Beer #3
2nd Shift Brewing

Im sampling this 16 oz can poured into my trusty snifter. The beer is at cellar temp and is date stamped 12/16/21...I believe. The stamp is difficult to read on the label.
A large creamy and pillowy tan head of 3 inches or so foams up and almost overtops my glass. I poured gently and still ended up with a lot of head. The foam does fade slowly and leaves large craters on the sides of the glass and surface as it drops. Some windowpane lattice forms on each sip as well.
The aroma on this beer is frontloaded with roasted malt and even a bit of charred wood. Hints of dark chocolate and dark fruit (cherry and plum) are buried under the roast notes. I dont get any hops on the beer and find the nose to be pretty solid for the style.
First sip reveals a light body with smooth texture and fine gentle carbonation. Everything about the physical traits on this beer make it very drinkable.
Flavor is a bit of dark chocolate, roasted malt, coffee grounds, and some char. the dark chocolate is very dark cacao and this beer borders on bitter, but not from hops. I dont get much of the dark fruit on the flavor and no hint of those hops anywhere.
This is a decent enough beer, but it tastes more like a session stout than baltic porter in my opinion. Im still enjoying it just the same.

Canned 12/1/21 (hey-o); drank 3/26/22 @ the Yarchives.

Opaque dark brown appearance.

A rough pour yielded a HUGE tan head; an impenetrable curtain of lace.

Chocolate, dark roast coffee bean & faint fresh earth notes in the nose.

Creamy medium mouthfeel.

Fresh earth & dark roast coffee bean flavors up front; mild chocolate & a faintly tart, yeast-y finish.

Interesting, flavorful and certainly worth a quaff. I'd have another!!