The Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter

Brewed by The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Style: Baltic Porter
Farmville, North Carolina USA

Beautiful. Glorious mouth-feel and beautiful color. Keeps its head quite nicely. Much better than their Milk Stout in my opinion...

Dark brown pour, thick looking, thin tan head dissipates quickly. Lots of chocolate in the aroma, roasted and smoked malt, and some lactic acid. The flavor is both bitter and sweet, mostly chocolate, caramel, coffee, some burnt malt in the finish.

From a bottle into an English pint glass. Pours quite dark with pretty much no head, but the ringlet is dark brown. The flavor is quite sweet and a bit sour, almost like lemon flavored molasses. The finish and exhale are deep roast and dark chocolate malts. The aroma is sweet with an alcohol burn and overall reminds of various fortified wines. With some warmth a solid touch of smoke comes through as well.

Bottle from Ohiodad I got in November 2006 in a trade, I’m excited to see how the beer has aged. Pours an opaque dark brown color with a very minimal dark tan head. Aroma is raisin/bourbon dominated with a slight note of toasted malt in the background. Slight smokiness if the nose as well. Flavor is extremely sweet, lots of raisin- like a barleywine. Seems past it’s prime in the flavor. Very slick on the palate, another sign of age/infection (I think it’s age more than anything). I liked this beer the first time I had it, but it’s not very representative of a baltic porter at this point in the aging process. And as a side note, I stored the beer in my cellar (which is kept at 60F).

Bottle, very special thanks to danielcurtis81 for sharing on the eve of his wedding. Pours pitch black with thick but quickly fading brown cake-like head. Nose is dark roast and chocolate malts, some sweetness similar to lactose. Taste is similar to nose with an overall acidic feel to it, a little sour, but smooth and easy to drink. Very pleasing on the palate. This is a great porter!

Bottle. Absolutely pitch black. Miniscule beige head. Aroma dominated by heavily roasted malts and a whiff of dry hops. Cold coffee, and some chocolaty sweet burned sugar etc in the baackground Hint of oaky brandyliike alocholy sweetness. Ditto for flavor. Full body, moderate carbonation, dryish mouthfeel.

Bottled (thanks Joey@CigarCity). Very dark ambery brown, quite 95% black, opaque colour with small brown head. Aroma is roasted, mild toffee, some tobacco as well as mild dark chocolate notes. toffee, liquorice, and ashes. Also quite much fudge in it. Fudge and big chocolate with some mild roasted malts/smoked wood in the finish.

Another huge thanks to daknole. A huge, malty brew. Lots of malt, tobacco, kinda burnt wood, and some bitter, dark chocolate on the nose and flavor. A big bitter rush in the finish is fantastic, and leaves a great dryness. One hell of a beer.