Koff Porter

Brewed by Sinebrychoff (Carlsberg)
Style: Baltic Porter
Kerava, Finland

nice three finger medium brown head. unexpected grapes and grape juice in the nose accompanied by roasted malt. flavor is coffee and a touch of caramel with more lightly sour grapes, and some anise. a little thin in body and finishes a touch metallic.

Very dark, almost black beer with a nice and creamy dark beige to brown head. Aroma is suggesting a sweetness in the taste, it has a well hidden sour accent and lots of coffee hints with a touch of roasted malts. Taste is dryer than expected and the beer leaves a slight midicinal touch in the taste. It is faintly herbal, malty and spicey. In the afthertaste you can notice accents of dry honey, grass and hops. Nice beer with good ballace, but lacs that extra touch to be great.

Originally very dark head, gradually clearing out to yellow brown, dense & creamy; very dark, nearly black beer with some burgundy highlights. Coffee nose, but caramelly at the same time, quite sweet. Taste is fully roasted, scorched coffeebeans or breadcrust, sweetness just a faraway cry. After some time, a typical sourness from roasted barley appears, however restrained. Bit aggressive burning, and not at all full-bodied, thin for a 7.2 ABV beer. In the aftertaste a flavour as from brown sugar, but without any sweetness. OK, but nothing more. Thanks to lachesis for sharing this one.

bottle. Very dark brown, almost black, with a long lasting tan head. Aroma is chocolate, caramel, dark malts with some dark fruit. Taste is the same and sweet up front, some grain, and a roasty, and slightly astringent finish.

Sampled from bottle. Pours opaque blackened-brown with a thick, mountainous tan head. Aroma is cocoa, molasses and toasted bread. Flavor is slightly bitter with a bit of cocoa in the finish. Otehrwise, quite clean. Incredibly easy to drink for a 7.2% beer. Full body and well-carbonated, but not gassy. The best Baltic Porter I’ve ever had.

Bottle, The Foodery in Philadelphia. Pours jet black with a tan foamy head. Little lacing, an extremely nice look. Has an aroma of espresso and coffee, maybe raisens and some chocolate. Has a charcoal taste at first which milds out with the roasted malt flavor. A nice vanilla finish which balanced the beer into different flavors. A sweet porter that goes down nicely even as I had it in the summer heat. I look forward to this again.

Pours black with a large, dark head. Excellent aroma of toffee, sweet maple, chocolate and...what the hell is that?...blueberry, I believe--a sweet blueberry not unlike the smell of Boo-Berry cereal. It works with the other aromas very well. Very nice toasted malt flavor with a lightly hoppy and alcoholic finish. I’m convinced that when Porters stay out of the realm of Stouts they are some of the best beers in the world. This one is nice and thin, with no overly-roasted flavors, but big enough to be (very) interesting. I could drink this all day. Incredible.

Bottled in 2000. Poured black with ruby highlights at the edges. Low in carbonation had to high pour to get a head. Aromas are fantastic, a deep rich coffee sweeteded with molasses, vanilla, and maple syrup. Some port character shine through with some fruit and winey notes. Flavor is enjoyable but disappointing after the aroma. A large amount of residual sweetness, though is somehow thin and slightly watery.