Portsmouth Baltic Porter

Brewed by Portsmouth Brewery
Style: Baltic Porter
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Bottle. Nice fresh coffee aroma. The flavour is sweet, but with nice coffee notes. Some bitterness in the finish. Quite powerful and nice.

Bottle. Clear red brown coloured with an off white head. Roasted aroma of chocolate and coffee. Roasted flavour of chocolate and coffee.

(Bottle 65 cl) Label simply reads "Portsmouth Porter" but this is supposedly it. Pours a beautiful, clear, reddish mahogany. Aroma of sweet, roasted malt with a burned edge. Full-bodied and rather sweet with lots of roasted malt and some ashy touches. Loads of coffee notes here. Some bitterness from the malts. 130806

Dark brown pour. Aroma of chocolate, nuts, and beans. Tastes of sweet chocolate, nuts and coffee. Pretty nice.

Bottle. Dark reddish brown colour with a weak head. Lovely aroma of chocolate, malt and caramel. Also lovely flavour of chocolate, roastedness and coffee, ends up smooth and soft.

On tap at the Portsmouth brewery served in a tulip glass. By the time the waitress had brought it to me from the bar the thin head had turned to a light lace. The body was black in color It was a little colder than I like when it came to me so the aromas were quite subdued in the beginning. Roasted malts were evident up front defiantly some sweetness as well. The licorice and a light floral hop came through when it warmed a bit Flavors of roasted malts some smokiness it was well balanced not to overtly sweet. Again as it warmed the bitters were more pronounced but still not the dominant flavor Pleasant on the palate medium body not much carbonation so it smooth on the tongue Extremely drinkable beer the alcohol is well hidden so watch out. It would be easy to sit down and have a few of these and wind up calling a cab

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a residing brown head. The aroma is strong with notes of alcohol, malt, and prunes. The flavor is sweet malty with light notes of alcohol, leading to a dry woody end.

(On cask @ brewpub - this version w/ Perle hops) Very, very dark brown, virtually black - appears opaque. One finger of tight, sturdy biege head. Impressive looking. Aroma is rather muted but I’d describe it as molasses with some candyish malt. Palate is soft, smooth, almost creamy - wonderful. Specks of lacing coat inside of tulip. Flavor is also rather muted - milk chocolate, perhaps very light molasses and some earthy hops, although hops aren’t so much prominent in flavor as in burps. Bitterness coats tongue through finish. Some alcohol burn though this is supposed to be only 7%. Another pretty elegant brew from Portsmouth - great looking beer with a palate to match but surprisingly weak on flavor for the style.