The Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter

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

Upped on re-taste to a 5.0; head/appearance produced this time lived up to the rest.. My favorite example of my favorite style, and it just doesn’t get any tastier than this. Why aren’t more beers out there made as tasty as this? I’d pay good money for it. So . . . why?

Rating #400! Courtesy the man, kenb, 10/7/07. Aged 1 year. I’m rating conservatively because I don’t want to be a fanboy right off the bat. But it’s right up there with the best, the few other 5’s I’ve ever had. Aroma is AWESOME, and a good indicator of what’s to come. Heavy on the chocolate-covered cherry-or-raisin, in both aroma and palate. Best aroma ever, period. Goes down smoother ’n’ you know what. The only thing I didn’t give a top component grade for was appearance, I believe because it didn’t generate large and foamy head. We did some nitro’ing and fixed that issue, but I’m just going on its "official" presentation. I did a 19/20 on overall, but I’m gonna bump that up to a 20 and put this in sole possession of the 4.9 placement in my ratings list. Thanks to the MAN, kenb, I’ll get subsequent tastings and see how this fares on the repeat. The bottle went down much too quickly to savor in full, this is so damn drinkable.

Bottle thanks to JCB! Pours a dark almost pitch black with some red highlights though. 1 finger light brown creamy head. Aroma is great but it takes me a minute to figure out what i am smelling. Then it comes to me..Fruity Pebbles, and some cocoa puffs. Really unique and mouth watering aroma. Flavor is mild roast with cocoa and that fruity pebble flavor throughout, all sorts of fruits in there. A tiny hint of bitterness. Very smooth with a medium body and a crisp finish. Quite delicious, this beer would be great for breakfast. Wish i could get it around here.

Thanks to Drunkasmonk. Gone too soon, a rich and dark full-mouthed stouty porter. Bittersweet cocoa. Very good brew and true to its style, and less sour than others. But I do think its style gets above average press compares to other, subtler styles.

Bottle from trade with Pantanap. This black ale poured with a nice tan head. It’s a creamy ale with a complex roasted malt taste - notes of coffee, mocha and vanilla. Very balanced with a slight alcohol finish. This is one good porter.

I tell you this...I on occasion go to farmville to do some service work on submersable pumps. I had no idea that such a great brewery dwelled within! The Milk stout is better but the porter is great. I first sampled it on a confused palate ie. I drank several schwarzbiers & a xxx stout or 3. But days later , this beer showed itself. Not being one for specifics , look at the other descriptions then try it if you can. Damn GOOD!!!

Bottle. Pours black with a small brown head. Roasted and malty with notes of vanilla, coffee, toffee and hops. Has a very good balance and mouthfeel.

keg at brewgrass. Black with frothy brown head. Chocolate, mocha, malt, brown sugar, vanilla. Nice balance and finish. Smooth and very enjoyable.

wow, I was suprised and lucky to find this, on tap, and last years batch, at the Brewgrass festival, definitly a good surprised.. better than I expected, and the milky finish made me addicted... pours a black with mild tan head. sweet mocha malty aroma, very milky mouthfeel to finish. very good finish.