Milwaukee Ale House Baltic Porter

Brewed by Milwaukee Ale House
Style: Baltic Porter
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

Nice to see that Skyview was at Beerfest too. This pours dark brown, with a combination of malt and hops with some cocoa. Semi-sweet, it’s nice.

Pours a dark auburn color with a medium foamy head and some sticky lacing. Aroma is bitter chocolate and dark fruit. Taste is choclatey and dark fig/fruits.

Served on draught at the Wisconsin Micro-brewers Beerfest in Chilton, Wisconsin. Pours a dark brownish amber brew with a fast dissolving off-white head that dissipates to a fine film and white ring. Aroma of toasted dark malt, some raisin, dark grapes, dark pitted fruits and a touch of chocolate. Taste is full bodied, light carbonated with flavors of toasted dark malt, bittersweet chocolate, some coffee and a touch of raisin. Finish has a nice alcohol warmth with a fruity and semi-sweet dark malt aftertaste that slowly disappears.

Dark brown body, not much head. Dark chocolate and burnt raisins in the flavor finishing with roast and hop bitterness. What little aroma I get is of raisins. A chocolate-roasty beer with a big dose of dark-fruit crystal malt. Good, and surprisingly flavorful for the Ale House.

Rich fruit and malt initialy hit the nose,not getting the chocolate promised,could be some alcohol there,cant nail down the fruits but its not fig,taste goes heavy to the fruit side,you almost get the impression your drinking a dry fruity wine, fruit is defintely raisin that alcohol I couldn’t detect in the aroma,is blazing with both barrels in the taste,but not in a harsh way,its coming on smooth and pleasant. Some chocolate coming around as it warms. Head is nowhere to be found,hop bittering falls with the easy alcohol for a nice contemplative finish. Needs a little more malt influence,yeast esters to dominating. Described as being a lager, and tha is perfectly acceptable for a Baltic Porter to use lager yeast.

Pours to a really dark brown cola colored body with a thin ring white head. The flavors are lightly sweetened bitter black chocolate, de-husked black malt, light licorice or anise, milk. Bitter roast with a lot of muted earthy components. The aroma is a weak chocolate brownie and raw cocoa powder mixed with a roasted grain sack. It has a definite Baltic porter taste. The palate is astringent, medium bodied, bitter, and has a lingering sweetness.

Dark brown color with a smaller dense off-white head. Dark chocolate and mild coffee scents with a mild backdrop of floor malt. Flavors match up with the scents with some caramel and a black malt bitterness in the finish and linger.

Pours a deep brown with very little head. Aroma is raisins and sweet fruit. Flavor is semi sweet chocolate, raisins, roasted malt and some floral noble hoppiness. Medium thickness, long sweet finish.