The Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter

Thanks to wagenvolks for the bottle! Poured into a snifter. Black with slight brown highlights. Minute brown head that fades almost immediately and leaves no lacing. Aroma is rich boozy chocolate with soy sauce, molasses, and sweet cream. Flavor is considerably more complex than the aroma. Sweet chocolate graham cracker up front, with accents of licorice and molasses that carry it to a beautiful finish with just the right amount of roast. Perfect balance of sweet and roasted/bitter. A little smokiness and a subtle booziness. Medium-full body with lowish carbonation. Very chewy and a little sticky. Finish is long and fulfilling. Great beer.

12oz. bottle Thanks to OldStyleCubFan, my summer santa. My first try at a baltic porter, really enjoyed it too. Pours opaque black with a thick light brown head that slowly fades over the course of consumption. Mocha, roasted malt, dark cherry and red wine in the nose. Pleasantly sweet and malty. Flavor has notes of dark chocolate, sweet caramel, cherry, dark fruit/figs, molasses, red wine, some bitter roastiness and lactic sourness at the end. Nice creamy body. Enjoyable, another one OSCF send me that nearly tops my list. Thanks Santa!

Dark brown with no head but good lacing. the aroma was fruity: smelling of dates and cherries with hints of tar, yeast, licorice and chocolate. Bitter throughout. Medium-full bodied with a syrupy texture. A very good beer, but not quite my style.

The aroma of the beer is amazing - smells like tropical fruit with a hint of dark pitted fruits (plums, raisins). One can also smell hints of tar and RED, yes i do mean RED licorice. It is a bit yeasty to the nose as well. It pours with virtually no head and the body hue is dark brown. The initial flavor is lightly sweet, but heavily yeasty. The finish is a bit salty. All in all though, the beer goes down smooth. The body feels medium to full on the palate, and the texture is syrupy. The carbonation is soft. I really enjoyed this beer! A great ending to a great night!

Bottle thanks to ucusty. Pours thick, with a small, off-white head. Very dark brown body. Aroma of dark fruits, tar, liccorice, cherry, yeast and chocolate. Taste is yeasty, with some initial soy sauce, then chocolate, butter scotch, some oxidation as well. Syrupy with light bubbles.