Porticus
Gasthaus & Gosebrauerei Bayerischer Bahnhof

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From:
Gasthaus & Gosebrauerei Bayerischer Bahnhof
 
Germany
Style:
Baltic Porter
ABV:
7%
Score:
82
Avg:
3.6 | pDev: 21.67%
Reviews:
44
Ratings:
76
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 04, 2016
Added:
Dec 30, 2010
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  2
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Ratings by jlindros:
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

2.82/5  rDev -21.7%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
Looks like an interesting beer, so why not give it a shot.

WTF!!!! It erupted like crazy, one of the worst gushers I've seen since my early homebrewing days. Just unloaded all of its beer in carbonation form all over the floor, after filling my entire glass of head in about 5 seconds it overflowed onto the floor and everywhere between here and my sink. When all was said and done I got about 1/4 of a glass of beer. Horrible!!!! And this was right out of the fridge, so nice and cold.

The pillowly overflowing head itself is laced with sediment and yeast, darker mocha colored head, no chance for not having ridiculous messy lacing, and the beer itself is a putrid mud slop brown colored plop of what I wanted to call a beer.

Nose... well 15 minutes after waiting for the head to settle, literally (and that included cleaning up the mess). Nose is mostly yeast and I think infection, some wild contaminate that seems to have destroyed the beer, but I'm going to continue reviewing cause f-this thing! Under the infection brings a bit of toasted malt, brown syrupy malts with molasses and dark wheat bock fruity like aromas, and a hint of mocha, some roast and burnt aromas, light spicy hops, and yeast yeast yeast.

Taste is much less infected thankfully, and the more I nose it the more I think it's more of a bad and unhappy yeast aroma than infection. The taste brings plenty of dark malts, burnt roast, burnt coffee, baker's chocolate, burnt chocolate, chalky, little caramel and molasses, light sweet nougat like creaminess, dark chocolate, etc. Earthy and spicy hops come through as well with a decently big bitterness, spicy chewy hops that linger for a while on the finish. The finish is dry and bitter, long lingering spicy hops, some bitterness from charred roast, and hint of very dark chocolate.

Mouth is med bodied, chunkies, decent carb surprisingly now that it's all left.

Overall, well hard to tell. It started horribly like infection, but that didn't seem to come out at all on the taste, and the more I nosed it the more that seemed to disappear. Maybe something did get in but the overpowering beer itself overpowered it, but I can't forgive the huge eruption that blanketed my room in super dark staining beer, and only left me with about 1/4 of a glass, and nevermind the yeast chunkies everywhere.
May 05, 2012
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

3.96/5  rDev +10%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
never had anything like this, mad respect for it now, even though i didnt want to have a second one, its entirely unique and different. fashioned as a dopple bock meets a porter, its sour and its smoked and its very earthy and intense. nearly black in color, looks more like a porter, thin bubbly tan head comes and goes. it has a winey nose, tannic and lactic, puckery, but also rather deep on the malts. i definitely get some oak and some smoke, campfire type, some dried cherry, and bitter burnt coffee. the flavor is a lot like that too, with the acidity coming on a bit like vinegar, and all on the front end, and the smoke and coffee taking up about half way through. tons of flavor here, real intense. the sourness is a nice touch on a beer like this, and the more it warms, the more i can get the german malts and the doppel aspects of this, but the scale of the sour is too high, its sharp and past tannic to vinegar at times, and its distracting and disrupting in an otherwise smooth and regal brew. the notes of dried fruit are nice, some balancing sweetness there to the smokey bitter finish. complex and distinct, i have never had a beer like this in my life. on tap at bull and bush, who has really brought in some cool guest beers of late...
Jan 04, 2016
 
Rated: 3.96 by SCW from New York

Jun 04, 2015
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Reviewed by SABERG from Massachusetts

3.64/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from 11.2 oz bottle into a goblet.
A - Huge pillowing head, never dies down. Deep dark in color. Lacing stays the
entire time.
S - Smoked malts, chocolate notes, sour notes gently tickle the nose.
T - That brett, and smokiness dominate the taste. Dark malts, and sour notes carry the day for sure.
F - Rich palate, slight sweetness, full on carbonation cleans up the oils well.
O - A real delight, malty, smoky, finely crafted.

Cheers
Feb 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by spycow from Illinois

Oct 31, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by DrBier from Pennsylvania

Jul 27, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by kjrod20 from New York

Jun 18, 2014
 
Rated: 4.75 by rrski198 from Georgia

Apr 10, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by MarioM from California

Mar 23, 2014
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Reviewed by dar482 from New York

3.76/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
The beer comes in a dark brown, black color.

The aroma has roasted malt and chocolate, but then also a strong amount of Brett and funk.

The flavor follows of sweet caramel, roasted dark malts, molasses, and coffee. Then there's some yeasty notes along with a dry funky Brett finish. Light to medium body.

A quite interesting brew.
Feb 26, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by NewGlarusFan from Illinois

Feb 20, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Beer-A-Lot from Virginia

Jan 17, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by scottDC from District of Columbia

Jan 15, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by smartassboiler from Illinois

Nov 29, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by MacQ32 from South Carolina

Oct 10, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by StoutSeth from Virginia

Sep 24, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by AngusOg from North Carolina

Sep 20, 2013
 
Rated: 3.25 by LambicKing from Germany

Sep 15, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Hanzo from Virginia

Sep 14, 2013
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Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)

3.94/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color porter with a large bright brown color head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma consists of roasted malt with loads of black chocolate notes. Taste is dominated by dry roasted malt with loads of rich black chocolates notes with very light Brett notes also noticeable. Body is full with really nice creamy texture with great carbonation and no apparent alcohol. I really enjoyed that one with nice creamy black chocolate notes but I can’t say that the Brett notes were very intense or easily identifiable.
Feb 08, 2013
Porticus from Gasthaus & Gosebrauerei Bayerischer Bahnhof
Beer rating: 82 out of 100 with 76 ratings