The Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter

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

Dark brown with a thin layer of cosmos-shaped head. Rich aroma - thick malts, accents of smoked plums, brown sugar and Turkish coffee, at time seeming a little bit burnt, at times coming through with very fresh malts. The body is thick, slightly oily. The main thing on the palate is Indonesian soy sauce - clean and well-structured, though. There isn’t a ton of nuance here - some sugar and the slightest bright apricot notes are about it. Finishes with a bit of roast.

Bottle. Black coloured with a beige head. Roasted aroma of vanilla, chocolate and liquorice. Sweet and roasted flavour of liquorice and chocolate with notes of vanilla, dried fruits and hops.

Bottle. [#10 Blind tasting session @ Sk8viking] Small light brown fizzy head that mostly diminishing. Fair display of lacework. Pitch black color. Aroma of molasses, chocolate, coffee, toffee, toasted malt, nutty, wood and vanilla like notes with some licorice. Berries feel and accompanying port wine like notes as well. Very complex aroma with a smooth and sweet malty base with a hint of warming alcohol. Very full bodied with an oily texture and a soft carbonation. Moderated sweet malty flavor with light bitter notes. Vanilla sweet and almost bourbon like finish. This was for me one of the evenings high score. 07-09-2007

Blind tasting at sk8vikings porter / stout tasting, beer no 10. Pours dark brown with chocolate brown head. Vanilla and smoked aroma. Malty and vanilla flavour, soft blended. Medium body. Slight bitter hops edge. Chocolate smooth, slight warming finish.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Pours black and opaque with a creamy, light brown head. Fat aroma of roasted malt and alcohol. Medium body, fruity with lightly tart AND sweet vanilla notes, chocolate and roasted malt. Very soft mouthfeel and a subdued bitterness. 070907

8/22/07. 12 oz. 2006? vintage. Trade with FrumptyDumpty. Thanks. Deep Mahogany, nice red hilights with perfect creamy head. Aroma of roast, chocolate, prunes. The taste was like a creamy dark chocolate bar. Incredible mouth feel and taste. One of my most favorite beers in a long time. Wish I had traded for more.

A black abyss with a thin, still skin of mocha brown. Firm chocolate sweetness, graham crackers, black licorice, and beets in the aroma. Bits of cinnamon, burnt french toast, and that cocoa has a definite Belgian subtlety to it. A kick of metallic astringency on the back. Tastes quite black and salty. It’s lager yeast to start, all musty earth and sweat. Candi sugar, heather honey, and raspberries in a thick, sweet middle. An acrid, hollow mocha made with too much sugar. Peat and oak with a heavy hit of soy sauce before the finish. Soap astringency at the end with a warm pulse of steamed vegetables - broccoli. Palate is full and rich. Really hot, sweet, and salty like an overmarinated prime cut. An undeniably big experience, with no reservations. Thanks Lou!

Date: September 23, 2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Asheville
Appearance: black, whispy tan head
Aroma: huge sweet chocolate aroma with a touch of licorish
Flavor: strong chocolate flavor, lots of sweetness, good balancing bitterness in the finish, a small hint of chalk, a bit of fruity character

Date: March 07, 2009
Mode: draft
Words: leon’s decatur
ever the gamble with the tart sour milk character,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Date: October 02, 2006
Mode: bottle
Vintage: 2006
Appearance: dark brown head
Body: creamy body
Flavor: very rich chocolate flavor, nice sweetness, no chalk, no bitterness

Date: June 12, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2006
picking up a bit of sour milk character

Date: January 19, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: Barley’s Asheville
Vintage: 2007
all rich chocolate and no sour milk

Date: January 23, 2008
Mode: bottle
Vintage: 2007
all the rich chocolate of the draft version with no sourness