The Duck-Rabbit Barrel Aged Baltic Porter

Opaque black color with a medium sized, tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of vanilla, oak, bourbon, smoke, roasted malts, dark chocolate, and alcohol. Taste of dark chocolate, smoke, vanilla, oak, wood, nuts, tobacco, and bourbony alcohol finish. Thanks Ryan!

Name: BA Baltic Porter
Date: February 06, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Footset Foreplay Friday
Appearance: chear dark brown, fine tan head
Aroma: sweet chocolate covered bourbon candy aroma
Flavor: rich sweet chocolate flavor, bourbon and vanilla brings out the chocolate, well balanced between the bourbon and chocolate
Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.2/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: ***4

750 handbottle shared by frumpty and facto at the pre-footsex gathering. Pours inky black with a small tan head. Nose is very sweet with bourbon, vanilla, oak, dark fruits, dry cocoa. Rich and complex flavor profile with a beautiful balance between the bourbon and baltic porter. The Duck Rabbit’s barrel aged beers are turning out amazing.

A true stand out. Pours an inky black with an almost red hue. Aroma is heaven: wood, vanilla, chocolate, toffee, lactose, and a hint of bourbon. Flavor is much the same, with everything hanging in a great balance. Great complexity here, but the complexity never becomes muddled and the flavor comes through perfectly. On a night when the rarest of the rares were being popped, this one took the prize as far as I am concerned. Truly delicious. Can’t wait for the official release so that I can try this one again. I am a big fan of DR, and this might be their best one yet.

Huge thanks to Facto and Frumpty for sharing this at the Pre Sex gathering. Huge anticipation on this one. Pours an ink black with a thin chestnut head. The nose is huge, bourbon, oak, chocolate, molasses, mildly fruity, tannic, vanilla, warm. Flavor is super rich and complex, base BP shows through gorgeously, thick and warming, bourbon and oak mesh perfectly with the chocolaty flavors of the base beer. Wonderful beer, easily one of the best of the night. Can’t wait to see the bottles.

Okay, this was just insane. As a devotee of the regular DR Baltic, I was wondering what to expect from this treat that Ryan and Matt brought to Pre-Sex. Could the milky depth of the base beer possibly benefit from the barrel or would it just be a train wreck? This was superb, surpassing all expectations and possibly the hit of the weekend to everyone who tried it. Lovely nose, with soft cherry and vinous notes. The mouthfeel is thick and creamy, with the whisky flavors oh so subtly enlivening the beer and giving it further complexity. Almost like a very fine old ale in its richness. Tremendous.

Thanks to the folks at D/R for sharing this one! Viscous black pour with thick tan head. Whiskey and vanilla on the nose. Oak tannins, toffee, figs, whiskey, and chocolate. EXCELLENTE’

Sampled at the Sexual Chocolate release. The pour is just black. The aroma is huge with vanilla. It comes off very much like creme brule. I tasted a complex blend of vanilla, and booze, and rasins, and caramel and toffee, and probably a shit ton more that I didn’t get down. Big rich full body. What a meal. I’m not as high on regular baltic porter as most folks, but this stuff is the truth. Thanks to MrFacto and FumptyDumpty for sharing. This was easily the highlight of Friday night, and probably the weekend.