodied with mild carbonation and somewhat soft mouthfeel.