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Heavyweight Perkuno’s Hammer Imperial Porter

(aged one year+): the renowned big and chewy Baltic porter from Heavyweight brewed in collaboration with Lew Bryson…. The grist consists of lots of Munich malt and and some chocolate and other specialy malts; a Bavarian yeast is used to create this “train wreck between a doublebock and an Imperial stout’”. The brew is appropriately named after Perkuno, the angry thunder god in Baltic mythology, who used his hefty hammer to control the weather & unruly mortals. (originally 8.0% ABV)

Heavyweight Perkuno’s Hammer Imperial Porter w/ treacle: stored at 50 degrees in our cask room, this ale is pumped from a true firkin and, like authentic cask-conditioned ales, is less carbonated than normal draught beers yet more flavorful and complex than most. Fresh from Heavyweight Brewing, this is a special cask-conditioned version of the “Perkuno” draught—a big, chewy, Polish-style porter brewed with Munich and chocolate malts and German hops; bottom-fermented and lagered for four week… Tom added a touch of black treacle (unrefined English molasses) for an interesting twist on the original recipe. (8.2%+)

Heavyweight Perkuno’s Hammer Imperial Porter: the renowned big and chewy Baltic porter from Tom Baker and Heavyweight Brewing Company brewed in collaboration with Lew Bryson…. The grist consists of lots of Munich malt, some chocolate and other specialy malts; a Bavarian yeast is used to create this “train wreck between a doublebock & an Imperial stout’”. The brew is named after Perkuno, the angry thunder god in Baltic mythology, who used his hefty hammer to control the weather & unruly mortals. (8.2% ABV)

Įdomu, kad baltams ir čia nepavyksta pabėgti nuo caro (Imperial Porter Stout anais laikais britai virė Rusijos carui). Štai ką rašo alaus autorius Lew Bryson:

Baltic porter is actually a thriving style in eastern Europe. From Sweden around through Russia and the Baltic republics, in Poland and Germany and over to Denmark, these big, malty, mainly lager-brewed beers go by the name of "porter". They run from 6.0% abv all the way up to 9.3%. I've often characterized them as tasting like the head-on collision of a doublebock and an imperial stout.

They are probably the locally brewed descendants of British-brewed Russian Imperial Stouts; Michael Jackson theorizes in his "New World Guide to Beer" that Imperial stouts were originally labeled as "porter".

ech @ 14.02.2008 06:39 GMT
Nereik taip tiesiai, kad Lietuvoje nežino. Taip gal statistinis lietuvis ir nežino, bet yra nemažai žinančių. O Perkūno visai norėtųsi paragauti.

mart @ 14.02.2008 08:15 GMT
ech: na jei ir žino, tai deja Lietuvos gamintojai nelabai jais lepina pirkėjus... jei tiket MJ apibrezimu, tai baltijos porteris turetu/galetu buti panasus i Imperial stout, bet kiek man pastaruosius teko ragauti, turbut ne vienas lietuviskas porteris i juos nepanasus.

kon @ 14.02.2008 12:29 GMT
o as is lndn parsiveziau sam smith nut brown ale, kuris mano nuomone beveik stout, tai man jis labai panasus i kauno senaji porteri pasirode...

na bet aisku, baltic porters bent jau lietuvoj(smagu, kad bent kuo tikro alaus zemelapy atsirandam) kolei kas tikrai nera masterpieces, yra kur tobulet, tsakant skonio palete padailint blia:)

mart @ 14.02.2008 13:56 GMT
gerai, gerai, užraugiau oatmeal stout vakar, tai vat bus tau po perkūnais:)

atvažiuojat savaitgali paragaut?;)