Sori / AF Brew Midsummer Melancholy

A collaboration brew with our friends from AF Brew (St. Petersburg, Russia). Imperial Baltic Porter brewed with Kenyan coffee, Bourbon vanilla and smoked malt. People in the north struggle with their emotional roller coaster in the heart of Summer. It is raining cats and dogs anyways, so let’s celebrate this melancholy.

3.9

187 reviews

Tallinn, Estonia

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4.4 Colore nero caffè, versa due dita di schiuma che svanisce velocemente. Aroma di malto tostato, caffè, vaniglia, cioccolato, frutti scuri e una leggera nota speziata. In bocca risulta ancora più complessa rispetto all'aroma: Ingresso dolce, con note di vaniglia, cioccolato, caramello e malto tostato. Seguono note più amare di caffè e spezie. Mouthfeel avvolgente, corpo medio e alcol ben nascoto. Un'ottima birra, complessa e ben strutturata.

4.0 Bottle 33 cl. Pours pitch black with a small to medium beige head and an aroma of vanilla, booze, coffee, smoked malts, coconuts, cream, vanilla, smoked herring and caramel. Full body, light carbonation and a sticky sweet and boozy finish.

4.7 Birra nera, con schiuma color cappuccino fine e persistente. Aroma di vaniglia, cioccolato, caffè e alcool

4.3 Bottled 0,33L. Dark brown color, deep aspect, modest bubbly and light nut head of short resistance. Intence and rich aroma, notes of vanilla, chocolate, bitter cocoa, heavy malty, alcohol, coffee. Fraught and little spiced mouth, oily texture with intence and equilibrate notes of dark chocolate, pepper, vanilla, dark coffee, roast cereal, asched malt. Soft carbonation, wraparound alcoholic perception, long spiced final.

4.2 Bottled from Drinks&Gifts. Opaque black. Weird and unpleasant aroma, but very complex flavor, warming, and with an everlasting finish.

3.7 Color negro, casi opaca, reflejos naranjas y sin turbiedad. Espuma beige amarillento de un dedo de espesor y escasa retención. Aroma principalmente dulzón, frutas pasas, maltas tostadas, alcohol, vainilla,frutos negros, bourbon, avellanas, azúcar moreno. Sabor más relajado y menos rico en matices, maltas tostadas, bourbon, pasas, melaza, avellanas, final ligerísimamente amargo y alcohólico, regaliz al atemperar. Textura sedosa. Carbonatación baja. Leyendo valoraciones anteriores en los idiomas que puedo entender-intuir-inventar creo que nadie aprecia en aroma algo que para mí es muy evidente, por lo tanto que debe ser sólo cosa mía; la mezcla de sensaciones como pasas, alcohol, azúcar y la ausencia de otras herbales o resinosas, no os produce una sensación (medianamente intensa) a vinagre balsámico?

3.6 33 cl fles. 30 IBU. Zwart bier met licht bruin schuim. Geur: vanille, alcoholisch, wat koffie, iets gerookt. Smaak: romig, zoet, vanille, toffee, karamel, geroosterde mout, wat koffie, wat rook op het einde. Volmondig. Matige koolzuurprikkel. Afdronk: licht zoet, wat kleverig, alcohol verwarmend.

4.0 Sori / AF Brew Midsummer Melancholy Porter - Baltic 848416 Lukt: Kaffe, bek, lakris, sjokolade, svak alco. Utseende: Sort. Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum. Smak: Kaffe, karamell, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje, søtlig avslutning. Hvor: Tasting kveld hos Untappd Geir. Medium: Flaske@330ml, ABV@11%, Når@29.05.2019.

3.8 Black with thin head. Aroma and flavour have a lot of coffe and mocha. It gets sweeter in the finish with more chocolatey notes cominb through.

4.0 Bottle 33cl. Black with a tanned head. Aroma of liquorice, malt and some alcohol. Rich taste where the first notes are vanille followed by chocolate with a firm bitter finish. Great beer without a doubt.

3.8 Bottle, thanks yoav. Brown with a beige head. Vanilla, chocolate, roasted grains. Sweet, chocolate, vanilla, coconut, coffee, brown sugar. Medium full bodied, oily smooth. Very nice.

4.6 Pite 2 misiące po terminie. Aromat kawa, wanili, brandy. Smak to co aromat, kawa na prawdę przyjemna + czekolada deserowa/mleczna. Całkiem słodkie, alkohol wyczuwalny szlachetny, grzejący w podniebienie, trochę może szczypie, jest też trochę kwaskowego finiszu. Na podniebieniu gładki, gęsty, goryczka niska. Nie poczułem wędzoności ale to nie problem. Generalnie pyszny porter.

3.6 330ml bottle. Pours dark brown colour, small beige head. Aroma is roasty, beany, slightly smoky, coffee. Taste is roasty, some coffee, vanilla, slightly smoky, beany, bourbon boozy. Vanilla and booze in finish. Quite dry aftertaste. Aged for a while, still decent.

