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.

Thanks goes out to Immy for this outstanding brew. Poured from a 12oz bottle black with a small brown head that faded into a ring of lacing. Aroma was roasted malts, raisins, a bit of smokiness and a bitter chocolate. Flavor was roasted malt and the chocolate was a semi-sweet chocolate. The body was smooth and creamy. It finished dry on the tounge.

12 oz bottle from JCB. Thanks Jason! Deep deep brown - not quite black - with a thick hot chocolate colored head that reduces to a dense film. Roasty malt and dark chocolate nose, earthy, an odd fruity note. Flavor is semisweet chocolate, a little roasty coffee, and sweet malt that penetrates the deep parts of the mouth. While damn tasty, the star here is the body - not quite creamy, but the consistancy of half-n-half; dense, but not too thick. Smooth as wet ice on ice. Mildly dry chalkiness in the center of the tongue in the finish, while the sweet malt flavors tickle the sides of your tongue. Simply awesome. It simply does not get all that better than this.

I had this beer for the first time last night in Greenville (GVegas) at Christy’s Europub (just a few miles from Farmville where the beer is made). I got to say I was blown away. Very dark, very thick beer which to me had a strong aroma and flavor of good ol’ North Carolina blackstrap molasses! Wonderful beer. I cant wait to get some more.

12 oz bottle: pours anthracite black with a beautiful dark khaki head. my god the aroma is amazing. the intilal aroma is coffee, sweet creamy chocolatey rich mocha coffee, not over powering. very sensual.hints of carramel vanilla and dark fruit peek though. flavors of of coffee and mocha. vanilla dark fruit caramel, beautiful. silky smooth in the mouth. carbonation is perfect. its very hard to believe this beer is 9 percent abv, very well hidden. all i can say is wow. duck rabbit has outdone itself. i had this on draft about a month ago at the saucer and was like this its pretty good but now as i sit here savoring it fropm the bottle i realize that it is more than pretty good, its amazing.

WOW! I am floored. This thing is wonderful. Aroma is high in malts and caramel. Flavor is something to savor. It is very malty with a nice sweet finish. Alcohol is niclely hidden. Outstanding job on this brew.

Bottle from suttree. Thanks!
Pours like a liquified dark Baltic night with an olive green head. Aroma is a rush of chocolate coffee cocoa milk with roasted nut creme added. Wow! Total assault of roasted chocolate cocoa powder, cherry, and alcohol with hint of smoke in the finish with every sip. Perfect texture that leaves the battered palate screaming for more abuse. Absoluely delicious; lives up to and jumps over the hype.

Thanks to kramer17801, CaptainCougar and DarkElf (and possibly others) for sharing this bottle with me. Dark, murky brown pour with a tan head. Roasted malt aroma with chocolate notes and obvious alcohol. Roasted malt flavor with more chocolate notes and some slight spiciness. The alcohol is in no way hidden but seems to work well within the flavors of the beer. Believe the hype; this is one of the best porters I’ve tried. 4.6 Re-Rate. I finally get to sit down with a bottle of my own! Pitch black pour with a cinnamon colored head. Bready, malt nose with anise, fruits and coffee notes. Sourish cherry flavor with tons of dark malts, chocolate, anise, some coffee and slight tobacco flavors. Slightly hot finish. Lingers with a dry bitterness. This would rank as simply one of the best beers I’ve ever tried.