Okocim Porter

Brewed by Carlsberg Polska
Style: Baltic Porter
Warszawa, Poland

Pours clear with the deepest brown color conceivable. Nice big head fates into a small head with plenty of retention and plenty of lace. Aroma is chocolate, raisins, molasses and alcohol. Flavor is nice, very different... well maybe not. This is very honestly the first Baltic porter I have ever sampled. Never the less I’ve never quite tasted a beer like this. The flavor is at first very sweet, almost candy sweet with a good dry finish that keeps you drinking. If it finished the way it started I’m not sure it would be a very nice beer at all. Never the less there is a milk chocolate flavor well complimented by dark fruits of plum and raisin with some nice molasses notes. The finish like I said before is dry not much hops but certainly some roasty malts and some very dry cider notes. Palate is very full and round. I’ll be honest this is a great beer for the three dollars I paid for it.

500ml bottle - Poured dark brown with thin head. Aroma - green olives, coffee and thats about it. Flavor - watered down coffee and capuccino. Palate - light very thin mouthfeel with below average carbonation. alcohol is not detectable with cocoa finish. Overall - Initial aroma was all green olives and then faded, thought this beer would be really bad!? First few sips were subpar and became better as I drank. I actually started to enjoy this beer as it began to breath. Had this dark chocolate flavor with mild vanilla finish. OK beer and at $1.99 for 500ml is a bargain at 8.3% ABV.

Not a bad beer - sweetness dominated the overall palate. I was expecting more roastiness to offset the malty sugars but none manifest itself.

A- Pours an opaque dark brown hue, small brown head that is mostly sustained, fair lacing S- Dark chocolate malts with creamy espresso tones, hints of dark fruits (raisins, berries), subtle alcohol presence T- Initial taste is dominated by toasty coffee/espresso malts with chocolate in the background, transitions to some caramel/toffee flavors, some oak/woody tones, finishes with a dry aftertaste with a nice alcohol warming sensation M- Big taste but fairly medium/light body, mouthfeel is somewhat watery, carbonation is quite lively throughout and definitely stands out D- Wow, I can not believe this porter is at 8%abv it is too smooth, the alcohol presence is superbly masked and I could drink this all night long. I would pick this up again when in the mood for a solid, tasty, easy drinking baltic porter

Dark pour with a hint of crimson. light tan head. sweet aroma of chocolate, cherry, light roasted malt, and a hint of alcohol. Light chocolate and honey with an overiding malt flavor all very well balanced. The mouthfeel was slighty more carbonation than expected but pleasant. One that i will be having again

Bottle. Pours a deep brown/black, with a fairly thin head. Aroma of malts, dark fruit, and alcohol. The flavor is similar, with prominent chocolate and a nice warming alcohol bite. Mouthfeel is a bit thin. A solid Baltic porter.

Bottle found at Peters in Garfield Heights. Pour is a dark black with a generous head. Aroma is pungent, a little bit of funk and alcohol followed by some nice roasted malt and chocolate and caramel notes. Flavor comes along with more smoothness, rich marshmellowy chewy roasted chocolate malt flavors abound. The mouth feel is pretty basic, it is quite velvety until the alcohol and the funkiness kick in at the end.

Pours a dark brown with nice frothy tan head. Aroma has dark fruit, licorice, chocolate and malt. Flavor is similar with with chocolate, dark fruit, malt, coffee and a nice sweetness that comes through on the finish. Quite enjoyable and very drinkable.