faroeviking (4414), Faroese Autonomous Beer Republic, Denmark Jan 5, 2007 Bottle. Thick black colour with a nice light brown creamy head. Aroma of smoked wood and tar indeed, along with well roasted malts and bitter-chcocolate. Flavour is bitter,smoky, thick tar, liquorice, chocolate, coffee, roasted malts. Aftertaste is long with bitter, smoky, roasty with some chocolate. Great brew indeed!
KimJohansen (4299), Copenhagen V, Denmark Sep 29, 2008 Black with huge deep beige head. Aroma has roasted malt, coffee and liquerice notes. Roasted malt int the nose along with tar, smoke and liquerice notes. Finished dry. FatPhil (2367), Espoo, Finland Sep 22, 2008 330ml bottle (Fish and Beer, Copenhagen)<br />
Black, brief fizzy tan head. Aromatic chocolatey and burnt aroma, not huge, but most pleasing. Quite lively carbonation. Richly roasted malts come to the fore, but leave a quite potent acrid one-two of hops and burnt malts on the palate. Decent residual sweetness, but as the fruitier vapours rise up your nose you realise it’s alcohol that’s carrying them there. Quite a smack in the chops, but not entirely unsophisticated. Needs to lose some fizz and thicken up a bit, then tone down the charcoal to get really big points off me. Probably better draught. DSG (867), Yuvalim, Israel Sep 19, 2008 Bottle (thanks Dedollewaitor! At least one good Baltic Porter arrived safe!). Black-colored, quite opaque, with a big, bubbly, light brown head. Heavily roasted malt aroma with decent smokiness, some toast notes and some light chocolate hints. Sweet and lightly acidic malt flavor with roastiness, light smoke, nice chocolatey tone and some fruity hints. Finishes dry with light alcohol notes. Medium-bodied. A good solid Baltic Porter. Pinball (595), Allerød, Denmark Sep 18, 2008 faint dark fruits, coffee, roasted stuff. quite balanced. black/dark dark brown, with huge brown head.
flavor is coffee, roasted stuff, faint faint fruits (mashed banana) - so faint it actually adds character. nice. cgarvieuk (2541), Edinburgh, Scotland Sep 5, 2008 deep black,deep smokey malty nose,roast malts bitter chocolate. coffee. dry hop in linger. very warming but a bit rough
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