Calm Storm
Heist Brewery - NoDa
- From:
- Heist Brewery - NoDa
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Baltic Porter
- ABV:
- 6.3%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.1 | pDev: 3.66%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 05, 2025
- Added:
- Jan 18, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Calm Storm is the little brother to our other Baltic porter, Navigating Seas. Coming in at a lower ABV to be more approachable for everyone, the aroma is extremely welcoming with a blend of toffee and hazelnut. The flavors play incredibly well with this, giving us notes of medium roast coffee, milk chocolate, and a subtle hint of sweetness.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Cigarhound66 from Georgia
4.04/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
It’s definitely a dark storm.
I actually drank this on a bright day on the beach. Probably the only person to do so.
I oddly enough get notes of oak. A little burnt marshmallow. It’s not super in depth but I like it.
Jun 28, 2025I actually drank this on a bright day on the beach. Probably the only person to do so.
I oddly enough get notes of oak. A little burnt marshmallow. It’s not super in depth but I like it.
Reviewed by CarolinaCardinals from North Carolina
4.03/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Picked up a 16 oz single from the Hot Spot cooler on NC-63 on 4-12-25 for $3.79. Canned 1-15-25; consumed 6-7-25. Cold stored since purchase.
Beer poured brown with a nice off-white head with the original pour.
Nose is coffee forward which is always nice in my world.
Taste is a light roasted malt taken over by the heavier coffee roast. Getting some nutty and toffee flavor midstream. Finishes with a style appropriate sweetness but is pretty balanced.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied and creamy smooth.
Overall, this is pretty darn tasty, lots of flavor going on here.
Jun 07, 2025Beer poured brown with a nice off-white head with the original pour.
Nose is coffee forward which is always nice in my world.
Taste is a light roasted malt taken over by the heavier coffee roast. Getting some nutty and toffee flavor midstream. Finishes with a style appropriate sweetness but is pretty balanced.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied and creamy smooth.
Overall, this is pretty darn tasty, lots of flavor going on here.
Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina
4.36/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.36/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
It pours brown with a tan head. It has good head retention. There are chocolate flavors with low roast. There are some dark fruit elements that feature raisin. It has a smooth texture and a smooth finish.
May 04, 2025
Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
3.89/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.89/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Ultra clear light brown pour, somewhat opaque in the glass; rich, densely sudsy head, very long lasting; nice dense and compact fingers and flecks of foam mark the glass. Incredible aroma; rich toffee tones; moderately sweet undercurrent; roasted grain char; mocha. Good flavor if a tad weak; diluted coffee with fire roasted tree nuts; great overall bitterness, a muted but well-balanced with the other tastes. Medium-heavy mouthfeel; smooth.
Overall, this is a decent enough Baltic porter, but if it is the little brother to the brewery's other Baltic porter, I'd really like to try that one. I suspect it might be more to the style. But, being a junior version of a Baltic porter (I guess), this is pretty good.
ABV: 6.3%; pouring temperature: 42.6 °F; canning info: THE SHIP HAS SAILED 01/15/25
Source: Tavour
May 01, 2025Overall, this is a decent enough Baltic porter, but if it is the little brother to the brewery's other Baltic porter, I'd really like to try that one. I suspect it might be more to the style. But, being a junior version of a Baltic porter (I guess), this is pretty good.
ABV: 6.3%; pouring temperature: 42.6 °F; canning info: THE SHIP HAS SAILED 01/15/25
Source: Tavour
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