Saku Porter
The most delightful way to enjoy Saku Porter would be in front of a fireplace or in candle light during those long and dark winter nights. This beer keeps you warm all through the coldest time of the year. Saku Porter is the ideal accompaniment to roasted meats and game. The fact that porter is also perfectly suited to light various desserts, especially those containing chocolate, may not be that commonly known. The ideal serving temperature for Saku Porter is rather high, 12–14 °C, a typical quality for dark beers.
Saku Porter, a unique dark beer with strong taste, is brewed of water, caramel, light and coffee malts, hop and yeast, however, only once a year – for Christmas. Similarly to classical porters, Saku Porter is a strong (alc. 7.5 % of volume) full-bodied beer. A special jewel to Saku Porter is its high, rich, brownish foam.
Note: Originally 7.5%, the production has moved between Aldaris and Saku.
Saku Porter, a unique dark beer with strong taste, is brewed of water, caramel, light and coffee malts, hop and yeast, however, only once a year – for Christmas. Similarly to classical porters, Saku Porter is a strong (alc. 7.5 % of volume) full-bodied beer. A special jewel to Saku Porter is its high, rich, brownish foam.
Note: Originally 7.5%, the production has moved between Aldaris and Saku.
3.3
420 reviews
Saku, Harjumaa, Estonia
Community reviews
clear,chestnut color, medium, hissing head, quickly gone. Aroma: grain, cola, instant coffee. Sweet, light bodied. Sweet aftertaste plus some alcohol.
Looks good, very dark brown, close to black, but clear. Aroma of coffee, dark chocolate, dark bread and prunes. Taste is almost same as aroma, sweetness, touch of sourness, bready, dessert chocolate, prunes, and a touch of coffee bitterness. Alcohol is very good covered, but is a little bit watery.
Porter raczej słodki niż goryczkowy, sporo karmelu. Wysycenie w sam raz. (Ocena przeniesiona z innego portalu piwnego).
0.5 l bottle from Alko Ympyrätalo, Helsinki. Appearances is dark brown with a nice head. Aroma has wet dog or something. Taste is motor oily, some bitterness, but not too much. The current version is sadly uninteresting. Decent but too easy. This used to be great before Carlsberg took over.
Bought fro a local Alko in a 0,5L bottle. Appearance; dark brown beer with a beige, creamy head. Aroma; some roasted malts, an inch metallic some coffee with milk. Taste; roasted malts, light basic hops and some caramel. It has a bit less then a medium body which makes it easy to drink. It is a nice porter for someone who starts tasting porters. Leaves no bad after taste. It is a nice, mass produced porter. Saku is absolutely not the worst brewery, I think they respect the Baltic tradition of porter. So they do not go under a certain level of quality.
Kolor ciemno rubinowy, klarowny. Piana beżowa, dość wysoka, średnio trwała. Pozostawia niewielkie zdobienia na szklance.
Aromat jest generalnie mało wyraźny, nieco kawowej paloności, takiej jakby suchej i minimalnie ciemne owoce.
W smaku metaliczność, tutaj raczej pochodząca od wody, dalej delikatne nuty palone, kawowe, trochę akcentów owocowych, nieco kwaskowych, wytrawnych. Goryczka delikatna, trochę sucha.
Wysycenie średnie, pasuje. Piwo jest średnio pełne i to momentami przeszkadza, jest szorstkie, "suche".
Średnio wysycone, nieprzejrzyste. Aromaty lagerowe, nieco utlenienia w suszone owoce, trochę kawy. W smaku nieco puste, wodniste, dobrze zamaskowany alkohol. Przyjemna wytrawność i paloność. Dość nieskomplikowane, pijalne piwo, w style nieco odbiegającym od porteru bałtyckiego, a bliżej mu do brown porteru.
