Kalevipoeg Baltic Porter - Cigar City Brewing

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134 Ratings

rAvg: 4.01
pDev: 11.47%
Reviews: 32
Hads: 102

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Brewed by:
Cigar City Brewing

Florida, United States

Style | ABV
Baltic Porter | 9.00% ABV

Availability: Limited (brewed once). bottle (24), on-tap (8).

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Reviews by ckk527:

ckk527

South Carolina

3.75/5 rDev -6.5%

04-18-2012 00:29:52 | More by ckk527

More User Reviews:

djre4orm

Virginia

3/5 rDev -25.2%

06-13-2013 19:47:40 | More by djre4orm

SDean82

Florida

3.75/5 rDev -6.5%

05-28-2013 21:13:13 | More by SDean82

IrishColonial

Virginia

4.25/5 rDev +6%

05-23-2013 17:12:04 | More by IrishColonial

Coldsnack

Florida

4/5 rDev -0.2%

05-23-2013 12:48:39 | More by Coldsnack

dcloeren

Texas

4/5 rDev -0.2%

05-22-2013 21:23:03 | More by dcloeren

MatthewPlus

Florida

3.5/5 rDev -12.7%

05-15-2013 14:38:47 | More by MatthewPlus

France

4.39/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Short review from a fly at Cigar City.
Nose and palate are rich and intense, balanced between coffee and chocolate flavors. Light bitterness on the finish. Oily but not sticky, easy to drink. The alcohol is well integrated. A nice treat. Would look for it again.

Serving type: on-tap

05-10-2013 23:35:42 | More by Fux

Zraly

Virginia

4.24/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Pours opaque but effervescent black with a tan head. Swirling reveals burnt amber/reddish rings in the head -- really pretty.

Rich, roasted chocolate with a hint of licorice mingling. Dried fruits are pronounced in the middle. Creamy in the finish with a hint of vanilla. Nice balance of sweet and bitter. Robust and medium-full bodied, yet it drinks much lighter. A touch of chew with the bitter finish is really nice on the palate. The finish is a bit long and lingers a while, much like a good, aged red wine.

Dessert beer. Or probably great with anything with cream in it. I wouldn't turn down a slab of NY style cheesecake. As a lover of malt, I can say I would purchase this again. Another fine offering from CCB.

Serving type: bottle

04-29-2013 23:31:40 | More by Zraly

juliusseizure

New York

4/5 rDev -0.2%

04-15-2013 01:42:41 | More by juliusseizure

Lare453

Florida

4.5/5 rDev +12.2%

04-03-2013 20:34:07 | More by Lare453

ucfalum08

Florida

4/5 rDev -0.2%

03-30-2013 12:23:30 | More by ucfalum08

Scott_McCool

Florida

4.25/5 rDev +6%

03-29-2013 00:59:43 | More by Scott_McCool

KVNBGRY

Florida

4.5/5 rDev +12.2%

03-27-2013 00:43:18 | More by KVNBGRY

spedprof

West Virginia

4.75/5 rDev +18.5%

03-25-2013 18:39:20 | More by spedprof

woosterbill

Connecticut

4.25/5 rDev +6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25

750ml bottle shared with a new friend at Cask Pub & Kitchen.

A: Black with clear garnet highlights. One inch head of tan froth. Ok retention, light lace. Just fine.

S: Quite intense aroma of roasted malts and dark fruits. Dark chocolate, figs, grapes, cherries, adn molasses. Some faint herbal hops. Great.

T: Roasty coffee and chocolate up front, with serious fruits building in midway through. Dry, clean, bitter, almost tart finish. Long, lingering minerality. Terrific.

M: Lively medium body. A bit too frothy, but all right.

O: I really enjoyed this, but my companion found the fruitiness off-putting considering the style. This is most definitely on the light, fruity, lagery end of the Baltic Porter spectrum, which was something I appreciated but that others expecting a more RIS-like experience could find disappointing. Good as this was, I do wish I'd shelled out the extra two pounds for Speedway...

Cheers!

Serving type: bottle

03-21-2013 23:44:29 | More by woosterbill