4.0 Creamy, alcoholic, sharp, chocolate, rich, cacao, vanilla, fudge, full, roasted malts, milk chocolate, lactose, sweet, sugar, coffee, nice

4.5 Utseende sort med brunt skum. Aroma kaffe røsted malt alkohol karamell vanilje. Smak vanilje lakris alkohol melkesjokolade. Fyldig smaksrik kraftig. Flaske delt av DjOeye, 33cl 11%

3.8 330ml bottle via djoeye. Shared with Finn. A beige bubbly head slowly diminishing over a jet black body. Rich lacing. Nicely roasted, mid-sweet chocolate malts. Powerful taste of grainy cocoa and chocolate on a backbone of lactose. Prolonged finish with a backdrop of dark fruits. Noticeable alcohol. Full bodied. Joyful sipper. (Session at Finn's, Tromsø 06.03.2019).

4.1 Spandert av Rune. Svart. Middels høyt mokkafarget tett skum. Topp sjokoladearoma. Smaken balansert. Sjokolade & torv. Silkemyk munnfølelse. Tørr avslutning. Melkesjokolade. Toppøl.

4.3 300 ml bottle. Pours black with a light brown, creamy head. Aroma is sweet chocolate, dark bitter chocolate, light coffee notes, a whole lot of toast, nutty pralines, burnt toffee, dark caramel sweetness, brown sugar, dates and some raisins. Flavour is intense coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa nibs, dark fruit, some dried dates, nuttiness again. Medium body and mouthfeel. Low to medium carbonation. Low bitterness. Creamy and easy drinking for the ABV. Great.

4.1 Aroma; roasted dark malts, nutty dark chocolate, caramel n liquorice, coffee, mmmmdelicious. Look; beige low head n black body. Taste; roasted dark malts, liquorice'tic dark chocolate, caramel, syrup, coffee n dark fruit. Soft dark syrupy malted tail. Feels well bodied, a little warming and carefully carbonated. Overall an excellent made baltoporter. [33cl btl Alko]

3.7 Che mazzata ragazzi! Birra estivo-natalizia di questi due birrifici baltici degni di nota, che vogliono ribadire il concetto che oltre alla gnocca lì c'è anche buona birra. Birra che ti stende già al secondo sorso con i suoi 11°, che si sentono, non tanto in bocca quanto in testa. Corpo robusto sapore tendente al dolce, ma che tutto sommato si bilancia bene con le note del signor luppolo. Caffè, caramello, liquore, cioccolato, I classici sapori stile porter, una birra sicuramente da provare ma che alla lunga risulta stucchevole.

3.8 Bottle from Hopt. Aroma is dark malt with milk chocolate, coffee, caramel, roast, soft vanilla, mocha, sugar, touch of marshmallow and fudge. Flavour is rather sweet and a bit sugary with a decent roasty bitterness. Body is medium to full. Nicely aromatic with coffee, caramel, and chocolate, a bit too sweet and sugary for my taste, but nice.

3.8 Bottle 33cl from Gdansk, 07.2018. Black with a minimal light brown head. Aroma of cocoa, sweet malt, licorice and wooden barrel. Sweet with a warm cocoa and barrel end, oily feeling. Bb 03.2020, #206

4.8 Bouteille 33cl le 27/01/2019. DDM : 31/08/2019. Mousse : Beige, bulles moyennes, s’estompe rapidement. Liquide : Noir, opaque. Nez : Malt grillé, fruits noirs, chocolat, café, vanille, cacao, noix. Bouche : Chocolat, café, cacao, ganache, malt grillé, doux, sucré, fruits noirs, vanille. Palais : Carbonatation moyenne, huileuse, très bonne longueur.

3.8 Bouteille de 33 CL achetée sur Saveur Bière. Robe noire opaque avec quelques reflets bruns et une très fine mousse brune. Arômes de malts torréfiés, chocolat noir et pain grillé. Texture crémeuse, carbobatation moyenne. Notes de grains de café torréfiés, caramel, pain grillé. Fin sèche portée par le café.

3.8 Mörkt brun öl med ett lätt mörkbeige skum. Doft kaffe, whisky, lätta vaniljtoner och lätta lakritstoner. I smaken tillkommer fattoner och en lätt whiskeyrökighet.

3.4 Bottle sample at a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks Stas. Dark brown. Caramel, cookie, licorice, some fruitiness, chocolate, some roast, sweet, alcohol.

3.6 330ml bottle. Jet black colour with late awakening, small, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige to tan head. Chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of dark chocolate, couverture, chocolate sauce, hints of vanilla, some treacle. Taste is sweet-ish, chocolately dark malty, notes of dark chocolate, some coffee, vanilla; lingering, sweet, chocolately and minimally alcoholic finish. Full body, creamy-viscous texture, sticky palate. Slightly too sweet, not overly complex.

3.7 At Dror's place, pours black with a beige head, aroma of chocolate, caramel, toffee, flavor of chocolate, caramel, toffee, wood, whiskey, medium to full bodied

3.9 Z porteru bałtyckiego został tylko wytrawny finisz. Dużo wanilii, mało wędzonki, dużo pralinkek i niuansów owocowych. Dobra rzecz.

3.9 For pete's sake, this makes beer accessible to vunerable people, like me!!! So tempting and sweet you could make a dearly present of it with wrapping and saying it's chocolate and vermouth. Damn sweet and tempting beer this with a large injection of syrup, I suspect maple and vanilla.. I was almost at the spot with it! But very seductice beer.