Bottle 500 ml. Aroma: malty and roasty. Appearance: very dark. Not much head, disappeared in a minute. Minimal lacing. Taste: surprisingly smooth, touch of alcohol. Aftertaste quite nice. Palate: medium body, not much carbonation. Overall: not nearly as bitter as I expected. Quite ok.
Bottle. Caramel, plums, other dark fruit, quite smooth, half dry, medium body, low sweetness. Pretty much mediocre, I miss more dark malt notes.
Bottle 50 cl. Pours dark brown to black with a brownish frothy head. Notes of roasted malts, syrup, caramel, chocolate. Slightly wattery. Pretty easy to drink.
Bottle. Clear brown with ruby reflexes. Almost no head,a little lacing. Aroma prunes, raisins, malty, roasty. Taste smooth, quite thick, sweet. Carbonation almost none. Bitterness medium. Aftertaste raisins, prunes, malty,bready, pumpernickel. Surprisingly good.
Bottle from Épicerie Europe de l'est Montpellier. Black color, off white head. Roasted malts, chocolate, sweet, drinkable, nice
W zapachu alkohol i orzechy włoskie trochę paloność. Czarne nieprzejrzyste, duża piana. W smaku: ciemny miód/ciemny karmel, skórka od ciemnego chleba, śliwka. Trochę rozgrzewa w gardle,przyjemnie. Dużo ciała ale krótki finisz. Jest ok. Piwo ciężkie i mosiężne.
Butelka 0,5 l. Wypita 03.11.2017. W smaku karmel, czekolada, delikatnie kawa. Aromat ubogi. Zbyt wodniste.
[Butelka 16.04.2018] Barwa ciemno brunatna, klarowne. Piana beżowa, obfita, średnio pęcherzykowa, redukująca się do obwódki na szkle. Aromat niezbyt wyrazisty, karmel, czekolada, ciemne pieczywo. Smak słodkawy, karmel, czekolada, skórka od chleba. Niewiele tu paloności. Goryczka niska, wysycenie średnio-wysokie. Wodniste, niezbyt trafione w styl.
Bottle. Typical aroma of baltuc porter cherries, dark bread, reisins, dried fruit mixed with molasses from bock bier. Medium body, sweet, hard drinkable, no bitterness. Rich carbonation
Barwa ciemnobrunatna, klarowne, piana beżowa, obfita, grube pęcherze, szybko opada. W aromacie niewiele się dzieje, ciemne pieczywo, karmel. W smaku półsłodkie, trochę przypalonej skórki od chleba, karmelu, tostów, leciutka czekolada. Goryczka niska, wodniste, wysycenie nieco za wysokie. Na pewno to nie porter bałtycki, nawet na zwykły porter to piwo za mało wrażeń oferuje. Do wypicia i zapomnienia raczej.
Pours dark with a small head. Aroma of caramel, dark malts and raisins. Acceptable. Taste is rather sweet. Caramel and dark bread. Medium body, high carbonation. It should have been called: "Light Baltic Porter".
Karmel, chlebek, melanoidyny, nieco alkoholu. Srednie cialo, dosc slodkie, srednio wysycone. Goryczka niska. Przyjemne, sprawia nieco kozlakowe wrazenie.
PREZENTACJA:
w szerokim szkle czarne, ale pod swiatlo rubinowe, srednio obfita mydlana piana szybko opada do cieniutkiej obraczki, nie zdobi scianki;
AROMAT:
dosc intensywny, slodki - cukier trzcinowy, wisnia, pomarancza z brzoskwinia (na belgijski sposób), cola, sos sojowy i pumpernikiel
;
ODCZUCIE:
cialo srednie, srednio nasycone
;
SMAK:
chleb razowy, cukier trzcinowy, srednia czekoladowa goryczka, posmak chleba razowego i metalu;
OGÓLNIE:
chleb razowy w plynie.
