Heavyweight Perkunos Hammer Imperial Porter

Formerly brewed at Heavyweight Brewing Company
Style: Baltic Porter
Ocean Township, New Jersey USA

Bottle at home ... deep brown .... thin tan head ... sweet cheery and roast malt nose ... sweet fruity ... light roast ... cherry ... vanilla ... maybe a tiny sour tinge ... some raisins... quite tasty

(bottle from OSLO) Pours dark brown with a light tan head. Aroma is very vinous and somewhat candy like, with prune, raisin, light roasted malt, honey, and little to no oxidation. Taste is the same as the aforementioned, with a lot of vinous flavors, tons of raisins, honey, and just a light hint of roasted malt right on the finish. This is really good, and I’m glad I got to sample a non-oxidized bottle. Thanks Al!

A fantastic Baltic porter. Aroma was nice and full. Dark and roasted malt with a hint of black licorice and coffee. Pour was a beautiful deep dark brown/near black with a 1 finger tan head. Taste was big and malty with dark roasted malt and bitter dark chocolate dominating with the underlying black licorice making just enough presence to let you know what style beer you are drinking. Very nice carbonation for the style and a bitter aftertaste. Great beer.

[Bottle] Pours dark brown with a small lingering beige head that leaves good lacing. Aroma is sweet, with dark fruits, toffee, raisin, honey, and a touch of chocolate. Really, really nice at times. Taste has a little coffee, chocolate, oxidation, raisin, alcohol, roasted malt, sweet notes of honey, oxidation again. Clearly, the taste has suffered with age, but there are some flashes of the great beer that I suspect this was at one time. Good mouthfeel, smooth and has a long finish. Hopefully the amount of oxidation is variable between bottles, because although this bottle wasn’t dead it was certainly struggling to hold on. Would have loved to have tried it when fresher, but at least the aroma has held up pretty well. I would recommend drinking this now if you are holding onto it. Old rating: 8/4/5/4/13=3.4. Re-rate: This bottle was not very oxidized. Very chocolatey, some marshmallow, a little malt, honey, and plum. Silky smooth, thick mouthfeel. Very, very nice. Out of four bottles, this is by far the best one that I have had. I averaged the score out a bit with the oxidized ones.

Poured oily black with a brown head. Aroma of caramel. Some roasted coffee and chocolate. Slight oxidation but in a good way.

Bottle at Toncatchers T3 tasting. A dark brown pour with no head. The aroma was more like that of a barley wine with some old fruit. The flavor was chocolate and coffee. The mouthfeel was smooth. Overall: Considering this has been sitting around for a while it was rather good. Thanks Christian.

2005 Bottle - Pours dk brown with no head...aroma is cocoa, toasted oak...flavour was a bit tart and oxidized...chocolate still comes through with some coffee...good to experience...forgot who brought this, but thanks!

Retro review from 2006. Pours up with a voluptous creamish tan head that perfectly tops the nearly opaque dark brown body. Lots of chocolate with a hint of anise (licorice) notes with maybe just a wisp of hops. Bold upfront roastiness is rounded nicely by the chocolate, caramel & Munich malts. Rich melanoidins. Good balance of bitterness. Finishes bittersweet & warming. Medium-full bodied with good depth & complexity. Very enjoyable. Sorry to see another fine brewery vanish. Here’s to the God of Thunder! CHEERS! Beertracker *Thanks to beerhandy for the opportunity