The Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter

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

Bottle (thanks Ughsmash!) Aroma of slightly stale bready malt, chocolate and cherry liquor came flooding out of the bottle upon opening. Poured pitch black with a thick muddy brown head. Light, almost weightless mouthfeel with perfect level of carbonation. Obvious milky quality to this beer, a little too lactic perhaps to make it more than an occassional event. Whipped in with the cream was some baking chocolate, cherries, a splash of red wine, vanilla and a coffee bean or two. Fascinating beer to drink. Just a little too dairy to float my boat.

Cquiroga gave me a taste of this at Port Brewing sometime in Jan. ***Very small sample. Aroma was huge fresh berry notes...crazily fruity. Notes of chocolate and roasted malts as well. Flavor was largely sweet...a lot going on...but the complexity was in numerous subtleties. I feel like this would be a great beer to get to know, but on my approx. 4oz...i’d say that is was very desert like and not at all over powering. Mouthfeel was light...but that is probably because it is a "baltic porter".

As my supplies dwindle, I might as well rate it... Pours a near black brown with a short dark brown head. Aromas of sweet malty chocolate, coffee, and a hint of alcohol. Flavors of coffee, fine dark chocolate, toffee, and a pleasant alcohol finish. This beer is silky smooth and has only improved since release. A great beer from one of the best breweries around.

Bottle via drewbeerme and TURDFERGUSON, I don’t know who’s I drank. Pours a opaque dark brown almost black with a substantial creamy brown head. Aroma is wonderful, nutty, sweet chocolate, some coffee notes. Flavor is chocolate, coffee, vanilla, molasses, nuts. Palate is full bodied, medium carbonation, rich, sticky, creamy, semi-dry finish. Out-friggin-standing!

12-oz., courtesy the kind hand of BitBucket. Deep black opaque pour; thick moussy head falls to swirls and some lace. Huge thick fruity chocolate nose; there’s even some dustiness of bitter baking chocolate there. A little booze hangs around the nose as well. Big sharp attack: full body, tangible carb, big flavor. Lots of coffee shot through the mid-palate--tasting it brings that note to life in the nose. Dry, slightly sticky finish. Borderline refreshing, and beautifully drinkable. Fantastic stuff.

trade with JCB - let me just say...WOW. what a fantastic beer. poured pitch black with a small chocolate brown head. aroma was nutty with some milk chocolate. taste...well. what can i say. delicious. flavor of chocolate, molasses, strong sweet malts, with a litle roast. mouthfeel was full bodied and satisfying. one of the more enjoyable beers ive had lately.

Pour was slightly aggressive produced a HUGE darkish brown head, like 3 + fingers. Big roasted chocolate and coffee nose, This baby smells thick. The complex aromas take a few minutes to decipher, Let’s see. I got coffee, smoke, vanilla, some earth yeast(?) and chocolate, whiffs of both dark bitter sweet and milk chocolate. Now for the taste. Huge roasted malt with a strong background of anise/licorice. Mouth feel was thick and full. I am also getting some dark fruit and maybe cherries. I don’t know, this has a hole in it somewhere. The ABV is present at the first taste, right on thru. This feels like A whole six pack smashed in one glass, A sipper this is.

BIG BIG thanks to Ty5592 for this. Pours black with a small tan head. Beautiful. Aromas of fermented malts and grains (silage), dark ripened fruits, and light smoke. I got a pretty big toffee and molasses flavor along with light roast and smoke also. Mouthfeel is big, rich and creamy. Outstanding !!!!