Piano Bridge
Art History Brewing

 

2023-01-22
16oz can served in a little Georgetown sample glass. No date on the can. Got it from @FBarber.

Pours a dark brown, clearish, while pouring the color made me think of cola. Moderate head, settles into a dusting and a smallish but distinct ring. Smell is mild, roasted nuts, a little bit of dates.

Taste is again roasted nuts, toasted dark bread, a little burnt sugar, some roasty bitterness.

Mouthfeel is medium leaning a little bit toward thick. Overall, nice beer.

Poured jet black from a crowler with two fingers of light brown foam. Smells of licorice, leather, hardy and crusty old bread, heavy roasted grains, raisin, and malts with a touch of booze. Taste is boozier than nose let on, more roasted too. Bread stands out in making this one unique, plenty of warm earth, tobacco, licorice, leather, raisin, and char to round out. While it smells and tastes rugged, the feel is actually quite drinkable, frothy even. Medium bodied, somewhat airy and so smooth, booze does not impact the feel. Want a touch more viscosity. This is a technical marvel

Pours a dark, completely opaque, brown color. Two finger velvety brown colored head settles on top of the beer before dissipating. Ultimately just a thin ring of tan foam remains along the outside of the top of the beer. Aroma has notes of dark bread, pumpernickel bread, crusty toasted bread, with some light spicy hop notes on the back end.

Taste follows the nose with notes of dark bread, crusty, lightly toasted, cocoa, pumpernickel, with a light spicy hop note on the back end. Feel is medium bodied, smooth, gentle carbonation, with a semi-dry finish.

Overall its a lovely baltic porter ... its just an outstanding example of the style.

Pours near-black with fairly minimal head, consistent with relatively low carbonation on the mouthfeel. Dark roasted grains, offset by graham and vanilla on the nose. Some light iodine and bitter acidity joins on the palate, consistent with the style. Exceptionally smooth for a lower-ABV Baltic porter that hasn't been barrel-aged.