Baltika #6 Porter
Baltika Breweries

Baltika #6 PorterBaltika #6 Porter
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From:
Baltika Breweries
 
Russia
Style:
Baltic Porter
Ranked #143
ABV:
7%
Score:
82
Ranked #24,946
Avg:
3.62 | pDev: 13.81%
Reviews:
643
Ratings:
1,019
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 21, 2024
Added:
Jan 28, 2003
Wants:
  40
Gots:
  79
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Ratings by TheLongBeachBum:
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Reviewed by TheLongBeachBum from California

3.88/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Presentation: A 500ml bottle that looks just like the BA Database Picture.

Appearance: Dark brown body that has a mercuric black appearance. A darkish tan brown pillowy head sits atop this dark ebonyious marvel. No light, no reflections. The creamy head that builds after the pour stays for a long time but leaves some great lacing. Excellent look and some nice conditioning.

Nose: Coffee, dark chocolate, more coffee and some roasted walnuts. Whipped café latte aromas with some dark malt.

Taste: Starts with a coffee malt entrance that builds into a thick malty middle with dark cooking chocolate. Reticent caramel with some light hoppiness and a toffee tingling dry finish. Dry hopped bitter finish licks the edge of the caramel dark malt ending. The lingering ending has an attractive crisp hop bite with a chocolate twist.

Mouthfeel: A porter with a solid mouth that is dominant and most certainly one of the more interesting foreign Porters that I have had in a long time.

Drinkability: Man this sucker is good. I demolished the whole bottle in no time. I can’t believe that I never tried this Baltika offering before now.

Overall: A solid offering, not great, not bad, but certainly way above average. It deserves it legendary status as a very good Ruskie Porter.

This Review is dedicated to the greatest educated Comedian the USA has ever produced, bar none. Bill Hicks. Bill sadly passed away 10 years ago this week (2/26/94). Can it be? I guess so. Incredibly he made his name (and living) outside of the USA, thanks to the conservative gagging media in the Land of the Free!! Most notably he was extremely popular in England, where he was allowed to dispense his awesome humor unattentuated on terrestrial UK TV. A true comedic genius whose native country shunned him. Well, here’s to you Bill, I reckon you would find the fact that I raise a Russian Porter in your honor an ironic laugh! You’re sadly missed.

“Some of you may remember me as a drinker. I was a weekend drinker, started on Saturday, end on Friday."
Bill Hicks. 12/16/61 - 2/26/94 R.I.P.
Feb 29, 2004
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by Whyteboar from Michigan

3.81/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured the color of coffee and looked black in the glass. There was no back lighting so couldn’t tell anything else.
The head was tan but didn’t leave lacing.
The taste was good, had some coffee and chocolate and more dark fruit flavors than I normally get in this style.
The feel is a nice balance of lager thin and non Baltic porters - makes for easy quaffing.
OA, a good beer and if it wasn’t from a pariah country, I would likely buy one again.
Jan 21, 2024
 
Rated: 3.6 by AndyGG from California

Oct 02, 2023
 
Rated: 3.53 by amp112 from California

Jun 16, 2023
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Reviewed by Rogerlb from California

3.88/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Found in a Jon's in Burbank. Nice niche porter in the middle of the valley.

Pours pretty black and yet has a clearness around the edges that looks like cola. Minimal ring of head around the edge of the glass.

Aroma is stone fruit, malt, cherry, bit of sweaty leather. Sip is thin syrup, chocolate, anise, dead yeast, no kidding potato and sweet beets. There's a graininess that I'm attributing to borsch. Not getting the toffee others note unless it's the cheap stuff in CVS. This has a mouth feel of thin stout (as most porters do), with a grainy end, you can tell by my description this is a bit rough but goes down smooth enough. 7% is completely hidden, not hot or burny.

Interesting porter with more rough edge than some overly sweet variants. Plus, now I've checked off Russia in my "countries you've had beers from"!
Sep 08, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by Fubudu187 from Illinois

Jul 09, 2022
 
Rated: 3.15 by emiliobaratta from Venezuela

Jun 15, 2022
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Reviewed by Peach63 from New York

4.04/5  rDev +11.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Ebony with a 1/2" tan head, which lasts. moderate lacing.

Aroma is a bit muted: Coffee, roast malt.

Taste is caramel, coffee, toffee, roast malt, a bit of sweetness.

Full body, light carbonation. Semisweet finish.

Outstanding Baltic Porter.
Feb 06, 2022
 
Rated: 3.73 by generallee from Virginia

Feb 05, 2022
 
Rated: 4.09 by Abstractspirit from Rhode Island

Feb 02, 2022
 
Rated: 3 by prisdefer from New York

Jan 16, 2022
 
Rated: 3.5 by Hellpop65 from Kansas

Nov 19, 2021
 
Rated: 3.84 by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota

Nov 03, 2021
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Reviewed by benjaminthancock

4.18/5  rDev +15.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Caramel, chocolate, and roast on the taste buds. Medium mouthfeel. Caramel and toffee on the nose with a slight coffee note. 0.5 liter bottle. Served in the bottle at a Russian restaurant in St Paul, MN.
Oct 23, 2021
 
Rated: 4.43 by Rhetion from Florida

Oct 13, 2021
 
Rated: 3.25 by altrio

Oct 04, 2021
 
Rated: 4.92 by balizz

Jun 09, 2021
 
Rated: 3.65 by DownyIsHungry from Minnesota

Jun 05, 2021
 
Rated: 3.77 by Dave2234 from Minnesota

May 20, 2021
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.62/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
500 ml bottle, from Løvbjerg, Ikast. ABV is 7.0%. Black colour, ruby in the highlights. Large beige head. The aroma is bready and moderately roasty, some fruity hints too. Pleasant and smooth flavour of moderately roasted malts, black bread, mild coffee, chocolate and caramel, but not too sweet. Very moderate hops. A beer I might well buy again.
Apr 19, 2021
Baltika #6 Porter from Baltika Breweries
Beer rating: 82 out of 100 with 1019 ratings