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A dark beer for a white night

One benefit of a snow like the one we are having today is that it brightens the landscape.

Snow also makes me thirsty for dark beer. The other day I had a really good one, Otter Creek Sea Otter Baltic Porter.

This is from the brewery's around the world series in which they try to replicate a brewing style of a distant land. This is a malty brew, with distinct coffee notes and not much hop presence.

I have read that it is similar to Baltic bread, dark and hearty. It also seems to be the way the folks in Baltic make it through their harsh winters.

Anybody else try this porter?

Any other recommened dark beers for snowy nights?

Posted by Rob Kasper on January 17, 2008 4:07 PM | Permalink

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I'm having an Ipswich Oatmeal Stout from Z Street Brewery. I bought it in Massachusetts over the holidays. I don't know that you can find it here. Last Summer, while in Vermont, I visited the Otter Creek Brewery and bought some Otteroo (a play on Otter and Kangaroo) from their around the world series. It was an Australian-style beer and it was absolutely wonderful. Unfortunately, I believe these are one-time only beers and will not be repeated.

Posted by: Duane | January 17, 2008 5:44 PM

Here's just a few,
Fullers London Porter, Thirsty Dog Siberian Nights, Lagunitas Cappucino Stout, Mikeller Black Hole, North Coast Old Rasputin and Clipper City Hang Ten....

Posted by: Dominic Cantalupo | January 17, 2008 5:54 PM

Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter is my choice for tonight. Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti Stout works too.

Posted by: David | January 17, 2008 6:16 PM

Southern Tier's Choklat. YUMMM!!! It's like drinking chocolate milk and because of that and the fact that it's around 11% alcohol, I can usually only have 1!

Posted by: Kim Moore | January 18, 2008 7:50 PM

I had a couple of Dogfish Head's Chicory Stouts this weekend.

Posted by: Doug | January 22, 2008 8:39 AM

I'm a big fan of Saranac Black forest. You can get it in a growler size bottle, or as part of the trail mix.

Posted by: Mather | January 22, 2008 11:02 AM

A good snowy night beer or any chilly night has got to be Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout. I much preferred it to Ommegang's Chocolate Indulgence. A decent runner up would be Victory Storm King Stout.

Posted by: Bruce | January 29, 2008 2:09 AM

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Rob Kasper, a features columnist, has been writing about beer for 20 years, and he remembers when Anchor Christmas and Noche Buena were about the only beers at a holiday tasting and Sisson’s was the only brewpub in Baltimore. A collection of his columns, "Raising Kids and Tomatoes, Amusing Tales and Appetizing Recipes," was published in 1998. He lives with his wife, Judith, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in a downtown Baltimore rowhouse. They have two grown sons, who come home from time to time and drink their father’s beer.
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