Style: Baltic Porter
All StylesStyle Profile based on 566 recipes
BU:GU
0.41
Hops
3.8 g/L
Mash pH
5.45
Description
A Baltic Porter often has the malt flavors reminiscent of an English porter and the restrained roast of a schwarzbier, but with a higher OG and alcohol content than either. Very complex, with multi-layered malt and dark fruit flavors. History: Traditional beer from countries bordering the Baltic Sea, developed indigenously after higher-gravity export brown or imperial stouts from England were established. Historically top-fermented, many breweries adapted the recipes for bottom-fermenting yeast along with the rest of their production. Style Comparison: Much less roasted and smoother than an Imperial Stout, typically with less alcohol. Lacks the roasty qualities of stouts in general, more taking on the roasted-but-not-burnt characteristics of a schwarzbier. Quite fruity compared to other porters. Higher alcohol than other porters.
Examples: Aldaris Porteris, Baltika #6 Porter, Devils Backbone Danzig, Okocim Porter, Sinebrychoff Porter, Zywiec Porter
- 88% Crystal (8%)
- 81% Roast (4%)
- 73% Toast (37%)
- 73% Pale (65%)
- 33% Pilsner (34%)
% of Baltic Porter recipes using each malt category (addition % in brackets)
g/L · median with IQR range
- 17% Magnum (GR)
- 15% Saaz (CZ)
- 13% Fuggles
- 12% East Kent Goldings
- 10% Southern Brewer
- 6% Perle (GR)
- 6% Willamette
- 6% Styrian Golding
- 5% Chinook
- 5% Cascade
% of Baltic Porter recipes using each hop
g/L · median with IQR range
dated Baltic Porter recipes with at least one dry-hop addition
- 32% Chocolate Malt
- 14% Black (Patent) Malt
- 13% Munich Malt
- 13% Pale Malt (2 Row) US
- 11% Special B Malt
- 10% Oats, Flaked
- 9% Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
- 8% American - Chocolate
- 8% Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L
- 8% Pale Malt, Maris Otter
Colour = malt category · bar = % of recipes
- 10% Saflager Lager (W-34/70) Fermentis
- 6% SafAle English Ale (S-04) Fermentis
- 6% Safale American (US-05) Fermentis
- 4% German Lager Yeast (WLP830) White Labs
- 3% German Bock Lager Yeast (WLP833) White Labs
- 3% Bavarian Lager (2206) Wyeast Labs
- 2% California Ale Yeast (WLP001) White Labs
- 2% Bohemian Lager (2124) Wyeast Labs
- 2% English Ale Yeast (WLP002) White Labs
- 2% British Ale Yeast (WLP005) White Labs
% of Baltic Porter recipes using each strain
- 78% Single Infusion
- 22% Step Mash
- 0% Decoction
58 recipes with mash data
- 82 ppm Ca²⁺
- 5 ppm Mg²⁺
- 27 ppm Na⁺
- 60 ppm Cl⁻
- 50 ppm SO₄²⁻
- 265 ppm HCO₃⁻
median across recipes with a declared water profile
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