The Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter

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

12 oz bottle from trade with limesmut. Pours dark brown/black with thin light-brown head which dissipated quickly. Aroma is smoke and fruit, but alcohol comes through strongly. Flavor is raisin, smoke and noticeable alcohol. Mouthfeel is medium and sticky with alcohol burn and dry aftertaste. Very interesting brew. Definitely one to sip when on a cold night.

Pours very dark, with ruby edges, and a decent tan head with lacing. Aroma is chocolate, slight bit of caramel, and cream. Flavor is similar, with a decent alcohol burn and a lovely malt balance. A bit of bitterness from the roasted malts. Very good effort.

Had pretty much all the Duck-Rabbitt beers, and I got to say that this is probably the worst. I would take the Milk Stout and Russian Imperial over this in a heart beat. To alcohol heavy taste wise. Overall the Duck-Rabbitt has a good product, but the best thing about this beer was the cool hat that the duck was wearing.

I will be honest, this is not the kind of beer I usually enjoy. It is extremely dark and full of licorice, coffee, and raisin flavor. That said, I really did enjoy it.

Dark black with a tall creamy brown head. Strong sweet aroma of fruits, raspberry and chocolate. Flavor is interesting. A definite roasted bitterness hides behind a strong fruity sweetness up front. Some cream and chocolate flavors mix in as well. Delicious.

Pours about as dark as a porter can get, only faint ruby highlights and a thin cocoa brown head which quickly receded to a thin film. Absolutely enticing nose, very rich raisins with hints of cinnamon and nutmeg spices, dense alcohol fruitiness, very warming even on the nose. Very syrupy on the tongue, with almost no effervescence. On the palate the flavor unfolds in a number of directions, starting out treacle before expanding with deep yeasty fruits like plum and currant before melting down into one of the longest finishes I’ve ever had, one of rich milk chocolate with hints of spices and yeast. Hops seem predominantly to add hints to the complexity, but never really come to the front. The best american baltic porter hands down.

12 oz. bottle from Secret Santa. Pours a jet black with almost no head at all. Aromas of black coffee, licorce and alcohol assualt the nose. Mouthfeel is thick, heavy and oily. Flavors of soy, dark fruits, brown sugar and alcohol. As advertised, this is a sipping beer. Very warming on the palette and in your tummy. This was BIG beer. I loved it and will leave it on my wants list hoping to get more.

Allow me to explain...this rating is based on my personal preference. Thanks, Secret Santa for this top rated beer. Aroma was big...slight coffee, dark licorice and alcohol. Pour was a flat black with a tan head that popped up and left. Taste was flat, hot and thick. Strong licorice with hints of chocolate and vanilla. Burnt malt on the tongue and in the aftertaste. The big problem for me is this black licorice taste. Very strong alcohol burn. Once I got the point (as the label says) that it should be sipped slowly, I was convinced not to pour it out. I’m not knocking the beer as I’m sure if you like these big dark ones, you can’t get better.