Carlsberg Avartia Stout

Formerly brewed at Carlsberg Brewery
Style: Stout
Copenhagen, Denmark

Draft at Ølfestival, København, 2007. A pitch black beer with a thick brown head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of chocolate, and lesser notes of roasted malt. The flavor is sweet again with very strong notes of chocolate, as well as medium notes of roasted malt and citrus, leading to a bitter end.

Bottled at Ølfestival, Århus, 2008 under the name of Avartia Porter - now this is confusing, is it the same beer or not? if so then this rating is of a 1 year old Avartia Stout: A pitch black beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with strong notes of roasted malt as well as light notes of soy sauce. The flavor is sweet with notes of very hard roasted malt as well as coffee, leading to a dry roasted finish. [8/4/8/4/17]

(On tap) Pitch black and opaque with a light brown head. Lightly burned aroma. Medium body with burned, malty accents and a touch of coffee. Has a light underlying sweetness. Dry finish with some malt astringency. 110507

Draught at Københavnske Øldage. Very black. Lots of coffee in the nose. Sweet and solidly malty with soilym somewhat syrupy mouthfeel,. Flavour is coffee, licorice, tobacco, coffee, coffee, coffee and coffee. Nothing fancy, just an old school Baltic Porter flavour. What a surprise!

CBF07 sample from tap. Pours black/deep brown, some light brown head. Aroma is dark roasted malt and coffee. No citric notes. Flavour is really dark coffee, neither bitter nor hoppy at first. Slight bitter in the finish but this is mostly from the coffee rather than the hops.

Bottle 33cl @ Ølfestival Aarhus 2008.
Clear medium brown color with a average to large, frothy - creamy, good lancing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, chocolate, light to moderate hoppy, notes of smoke. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (160508)

Draught at KØ07. Sourish smoked fish aroma. Very thick mouthfeel. Black colour, small dark brown head. The flavour is quite smokey, with some smoked mackerel.

Draught. Black coloured with a beige head. Light roasted aroma of coffe and grain. Light roasted flavour of caramel and liquorice.

Draught at Ølfestival 2008, Århus
Black color. It’s a mix of a quite good strong stout (with some body and sweetness) with dirty water (?), mainly the smell. Not the best experience.