Baltic Porter
Goldfinger Brewing Company

16oz can "BALTIC PORTER WINTER WARMER 11/30/22"
Poured a clear, dark, cola colored body into a dimpled mug with a thin cap of cream colored bubbles that disappears and leaves the glass clean.

Chocolate, coffee, and fresh air combine to make an inviting aroma that follows right to the tongue. A stone fruit like note adds to the roasty malt flavor.

A lighter medium feel makes this dark lager easy to enjoy multiples.

Overall a clean, roasty, dark lager.

The pour is coffee brown and looks very dark brown and transparent (not easily noticed, I had to have quite the back light to see through) my point is it's not unfiltered or cloudy at all. The short beige head left sparse lacing after the initial ring.
The taste is wonderful, coffee leads, raisins and figs join in, chocolate falls into place and the whole thing starts up again at the next sip.
The feel is soft and smooth, not what I was expecting but if fit the flavors well.
OA, one of those beers 'm glad comes in 4 packs of pints, as one may not be enough.

16oz, canned 11/18/2024
L: mahogany colored body with a foamy tan head
S: dark grain, raisin, chocolate, earthy hops
T: raisin, prune, cocoa, dark grain, pumpernickel, floral & earthy hops
F: medium body, pleasant carbonation, balanced and dry finish
O: always live a well-brewed Baltic Porter!

Thanks to Robert, canned 2023/11/13
Pours a thick semi dense brownish 1 finger head with good retention, great sticky lacing, dark chestnut brown color

Nose semi sweet dark malts and cocoa, biscuity dark chocolate cookie and mild creamy milk chocolate, touch of roast and baking spices,

Taste brings mild roasted malts, fudgey cocoa and dark chocolate, mild baking spices and chocolate wafer cookie, mild bitterness from the roast and a little spicy hop in the background, creamy possibly some oats in there, semi dry finish, a bit more spicy hop bitterness kicking in

Mouth is med to fuller bod, a bit creamy and almost chewy like, med frothy carb

Overall solid, nothing crazy but gets the job done for a nice Baltic porter

 

Absolutely an incredible Baltic.....rich and creamy...smooth and loaded with chocolate and caramel flavor...

Paired with Premier League....amazing... pre-Christmas beverages while waiting on my in laws to arrive....slowly intoxicating myself....

Delicious stuff.. .touch of booze....cocoa. vanilla. .

 

2023-01-22
16oz can served in a Georgetown sample glass. Dated 11/30/22. Received from @FBarber.

Pours a dark brown, actually clear, small head, looks fairly still. Smell is rich, roasty, chocolatey, dark yeasty bread, maybe a hint of molasses sweetness.

Taste is a nice combo of that bready/molassesy sweetness and roasty bitterness, maybe a little bit of a date flavor mixed in.

Mouthfeel is medium, leaning toward thick, satisfying, a little chewy. Overall, very nice beer.

Dark reddish amber, a finger of khaki foam that recedes to a collar of spindly lacing. Dotted flecks form a halo frozen like a freeze frame of irregular sea spray in the glass.

Grainy aroma of cooked specialty malt, kind of boring to be honest. Reminds me of multivitamins or dog food.

Grainy malt forward flavor, mildly toasted, only a hint of roast which is unusual for the style. A mild resiny hop bitterness that reminds me offhandedly of a Black IPA meets Dark Mild or something. Very utilitarian without the roast malt complexity one might expect.

Medium bodied and chewy, smooth texture. Feels more like a doppelbock, but it’s a nice drinker all the same.

 

 

Chocolate and coffee notes. Has the sound flavor profile I associate with Goldfinger. Hides the 7.4% behind the porter; I would guess much lower on the taste.

 

 

 

Canned 12/13/21; drank 12/28/21 @ the Yarchives.

Black/brown appearance.

A violent pour yielded a huge tan head; frothy lace.

Medium roast coffee bean & mild cream notes in the nose.

Creamy, medium mouthfeel.

Cream & medium roast coffee bean flavors; a mild lager crispness on the finish.

A very nice take on the style; I'd have another!!

Really nice brew. It has a great creamy, airy mouthfeel. It is malty and nutty in both aroma and taste with sonme supporting cocoa. Really good beer.

 

Pours a lovely dark brown color. Completely opaque in the glass. Lovely thick, pillowy mocha colored head forms on the beer then slowly settles, collapsing, until just a thin layer of pillowy foam remains on the beer. Lots of sticky lacing coats the glass as the beer is consumed.

Aroma has some notes of dark bready malts, a bit of spiciness on the nose, mild notes of chocolate and cocoa come through. Just a hint - a hint - of smoky malt comes through.

Taste has notes of bready malts. Again, a touch of spiciness comes through with notes of cocoa, chocolate, pumpernickel, a bit of woodiness with some earthy hops on the back end.

Feel is medium to moderately bodied. A hefty beer, but its incredibly smooth and quite drinkable. Mild carbonation. Dry finish.

Overall its a solid, nice baltic porter.

Had this on tap at the brewery in a heated tent. This one had a good amount of Chocolate in the aroma and the taste. I'm also getting a touch of cherry in taste. The roasty malt adds to flavor and it all comes off incredible well. The feel of this is the same feel as the lager it has the same smoothness.