Okocim Porter

Brewed by Carlsberg Polska
Style: Baltic Porter
Warszawa, Poland

Pint bottle. Poured decent tan head. Nice aroma. A little bit harsh for a porter. I bought it for 2$ what do you expect. Decent, good, not great

Pours a mahogany almost black with a tan head that dies instantly and doesnt lace. Smells roasty with a little cocoa and dried dark fruits. Starts mild with sweet fruit creeping on the palate followed by a roasty, dry hoppy finish. Medium in the mouth with a tickle of carbonation. Drinkable as can be. A delicious porter.

16.9 oz bottle, pours a jet black color with moderate head. Very rich fruity aroma. Flavor is very full and also fruity and the alcohol is not overwhelming. Its so sweet that it almost tastes like soda at first. My only problem with the beer is that once you get to the end of the drink, the taste becomes aggravating and makes it difficult to finish the beer with the same desire with which you started it. Definitely try this beer once but dont by a six pack or anything...

Purs dark brown with a big bubbly tan head that fades rather quickly. Smells sweet and malty, caramel and a little licorice, a burnt sugar, almost soda-pop aroma. Taste is initially heavy in alcohol, but after a couple sips chocolate emerges and a fruity, cherry brandy taste lingers on the palate. The body is not heavy but is extremely smooth and lush. Would rate higher if the alcohol didn’t obstruct the flavor.

Pours a dark brown with a tan head. Has hints of caramel, dark fruits, some roasted flavor, and nuts. Medium bodied finished very sweet and boozy.

16.9oz bottle, no date. Clear mahogany with a two finger light beige head, good retention. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, sweet caramel, and some dark fruits. A hint of wintergreen tops off the nose along with some alcohol. As nice as the aroma was, I had to search for everything in there (moreso than usual) as the aroma was much fainter than I’d have liked. Flavor is quite sweet despite the dry roasted malt character ever present in the background. Flavor is much more fruity than the aroma led on. It seems as though they just dumped in some sugar in after fermentation to sweeten it up or something. Almost cloying, but not quite. I can still pick out some caramel and dark fruits. Dry char ashy finish with low bitterness. The alcohol feels like it’s burning a hole in my gut--a little hot in the belly. Medium full body with light carbonation. As Sledge said, it’s like a can of fruit cocktail--unfortunately drinking the syrup and all. Still not too bad of a beer, just a bit of a disappointment.

Sweeter and thicker than I’m used to for a porter, my first baltic porter. A sweet smelling, sugary malty beer. Not very roasty, but with a sticky sweet caramel presence. Body is incredibly creamy and smooth. However, there is something unpleasant in the finish. Something bitter, perhaps a bit astringent, a little boozy. Thats my only real complaint about this, but it does bring it down.

Ruby + dark brown in colour with somewhat fizzy carbonation. Aromas of stewed fruit, roasted malts, dark toffee, magic marker, and tar. Very malty sweet, with more stewed friuit, caramel and dark chocolate notes. Heavy on the mouth and quite boozy. Unbalanced in the sweet malt department to be sure.