Baltic Porter
Tributary Brewing Co.
- From:
- Tributary Brewing Co.
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Baltic Porter
Ranked #80 - ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #12,553 - Avg:
- 4.12 | pDev: 8.98%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 06, 2022
- Added:
- Oct 20, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
This dark brown ale has rich medium body with a "roasty" chocolate aromatic character. Underlying dried fruit flavors alongside a sweet tobacco finish this Baltic style Porter.
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Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland
4.55/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.55/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
Poured from the can into a nonic(k) pint glass.
Dark rich walnut brown, with hints of red mahogany color in a dark opaque appearance, and hits a little chestnut clear on the edges also. Creamy rich light tan head colored head, reaching easy three fingers with rings and sheets of lace on a slow settling.
Very surprising aroma. Light touches of husky grain, even a bit of char, but an excellent estery mix that hints of strawberry cream, and pitted dark fruit. Clean whispy almost smokey ash in the mix with an excellent fruity ester that doesn't come off sour like many baltics I have had, and very delicious on the nose.
Absolute gangbusters palate. Porter classic rich lightness but also with hinting creamy and smoke like qualities. Mid palate is a bonanza of surprising and mixing flavors. Creamy but also mineral rocky tasting rich, huge amounts of char and controlled ash with a light smokey bitterness, and an even more surprising fruit palate. Literally tastes like pitted cherries. Skin and earth touches of cherry fruit, mixing with soft vanilla sweetness and rich dark malt making for a light an aromatic black forest cake without a lot sweetness. Lager like clean finish, rocky touching water tasting like bubbly nearly.
Shockingly diverse and unique for the style, unlike anything I have ever had. Easily the best Baltic Porter I have ever had to date.
Jan 17, 2022Dark rich walnut brown, with hints of red mahogany color in a dark opaque appearance, and hits a little chestnut clear on the edges also. Creamy rich light tan head colored head, reaching easy three fingers with rings and sheets of lace on a slow settling.
Very surprising aroma. Light touches of husky grain, even a bit of char, but an excellent estery mix that hints of strawberry cream, and pitted dark fruit. Clean whispy almost smokey ash in the mix with an excellent fruity ester that doesn't come off sour like many baltics I have had, and very delicious on the nose.
Absolute gangbusters palate. Porter classic rich lightness but also with hinting creamy and smoke like qualities. Mid palate is a bonanza of surprising and mixing flavors. Creamy but also mineral rocky tasting rich, huge amounts of char and controlled ash with a light smokey bitterness, and an even more surprising fruit palate. Literally tastes like pitted cherries. Skin and earth touches of cherry fruit, mixing with soft vanilla sweetness and rich dark malt making for a light an aromatic black forest cake without a lot sweetness. Lager like clean finish, rocky touching water tasting like bubbly nearly.
Shockingly diverse and unique for the style, unlike anything I have ever had. Easily the best Baltic Porter I have ever had to date.
Reviewed by DaveMaciolek21 from New Jersey
3.52/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Sparkling brown pour with a thin cream to tan head. Another nice Eastern Euro style beer from Tributary. There's a nice malt play of a sharp, almost bitter flavor that blends with chocolate. Nice roasty finish. A solid winter option.
Mar 25, 2021
Reviewed by Boto from Connecticut
4.18/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Growler from brewery. Pours a dark brown with a good sized tan head. Nice aroma. Chocolate roastiness earthy hops some nuttiness. Taste is very good. Faint sweetness earthy chocolate roast. Nice
Jul 25, 2017
Reviewed by mynie from Maryland
4.6/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.6/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2016 vintage weights in at 6.8% ABV.
If Mott makes it, and it's got the word "stout" or "porter" in its name, it's definitely worth your money.
6-day-old growler opens with a wssssp.
Beer pours dark ruby with a nice, light brown head. The aroma is aggressive but quite smooth. The sharpness comes from the abundance of sharp barley and yeast nodes, which are balanced against chocolate and light char.
Tastes like a step in between their regular porter and Mott the Lesser. Char and chocolate start things out, moving into a middle of aged fruit and a yeasty, lightly burny finish. Wonderful body, very smooth throughout, interesting every step of the way but never off kilter or unenjoyable.
Dec 21, 2016If Mott makes it, and it's got the word "stout" or "porter" in its name, it's definitely worth your money.
6-day-old growler opens with a wssssp.
Beer pours dark ruby with a nice, light brown head. The aroma is aggressive but quite smooth. The sharpness comes from the abundance of sharp barley and yeast nodes, which are balanced against chocolate and light char.
Tastes like a step in between their regular porter and Mott the Lesser. Char and chocolate start things out, moving into a middle of aged fruit and a yeasty, lightly burny finish. Wonderful body, very smooth throughout, interesting every step of the way but never off kilter or unenjoyable.
Reviewed by BillRoth from Maryland
4.38/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.38/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Had on tap at Tributary. Exceptionally good BP. Black/rich dark brown to light with smooth creamy long lasting head. Full roast flavors with slight hints of dark molasses and root flavor/licorice. Flavor is a great meld of dark malts and hop bitterness with touch of roasted coffee. Also seems to have a hint of wood/vanilla. Barrel aged???? Decadently smooth with medium body and subdued gentle carbonation.
Why they call it "craft" beer. "Craftsman" made. Excellent example of how a Baltic Porter should be made.
Nov 02, 2015Why they call it "craft" beer. "Craftsman" made. Excellent example of how a Baltic Porter should be made.
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