I’ve bought a few Baltic Porters lately. We tried 2 of them so far. Here’s my thoughts.
Victory’s Baltic Thunder, a much anticipated beer from a great brewery, pours a nice dark black/garnet color with a single finger light tan head. Smells of nice roasted malts, a little chocolate and a hint of coffee. I could tell just from the aroma this would be a great beer. The taste was just as I expected, a nice roasted flavor with some chocolate and coffee mixed in. The medium bodied beer is easy drinking, yet full of flavor. This is basically an Imperial Stout Light. It’s definitely a great beer and worth buying if you can.
Otter Creek’s Sea Otter from their World Tour collection poured a dark mahogany with a small light tan head. This one, was lighter in everything than the Victory beer, but it was still good. It smelled mostly of roasted malts and that’s really all I got from the taste. That’s not a bad thing as this was a great beer from a local New England brewery, which happens to make one of my favorite porters (their Stovepipe Porter). The body was somewhere between medium and light, and it was very easy drinking. Being much less expensive, at about $3.50, than any of the other Baltic Porters I’ve seen in 22 oz. bombers, this one is definitely worth trying.
Next up will be my Smuttynose Baltic Porter, the third, and probably final, installment of my Baltic Porter reviews… since we’re moving into IPA season (w00t!).
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