Baltic Sunrise (2022)
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
Richmond, VA
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About This Beer
Baltic Porters like Baltic Sunrise are notoriously challenging to brew.
The style is actually more akin to a Lager than a regular English or American-style Porter. The use of clean, crisp Lager yeast makes for a very sippable body even with a high level of booziness — but, it also means that unless the brewers nail it, little flaws can shine through.
That’s not a problem for the craft masters and World Beer Cup medalists at Hardywood Park!
Tasting Notes
For this 9.4% ABV Baltic Porter, the Hardywood Park team deftly coaxed out rich, robust cocoa flavors from Chocolate Malts. Then, they conditioned the brew on coffee beans from a local roastery to seal in layers of rich mocha deliciousness.
Let a sip linger on the taste buds, and you’ll discover big roasty flavors and hints of dark cherry, all leading to a bafflingly smooth finish.
Dark
Smooth
Coffee
Imperial
Noteworthy Ingredients
Locally Roasted Coffee
Chocolate Malts
Reviews
4.0
263 Ratings
mrkantz
3.75
good old fashioned coffee porter
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Razakel
4.0
Coffee really dominates, loaded with roasted bean and chocolatey notes. Finishes more like a porter, smooth and malty, lingering smokey and lightly sweet.
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kevin7469
4.0
very surprising abv. strong coffee taste.
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evan1653
4.25
super smooth, not too hot on alcohol, great subtle coffee sweetness.
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PopeyesLambic
3.25
Decent coffee roast but nothing too interesting
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darundgren
4.0
This is delicious. Maxed out coffee flavor, which for me is a good thing.
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ian11962
3.5
Lots of typical Baltic porter notes, a little sweet and the 9.4% was noticeable but fairly well disguised
. I didn’t get as much coffee as I was anticipating.
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jeffrey755
4.0
it’s really good, but I don’t know why. it’s hard to explain and describe this one.
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christopher839
5.0
pretty tasty can Def taste the coffee but isn't too over powering
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EricBalkman
5.0
love me a good chocolate coffee porter!!
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kolton27
5.0
Super caffeine spiked porter that wakes you up 👍🏻
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RazzySlug
4.0
crisp and dry coffee.
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johndubo
4.25
Really great coffee flavor. Delicious!
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calbear
4.5
Nice roasty malts and coffee flavors. Nicely blended porter with a slight bitterness at the end.
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craig1961
4.0
very good, mild
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ryan10100
4.25
love me a good Baltic porter and this one fits the bill
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Robik048
4.25
I was surprised by the abv. I didnt really notice it until I was almost done with the can. thats a plus for me. Good coffee flavor.
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nick3960
4.0
Whew. This is a good Baltic porter with just enough coffee to hide the high alcohol.
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UberschallEL34
3.25
a fairly uninspiring porter, wish there was more coffee flavor based on the label
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