Okocim Porter

Brewed by Carlsberg Polska
Style: Baltic Porter
Warszawa, Poland

I’m still tasting this beer in my mouth, a day after I had it. Wicked strong alcohol taste and aroma. It was like drinkin creamed whiskey or something. I love strong beers as much as anybody else, but the whiskey flavor was unbalanced. dark chocolatey, big tan head.

Bottle, sampled at House of Brewers, Brussels, thanks to Bractwo Piwne. Yet again, this has to be said about this beer - the production is made only for the North American Market, although there were rumours that it was going to be sold in Poland again, which is wrong. Almost black in colour, with a tint of red with solid foam. Grassy, herbal aroma, and of course darker malt sensations but not seeming to be very sweet. Flavour is sweet malty with light mocha tones and little bit of caramel and licorice. It is fairly light bodied considering it’s a Baltic Porter and that at 8,3%. The finish is pretty short with a reasonably dry finish.

16.9oz. bottle from MO. Pours an almost black with ruby edges. A thin tan head that didn’t last, but left some lacing. Aroma of that classic baltic poter sweet malt with notes of alcohol, caramel, and oak to it. The flavor is nice and complex. Not as sweet as the aroma indicates, this is a good thing, and the intermingling of caramel, chocolate, toffee, smoke, and oak are wonderful. As are the creamy texture, medium body, and long warm finishing feel. Wonderfully smooth baltic that is now my favorite of this sweet style porter.

500 ml bottle poured into an English pint glass. Got this at the Flying Saucer in KC. Aroma: Very sweet and malty. Some smokiness and roast as well as toffee and caramel. Has that "bourbon barrell" smell to it as well. Appearance: Very thick, dark and heavy brown. Dark tan head that dissipates quickly. Has a real smooth and creamy look to it. Flavor: Malty, sweet chocolate, nice mocha and slightly bitter aftertase. Definitely a bourbon barrell aged taste as well. Roasty aftertaste. Palate: Pretty light bodied for a porter. Smooth, creamy, coats the mouth well. Slight carbonation on the back of my tongue. Overall: I really enjoyed the bourbon taste. Not a traditional porter which made this a really good beer in my opinion. A little too light for my style, but I appreciated something different.

Bottle shared by chadspivey. Thanks man!
Pours a dark brown color with a small light tan head atop. Smell is slightly meaty and smoky, with more roastiness though. Taste is smooth and lightly roasty and fairly straight forward with a bit of a stale-ish cardboard like maltiness. A bit too light bodied bodied. Decent, but not really that good, I thought.

Presentation: It was poured from a brown, 1pt.0.9floz. or 500ml bottle into a pint glass. The body has a very dark brown color with some lighter brown highlights. Its head builds up thick and slowly settles down to thin cap that hangs on to the last sip. The head is tan in color and makes nice slippery lace that slowly slides down the glass as I drink. Its aroma is strong and has a heavy sweet and fruity malt character with a very noticeable alcohol presence in the nose. The overall flavor is very sweet with a sticky, almost syrupy texture. Sugary sweet malt with dark caramel, molasses and toffee notes dominate its character. There is a very noticeable alcohol presence in the flavor and notes of cherry cough drop with some mild herbal and leafy hops. Any bitterness from the hops is overpowered by the extremely sweet malt however. It finishes slowly with its malt lingering on the palate. Carbonation is moderate to average and it’s about medium bodied. Its overall drinkability for me was low due to its unchecked and unbalanced syrupy sweetness. The alcohol had some ruff edges as well; still this is a very interesting brew.

Strong porter, heavy malts, very sweet. Followed by a strong bite of alcohol. The polish people love to taste the burn. This is a rich end of the night desert, it is really hard to follow. Save it for a cold night or a blind.

Poured out black, but looked more dark brown when held to light. Had a beige colored head left some good lacing around the glass. Smell was sweet, maybe had some chocolate and a slight roastiness, but it seemed a bit weak. Taste starts of with mostly caramel and a touch of toffee, a little bit roasty before the finish, then the sweet caramel comes back to join in. Medium bodied and medium carbonation. This was certainly different than I was expecting, but was still enjoyable. The place I got the bottle didn’t seem to have very good conditions, so maybe this one is even better when taken care of.