Carlsberg Carls Porter (Gammel Carlsberg Porter/Imperial Stout)

Brewed by Carlsberg Brewery
Style: Baltic Porter
Copenhagen, Denmark

12 oz bottle, bottles via Storm and sunevdj. Pours a clear dark brown colored body under a fine bubbled light brown head that faded to a thin film. Aroma is lightly chocolaty but there’s also a strong corn/vegetal scent as well. A little licorice. The flavor is quite harsh with alot of ashy burnt malt notes. More corn flavor than anything. Finishes with some hot alcohol. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate soft carbonation. Fairly thin texture up front but finishes with a slight stickiness. This one just didn’t do it for me. Not very Baltic Porter like at all. It comes off as very cheaply made.

Pitch black colour with a nice lasting fluffy light brownish head. Bitter aroma, smoky, dark malts. The flavour is dry and burned, bitter, good maltiness, chocolate, coffee. Bitter dry finish.

Bottle. Truly black colour with a sparkling look, especially when pored. Initial appearance of head was huge off-white coloured, which medium lasted. Left some excellent lacing on the glass. Aroma was very chocolate, roasted, smoked, coffee, liquorish, burned candies like. Maybe some dark bread as well. Flavour is very much burned candies sweet. Medium to full bodied. Burned candies and coffee like finish. Reasonable Baltic Porter even the brewery clams it is an Imperial Stout. Looking forward to Carlsberg’s top Baltic Porter the Wiibroe Porter, that is just reappearing on the marked her in Denmark.

DBF 2005, bottled. Black, thin white head and low condition. Nil aroma, soft in the mouth with a touch of roasted barley bitterness that briefly lingers into the otherwise uneventful finish.

Bottle. What a porter, this is one of Carlsberg´s good beer´s and one that i realy like.

Black/dark red. Medium tan head. Soft mouthfeel. Medium soft-bubble carbonation. The initial acidity is nowhere near overbearing, and is quickly squelched by the moderately smokey and woody flavors. The finish is gorgeous and precise, boasting notes of burnt sugar, and a sublime interplay of molasses and licorice.

Bottled at Portertunnan, Gothenburg. (1994 vintage) Dark brown, almost black, clear beer with a dense, tan head. Mature and rounded aroma with licorice, chocolate and coffee. No bitter-notes. Some roasted notes in the flavor, and lots of licorice. Medium body and a finish with licorice and some alcohol. Nice 12-years old. Rating: 7-4-7-3-14-3.5. (060826)

Bottle, quite fresh. A clear, reddish brown beer with a beige head. Malty, sweetish nose with roastyness, coffee and chocolate. Chocolate, coffee, roasted and burnt malt, sweetness, some alcohol and a little hoppy bitterness in the mouth. Medium to full body. A little warming feeling as well. Coffee and chocolate finish, with some alcohol. Still a nice one. (080509)

Bottle from 1994. Pitch black colour, not much head. Aroma is mild roast, smoke, malts, chocolate and dark fruit. Flavour is plum, licorace and very smooth. Flavour has some roasted notes in it. A bit wineous. Has aged very well.