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4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Funky Fluid, Poland, Porter - Baltic

Funky Fluid Leviathan Rye Whiskey Barrel Aged

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Brewery: Funky Fluid
Country: Poland
ABV: 11%
Style: Porter – Baltic
Other Notes: Rye whiskey barrel aged coconut & chocolate Imperial Rye Baltic Porter

Brewer Description: (from bottle) We’ve put Leviathan, our Imperial Rye Baltic Porter with coconut and cocoa nibs, into Jim Bean Rye whiskey barrels. The outcome: exceptionally full of flavour chocolate monster, but smoother around the edges, with the pronounced peppery character typical of rye whiskey barrels.

My rating: 4-
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.05
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 330ml gold/dark yellow waxed bottle, with a best before date of 30th December 2023. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: A dark cola brown colour with absolutely no head and no lacing.
Aroma: Chocolate, coconut flakes, whiskey, oak, with peppery spice notes.
Taste: Sweet, chocolate, roasty, coconut, vanilla, whiskey, oak, and a peppery spicy finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: While the aroma and flavours were on the whole enjoyable, it was a touch too sweet for me, even as a sipper.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Browar Stu Mostów, Poland, Porter - Baltic

Stu Mostów WRCLW Baltic Porter Salted Caramel Nitro

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Brewery: Browar Stu Mostów
Country: Poland
ABV: 9.1%
Style: Porter – Baltic
Other Notes: 40 IBUs

Brewer Description: (from website) The intense, malty aroma of the Baltic Porter extractive base is enhanced by the addition of caramelised sugar in the form of roasted caramel and non-iodised rock salt. In this way, we have created an exceptionally delicious and aromatic combination, which is bound into a dessert-like whole by the velvety texture obtained through nitrogen saturation!

My rating: 3+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 330ml bottle, with a best before date of 23rd December 2023. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Dark dark brown to black in colour with a thin tanned head that dissipated quickly, but left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Roasted malt, chocolate, sponge cake, caramel, brown sugar, honey.
Taste: Sweet, sweet malt, chocolate, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, cream.
Mouthfeel: Smooth, medium to full bodied, with soft carbonation.
Overall: Very nice aroma, but for the taste, with ‘salted caramel’ in the name, I get no salt at all, which was unfortunate, as it would have helped balanced out the sweetness, that I felt was a little strong.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Browar Stu Mostów, Poland, Porter - Baltic

Stu Mostów WRCLW Baltic Porter Palo Santo Coconut Nitro

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Brewery: Browar Stu Mostów
Country: Poland
ABV: 9.1%
Style: Porter – Baltic
Other Notes: 40 IBUs

Brewer Description: (from website) To the long-aged, dark bottom fermented beer with a strong malty foundation we have added toasted Palo Santo woods and roasted coconut chips to create this delicious, filled with coconut tones arrangement of our WRCLW Baltic Porter!

My rating: 4+
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.46
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.4

Intro: A 330ml bottle, with a best before date of 21st December 2023. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Dark dark brown to black in colour with a thin tanned that settled to a ring around the glass while leaving lots of nice lacing.
Aroma: Light roast, toasted bread, coconut, chocolate, vanilla, chocolate milk, caramel.
Taste: Moderately sweet, coconut, chocolate, vanilla, milk, caramel, wood, with some light bitterness on the finish.
Mouthfeel: Smooth, medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: A very enjoyable smooth sipper, with nice aromas and flavours that go together.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Funky Fluid, Poland, Porter - Baltic

Funky Fluid Leviathan Pedro Ximenez Barrel Aged

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Brewery: Funky Fluid
Country: Poland
ABV: 11%
Style: Porter – Baltic
Other Notes: Coconut flakes and cocoa nibs

Brewer Description: (from bottle) We’ve put Leviathan, our Imperial Rye Baltic Porter with coconut and cocoa nibs, into Pedro Ximenez sherry barrels. The outcome exceptionally full of flavour chocolate monster, enriched with sherry notes, bringing to mind dried fruit and muscovado sugar.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.13
My ratebeer.com rating: 4

Intro: A 330ml red waxed bottle, with a best before date of 30th December 2023. Poured into what I guess is a water glass (being all that I could find at the hotel late at night).
Appearance: Poured a dark cola brown in colour with pretty much no head and no lacing.
Aroma: Coconut, milk chocolate, dark fruit, raisins, prune, with maybe a hint of vanilla.
Taste: Moderate sweetness, dessert like, chocolate, raisins, prunes, coconut, vanilla.
Mouthfeel: Rich, full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: An enjoyable sipper that was rich, but surprisingly not too sweet. Although the barrel influence didn’t seem too apparent, there was lots of good coconut, chocolate and dark fruit notes.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, Browar Stu Mostów, Poland, Porter - Baltic

Stu Mostów WRCLW Baltic Porter Coffee Vanilla Hazelnuts NITRO

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Brewery: Browar Stu Mostów
Country: Poland
ABV: 9.1%
Style: Baltic Porter
Other Notes: 40 IBUs

Brewer Description: (from website) To the extractive base of the Baltic Porter we added extremely aromatic Madagascar vanilla sticks, roasted hazelnuts and BRAZYLIA PATROCINIO coffee beans from from our local roastery – Czarny Deszcz! In this way, we have created an incredibly delicious combination, which is bound in a dessert whole by a velvety texture obtained thanks to nitrogen saturation!

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.39
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.3

Intro: A 330ml bottle, with a best before date of 23rd December 2023. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Dark dark brown to black in colour, with a thin brown head that disappeared quickly, while leaving nice spotty lacing.
Aroma: Roasty, dark malt, coffee, chocolate, wafer biscuit, with light nutty, raisin and vanilla notes.
Taste: Roasty, bitter, dark chocolate, coffee, biscuit, nutty, hazelnut, light caramel sweetness, and notes of vanilla. Finish is an enjoyable lasting bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, velvety, smooth, medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: Unfortunately I did not know that this was a nitro beer until after it was poured as the word ‘nitro’ was not so obvious on the bottle to me. Therefore I didn’t do the aggressive vertical pour and didn’t get as much of the nice tiny bubbles and cascading effect as I could have. Having said that, this was a great beer, with wonderful bitterness and strong coffee and chocolate flavours.