Okocim Porter

Brewed by Carlsberg Polska
Style: Baltic Porter
Warszawa, Poland

Bottled. Dark brown coloured with an off-white head. Aroma of dark sweet bread and caramel. Extremely sweet and syrupy flavour. Medium bodied. Unbalanced.

500 mL bottle. Dark, dark brown, with a bit of brown head - not a lot. Smells like rum-raisin ice cream. Taste is quite sweet, with roasted malt, ripe dark fruit, some coffee, dark chocolate, and plenty of alcohol. Very little bitterness. Interesting - not an everyday beer.

Dark brown with light tan head that was quick to go. Sweet malts of chocolate. Flavour has alcoholic hints and aftertaste. Light amounts of bitterness and a dry palate to finish it off with.

Tonight I had a real sweet tooth. This fit the bill well. Appears too dark for a porter, too light for a stout, but still had a light tan head (though diminishing quickly). I guess it’s a Baltic Porter! The nose is strongly sweet. Creamy chocolate pervades. A slight roast, alcohol, and some light floral hops provide balance. The body is rather thin for such a hearty style, but the carbonation level is appropriately subdued. The flavors are a notch above what I expected, despite being incredibly sweet. Incredibly sweet brew. There’s a huge milk chocolate aspect. The subtle amount of bitterness comes from alcohol, roast, and rather liberal floral hopping. There’s such a strange balance found here because the sweetness isn’t incredibly round. The finish is sweet with a chocolate bitterness. The finish is dry with a little roast and hops, and a fair amount of alcohol.

Pours a thin tan head which turns to a thin soapy film. Aroma is of sweet malt and caramel. It reminds me of a lighter style beer whose name I cannot recall. Mostly sweet, almost no bitterness. It does not have the dryness of a porter and drinks more like an imperial stout. Perhaps it is more similar to a traditional porter. A carameled brown ale and an imperial stout mixed? I am not sure what to think of this beer. It was decent.

Pours a deep dark brown color, and shows off some ruby when held up to the light. It is topped by a good inch & a half of creamy tan foam. Great head retention and pretty good lacing too. Malty aroma, bold but not exceptionally powerful, of dark roasted malt, some fig, coffee, and alcohol. A taste treat - full flavors of bittersweet chocolate, molasses, sugar-sweetened coffee, and roasty grains. There is enough hop presence to provide a nice balance, yet no hop flavors are observed. Medium-full body, ample carbonation, very smooth mouthfeel. That sweetened coffee flavor lingers in the aftertaste. Although I detected alcohol in the aroma, I can’t taste any. However, halfway through the bottle I note a soothing and warming presence.

Nice blatic porter, good roasted malt, slight fruit notes. but as it warms, wow the booze really comes through, otherwise a really nice porter.

Pours black with a nice fluffy mousse like brownish head when any light gets thru it has a garnet highlight Aroma of roasted malts, some melanoidin. dark plum, dark caramel, chocolate & some grassy notes. Alcohol is definitely in the nose Tastes of Chocolate, some vanilla, Chalk, some plums and a faintly spicy hop flavor and a noticeable alcohol warmth Not heavy on the palate the carbonation and alcohol lighten this beer Overall: A wonderful Baltic Porter, the Chocolate, Plum, Caramel and melanoidin make it yummy the alcohol is just a tad too much in the forefront. As I sip the carbonation and flavors remind me of a Cola (like Dr pepper). Though not the best baltic porter for a ubiquitous Porter with a $1.59 price I would say a great find