Zywiec Porter

Brewed by Bracki Browar Zamkowy (Zywiec Heineken)
Style: Baltic Porter
Cieszyn, Poland

500 ml bottle. Rich brown, almost black with a dense, tan head. Aroma is rich in chocolate malts and grains with some grapes. The first thing I notice is how hoppy it is. Body is super smooth with a flavor of caramel covered dried fruits. Stick sweet and oily. Theres some smokiness to it as well but the finish is dry. A really good beer and my new favorite from, what country was that again? Oh yeah, Poland.

Very dark colored. Roasted malt aroma with coffee, peardrups and raisin. Full bodied. Malty flavor, in fact with loads of roasted malt. Raisin. Coffee bitterness. Warming alcohol that bangs your head after a 15 hours working day. Whoahhh, abundant with flavors. Great beer. My thanks go out to Dortmunderfor this bottle.

Heavy, good for a porter, but not perfect. Will probably weigh you down. Maybe better for winter drinking, in the snow.

The deepest of browns, like the Misissippi Delta after a rainstorm with a tan head that mostly fades but leaves a thin tan film on the beer. Prunes and alcohol with a dash of instant coffee and a piece of black licorice. Sweet, tangy, rich, potent. Thick bodied, sticky...some soy sauce and candi sugar. A cold night sipper, like a sifter of Brandy near the fireplace. Quite tasty, thank you Per!

Bottle from Dortmunder - many thanks! Very dark chestnut, huge creamy brown-golden head. Fresh hoppy notes on top of burned caramel, berries and a bit coffee. Far more burned caramel and coffe than other baltics, sweet fruity note and a light alkohol burn in the flavor as well. Medium body - feels deceptively light - and is quite easy drinkable. Good stuff!

black body, a little ruby at the edges. medium tan dense foamy head. aroma of chocolate malt, also roasted malt. flavor starts very sweet caramel malt with a little dark fruits and creamy mouthfeel. flavor goes to a little soy sauce then licorice. aftertaste is dry and bitter roasted malt, a little salty vodka.

Bottled. Roasted and blackcurrant aroma. Redish black color, brown head, fair lace. Light sweet, medium bitter to bitter in the finish, strong coffee, roasted, blackcurrant, full even dense body. Aggresive but alcohol well hidde, gets better while warming up. Very nice surprise. I wasn’t expecting this from Zywiec.

Poured dark brown with a creamy tan head. Great looking beer. Smell was in your face with caramel, chocolate, soy sauce, coffee and fruits. Taste was too in your face for me. There was a soy sauce taste which perhaps I am misinterpreting for something else. That is what I got though. The mouthfeel was too alcoholic. I like to have toffee and caramel and did not really get that here. The alcohol was too strong. Perhaps it is just too damn hot out. I ramble because I was so looking forward to this and didn’t like it.