Okocim Porter

Brewed by Carlsberg Polska
Style: Baltic Porter
Warszawa, Poland

Date: 04/21/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, 50 More Beers on the Wall

dark brown, wispy tan head, trace of lace, rich dry dark chocolate aroma, creamy body, rich creamy chocolate flavor, touch of ripe fruit sweetness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Poured from a 500ml bottle into a pint glass. This beer poured a dark brown color with ruby highlights showing through the edges of the glass. A thick, dark tan head slowly faded away, leaving some chunky lacing around the glass. The aroma of this beer was made up of milk chocolate, molasses, roasted malts, alcohol, and some dark fruit notes. The flavor included sweet milk chocolate, molasses, and raisens. Overall, it was a bit sweet, but still managed to keep some balance. The alcohol was only apparent with some light tounge warming at the finish. The mouthfeel was creamy and full-bodied with light carbonation. Okocim is an excellent example of a Baltic Porter. Very nice.

Pours dark mahogany with a garnet hue and a good sized tan head. The aroma has milk chocolate, cream and dark smooth malt. Medium / full body that’s smooth with soft carbonation. The flavor starts with milk chocolate, alcohol, ice cream like richness and dark toasted malt. The finish has more roasted malt and a ton of creaminess joined with minor hops. Overall a nice baltic porter.

500 ml bottle. Pours a rich black. I really like the look of it. A penetrating aroma of cocoa or chocloate rips at my nostrils. So did the alcohol (8.3%). That was a bit of turn off because it was just so prevalant. So I went from excited to unexcited within a few seconds. The taste was heavy chocolate/cocoa and acrid with alcohol. Bitter aftertaste that I just couldn’t shake. I like my beers and even my Porters milder than this.

full pillowy head, smooth velvety texture, sweet, soft, warm roasted finish

Pours an opaque black with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweet - mostly chocolate. There are also hints of wood and alcohol in the aroma. The flavor is strong and quite malty and sweet. The strongest flavors, in addition to malts and sweet chocolate, are those of bourbon whiskey and oak. I don’t know if this beer is aged in oak barrels or not, but it tastes that way. It could instead be flavors of licorice and alcohol that contribute to the whiskey-like tastes instead of actual oak. The finish is sweet and full-bodied, and the mouthfeel is thick, almost syrupy, and creamy.

Originally reviewed back on 10/3/05. Received 4.45 score. Added to my RB list to check "Poland" as a beer country consumed. Robust porter with proper porter characteristics you cannot ignore. Roasty and a bit creamy. Alcohol bites through with ease. Tasty.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a large sized head of foamy with a frothy top fine to large sized light brown colored bubbles that were and left behind a and thick foamy lacing. The mild aroma was brown malt. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and strongly tingly at the finish. The flavor contained notes of mildly vinous dark malt mild licorice and brown malt. A decent one that I would consider buying again.