Barwa brazowa, ciemna. Piana srednia, dosc trwala. Aromat malo zlozony, wyczuwalna palona skórka od chleba, slód i delikatny karmel. W smaku slodkie, czuc kawe, karmel i suszone owoce (wisnia, delikatnie sliwka). Glówne wady to wyczuwalny alkohol, nadajacy malo szlachetnej goryczy i dosc wysokie nagazowanie.
Butelka 500 ml. Ciemnobrunatny kolor z rubinowym refleksem. Piana bezowa,raczej niska ,opada szybko do pierscienia. W zapachu palone slody,czekolada i lekkie lesne owoce. W smaku slodkawe z naciskiem na karmel,czekolada niezbyt wyczuwalna, rodzynkowo-alkoholowe posmaki,w glebi sliwki. Malo ciala w tym piwie.
Wygląd: Brunatne, klarowne, dość obfita piana, ale dosyć szybko opada.
Aromat: Niestety alkohol, potem trochę czekolady i ciemne słody, owoce -
może gdzieś tam w tle. Aromat dość intensywny, ale niezłożony raczej.
Smak: Smak to głównie ciemne słody w postaci czekolady i owoce, których brakowało w aromacie. No raczej pustawo trochę, ale alko już nie ma. A, goryczka raczej przyjemna. Zaznaczone, ale nie przeszkadza.
Odczucie: Wytrawnie, niskie nasycenie, poprawnie
Podsumowanie: Szału nie ma, nasze rodzime portery są raczej lepsze (choć trzeba przyznać, że również mocniejsze), ale też tragedii nie ma, głównym minusem jest jednak lekka pustka i ogólny brak złożoności itd. Na plus goryczka,
nienachalna, a jednak zaznaczona i odgrywająca rolę w całości.
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Bottle. Clear dark ruby body, medium off-white head. Aroma of cherries, raisins, toasted malts, chocolate. Taste is neutral, a bit bitter. Cherries, prunes, touch of chocolate. Light to medium body, moderately carbonated.
OK.
Bottle 0.5l. Dark red to brown colored. AROMA- dark caramel, prunes, raisins. FLAVOR- neutral, roasted malts, dakr caramel, touch of alcohol. Medium bodied.
Not bad.
Bottle from Biernavigatie. Aroma is dark malt, dried dark fruits, raisins, cocoa, sweet milk chocolate, caramel, with a touch of coffee. Flavour is fairly sweet and light bitter. Body is medium. Some tasty chocolate and dark malt in the aroma., enjoyable, especially for an industrial-brewed Porter.
0.5l bottle from a Polish supermarket (Krakow or Wroclaw). Dark, thick, almost black body. Silky, thick, brown head. Not very persistent but still I had time to taste it, sweet taste mixed with roasted nuts and some sourness of rye bread. The beer itself has similar taste. Dominantly sweet. But then you have quite a lot of complexity: roasted nuts, almond, red fruits. Next sip offers cocoa and milk chocolate. And so on, complexity rules. Silky mouthfeel moderate carbonation, rather seductive. Sweet aftertaste accompanied by some roasted bitterness. Very well composed complex dessert beer.
Bottle. Only mid brown really with a beige head that’s soon a coat. Aroma has roast, coffee, dried fruit (figs, sultanas), caramel. 7- So it tastes. There’s a bit of grassy bitterness too. On the bockish end of these, but a nice beer nonetheless. Just a little more grunt form the roasted side of things or a little more bitterness would have been good.
500ml bottle from Carrefour Express, Warsaw (3.99 PLN):
This one was quite a big, strong beer that opened with a lot of sweetness thanks to the chocolate & caramel flavours sitting on top of a sugary base & some warming alcohol nearer the end. There was a nice complexity to this one as well as a good balance, I felt it was slightly stronger than a 6.9% beer should be but it was still highly drinkable & one well worth trying; I’d go as far as to say that I’d have it again if it was more readily available in the UK.
Pours black with a small head.
Nose shows caramel fudge, toasty malt and vegemite.
Flavours include caramel, booze, liquorice, sweet sugary malt. A bit cloying.