4 Pines Keller Door Oaked Baltic Porter
4 Pines Brewing Company
- From:
- 4 Pines Brewing Company
- Australia
- Style:
- Baltic Porter
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 11.31%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 02, 2015
- Added:
- Oct 04, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by heygeebee from Australia
3.45/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
3.45/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
Solid porter from 4 pines. On the money with exception of carbonation, seemed a little fizzy and light, the antithesis of style really. Do have to wonder if any vanilla was intended from oak, none present.
Nov 02, 2015
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
4.32/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.32/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Not the biggest fan of 4 Pines, or Baltic Porters for that matter, I find their beers overhyped and under delivering, not unlike Baltic Porters. Looks like one of the most overhyped/under delivering brewers has brewed one of the most overhyped/under delivering styles... this should be interesting. That said most of their Keller Door brews have been excellent - I wish they applied that heady Keller Door experimentation to their year-round releases but that appears to be an unrealistic wish for any Australian craft brewer (exhibit A: Little Creatures Small Batch) these days. Regardless I am looking forward to this brew. PS: Love the label design!
Poured from a 500ml bottle into a nonic pint.
A: A nice Porter cloudy dirt brown body with a thin tan head - as far as Porters go this is near perfect, except: LET ME FINISH!!! It could use a bit more head... [couldn’t we all?] *ahem* pretty beer though. 8/10.
S: Aroma is sweet, bready, woody, vanilly(?) goodness. It has that typical Baltic Porter heavy bread character mingling with dark fruit sweetness and the wood/vanilla notes from the oak are spot on just what this beer, and by my association with said beer: I, needs. Tasty. 9/10.
T: Funky and not for the light-hearted brewventurer - some sour rye bread character upfront, overripe almost rotting sour dark fruit esters come to the fore, then it hits with vanilla-woody overtones, brown sugar, ethyl acetate (nail polish remover) and finishes with a battle between herbal bitters and a sour flourish. This is the most interesting brew I’ve had since I became familiar with Flanders Red Ales. Again a rookie craft beer drinker might mistake this for a brewing blunder but these flavours are intended and make for some intriguing drinking. 9/10.
M: Medium bodied with a light but dense carbonation. 8/10.
D: Well I wasn’t expecting anything this challenging - easily the best Baltic Porter I’ve had thus far and I think the best Keller Door brew I’ve had... checking my scores... confirmed! If you, like me, are looking for something a bit out of the ordinary but you don’t want a face-evaporating-sour brew like Lindemans Kriek Cuvée René then give this ago... one negative: Like all the Keller Door releases the price is $10 for 500ml - I haven’t brought up beer prices in a while but even this is a bit rich for my blood, a point has been detracted for said reason. 8/10.
Food match: Some sort of meat with some sort of jus is in order for this brew - beef and red wine - done, also sharp cheese platter, done.
Oct 04, 2015Poured from a 500ml bottle into a nonic pint.
A: A nice Porter cloudy dirt brown body with a thin tan head - as far as Porters go this is near perfect, except: LET ME FINISH!!! It could use a bit more head... [couldn’t we all?] *ahem* pretty beer though. 8/10.
S: Aroma is sweet, bready, woody, vanilly(?) goodness. It has that typical Baltic Porter heavy bread character mingling with dark fruit sweetness and the wood/vanilla notes from the oak are spot on just what this beer, and by my association with said beer: I, needs. Tasty. 9/10.
T: Funky and not for the light-hearted brewventurer - some sour rye bread character upfront, overripe almost rotting sour dark fruit esters come to the fore, then it hits with vanilla-woody overtones, brown sugar, ethyl acetate (nail polish remover) and finishes with a battle between herbal bitters and a sour flourish. This is the most interesting brew I’ve had since I became familiar with Flanders Red Ales. Again a rookie craft beer drinker might mistake this for a brewing blunder but these flavours are intended and make for some intriguing drinking. 9/10.
M: Medium bodied with a light but dense carbonation. 8/10.
D: Well I wasn’t expecting anything this challenging - easily the best Baltic Porter I’ve had thus far and I think the best Keller Door brew I’ve had... checking my scores... confirmed! If you, like me, are looking for something a bit out of the ordinary but you don’t want a face-evaporating-sour brew like Lindemans Kriek Cuvée René then give this ago... one negative: Like all the Keller Door releases the price is $10 for 500ml - I haven’t brought up beer prices in a while but even this is a bit rich for my blood, a point has been detracted for said reason. 8/10.
Food match: Some sort of meat with some sort of jus is in order for this brew - beef and red wine - done, also sharp cheese platter, done.
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