Earth Berkuns Finger

Formerly brewed at Earth Bread + Brewery
Style: Baltic Porter
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Tap at the brewpub. Aroma of coffee, roasted malt, sweet nuttiness, leafy hops. Flavor rather sweet with perhaps a dextrose edge to it. Just a touch cloying. Not bad.

On draft at the brewery. Pours a dark semi mahogany cola with a medium beige head. Aroma of sweet malt and light maple syrup. Taste of sweet malt with a light maple syrupy flavor. Very nice.

On tap at the brewpub- Pours real dark, small head that doesn’t last three quarters of the drink. nose is burnt coffee, real strong roasted notes, taste is roasty, nutty, thick chewy mouthfeel, like eating cookiedough. some saltyness in the taste is sensed in the finish. overall really excellent porter with a strong british influence to it. I felt like I was back at the three judges for a minute.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours black with a thick tan head that fades. Aroma of roasted malt. Flavor is quite roasty with some sweetness. Nice porter, certainly not strong. 7/4/7/4/14 (3.6/5)

On tap at the brewery. Has a nice rich malty aroma with some notes of smoke and coffee. Little bit of sour tang in there, too, with chocolate and lactose. Dark brown-black clear with thin but creamy looking light tan lacing head. Medium body with medium-heavy carbonation. Starts sweet with rich malt, toasted grain, semi-sweet chocolate and notes of coffee and lactose. Mild bitter finish, smooth, with nutty semi-sweet after. This is a nice Baltic porter, with a nice balance of sweet and bitter.

On tap at Earth. Pours a deep brown with amber notes and a medium bubbly off white head that left spotty lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, light smoke, earthy, caramel, nuts and prunes. Flavor of roasted malt, some light smoke, toffee, caramel, nuts, touch of hop bitterness and nice chocolate notes.

Poured a translucent brown red color with a medium sized, light tan head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, anise, smoke, burnt bread, and light caramel. Taste of cocoa, anise, light smoke, tobacco, roasted malts, with light caramel malts, and a dry finish. A distant relative of Perkunos, the relationship is certainly there. Much better than the Baltic Thunder.