Baltic Sunrise (2021)

Name: Baltic Sunrise (2021)
Brand: Hardywood Park Craft Brewery
Rating: 4.13 (128 reviews)

Hardywood Park Craft Brewery

Richmond, VA

Tavour Rating

4.13

Style

Baltic Porter

ABV

9.4%

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A Note on 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 little flaws can shine right through.

Unless, of course, it’s crafted by masters like the World Beer Cup medalists at Hardywood Park!

For this 9.4% ABV rendition, the Hardywood Park team deftly coaxed out rich, robust mocha flavors from chocolate malts. Then, they sealed in extra layers of earthy warmth by conditioning the brew on coffee beans from a local roastery.

To really enjoy all of the brew’s tasty nuances, we recommend pouring Baltic Sunrise into a glass and letting it open up a bit before sipping. Of course, that’s only if you manage to grab a bottle of this exemplary Baltic Porter before our stash runs out.

Cheers!

*Thrillist named Hardywood Park one of the Best Breweries in Richmond!

Reviews

4.13

128 Ratings

anton72

4.25

Decent porter

Jason_ShepHoff

4.5

Smooth for the ABV. Cocoa, coffee, roasty, bitter.

shane1431

4.0

Good

Artsbrews

4.0

Love the coffee not to much.

Shipfaced

3.0

Not a fan

greg2706

3.25

The coffee flavor was too bitter.

nate1163

4.25

Great morning beer

jeffrey14

4.0

A tasty, coffee inspired beer

Hotelevision

5.0

This rocks

matthew212

4.25

Good coffee beer.

NorCalJim707

4.0

Nice & smooth, with a solid blend of coffee added. Very easy drinking!

cory14

3.5

Pretty solid overall. I wish it was more Baltic Porter flavor, but it was very solid indeed.

Admiral_Ackbeer

4.0

A little too much coffee bitterness for me at first, but it grew on me.

bill.harddog

3.5

It was good. Not overwhelming; tasty brew!

HoppyGirl

4.5

Very smooth!

AmericanAres87

5.0

Delicious decent into the dark Baltic void. Smooth, and full of powerful flavors this is an amazing intro to Baltic Porters or for the dark beer connoisseurs out there. I wish I’d bought more 😞

jeff4907

3.25

Good coffee taste.

PTrainor

4.5

Chocolate with coffee on the back, perfect breakfast beer!

QMDEN08

4.75

Amazing. Deep and roasty.

todd458

4.25

Quite rich and boozy for a Baltic porter with strong coffee flavor. Delicious, but perhaps loses some of the traditional elements of a Baltic Porter.

liliana38

2.0

Nope. Literally, take coffee... Add rum... And you get, this beer. Doesn't taste like they put any effort into it.

randy1067

4.75

Great coffee taste along with cocoa and typical porter body and aroma/palate. Could drink this on a regular basis.

rglahn

4.25

It has a nice aroma. The taste is bold, yet pleasant.

C33L0W

5.0

Nice start and a strong finish of coffee. Most stouts I’ve had ended weak with a watery finish. This was A-OK! Wish I got more!

mathieux68

4.0

Nice Baltic stout with a nice coffee finish.

paul3621

4.0

Delicious. Coffee notes up front and opens up to chocolate and slight dark cherry notes at the end. Full bodied but still drinks fairly light. Awesome.

scott5209

3.5

Much sweeter that I expected/hoped for from a “Baltic”

frank1280

3.5

It’s a bit too one note coffee for me. Wish there was more going on.

christopher4132

2.25

Decent base but coffee is horrendous, and I mean horrendous. I couldn’t tell you if this is Folgers or not but it’s sour and burnt. What I can discern of the Baltic Porter base is well brewed, however, which is the saving grace that is helping me get at least halfway through the glass.

bryce554

4.25

A very nice coffee and malt aroma at first. The flavors are immediately and importantly of a porter beer followed by a great coffee aftertaste. I’m not very experienced with Baltic style Porters, but from what I can tell they are darker leading to more of a heavier maltiness. I really like this.

Nathanjay34

4.0

Perfect coffee porter. Hardywooooooood does it again!

andy1625

4.25

Coffee forward. Tasty porter!

calbear

4.5

Nice roasty malts and coffee flavors. Nicely blended porter with a slight bitterness at the end.

JAK408

5.0

Perfect porter. Coffee was on point and very flavorful. The complementing flavors of chocolate and cherry rounded this one out nicely.

charles1943

4.0

coffee was fine but not memorable

crystal582

4.0

butter coffee

john31

4.75

party in my mouth

Bosco

4.5

The coffee was surprisingly laid-back here. Just the right balance of sweet/bitter, and light/heavy, this went well with both dinner and dessert.

jenelle12

5.0

Best Baltic porter ive had in a long time-that roastiness is killer

Ghost702

3.5

pretty good like a nice cup of coffee

derek1948

3.5

I like most Baltic Porters but this wasn’t to my taste.

keegan4

4.0

Dark and bitter

Kevan_minus_a_K

3.5

heavy on the coffee and earth tone. heavy heavy