On tap at Hoa Vien Brauhaus - Hanoi, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma brings out toasted malt, light nuttiness and some dry bitter cocoa. Smooth palate, with a nice balance. This is actually pretty good.

Draft - Dark caramel notes. Deep brown with a decent light brown head. Molasses and malty sweetness with a touch of raisin. Dark bready notes and some reasonable complexity. Solid.

Tap at the brewpub. Poured a hazy reddish brown with a frothy off white head and a little broke lace. The aroma is light toasty caramel malt. The flavour is moderate to light sweet with a smooth malt, light fruit, hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Really rather good and better than anticipated.

Draught at Hoa Vien Brauhaus. Dark brown color, beige head. Bitter taste with citrus, nuts, a bit of roasted malts and bread. Bitter finish with roasted malts, citrus and bread. Solid dark lager.

Dark - cola brown with a dense light beige head. Nobles hops & light chocolate malts in the aroma. Soft carbonation on a med-light body. The taste is tangy chocolate syrup or fudge with a crisp finish. Another nice beer from Hoa Vien, these guys know what they are doing.

had a half litre of this on my last night in Vietnam at their brewpub in Hanoi. Wish I had visited the place earlier as it was definitely the best of any I visited. Anyway, the beer... poured a slightly hazy dark brown with thin head that doesn’t last. nutty malty aroma. taste is very nice. roasted malts, caramel and nuts with a slightly yeasty finish. very nice.

Aroma: caramel toffee malts, toasted flavours. Appearance: dark and hazy brown. Small frothy, beige head. Taste: light sweet in taste. Palate: sweets intensify, toasted malts, heavy caramel. Overall: really quite lovely Dunkel. Great palate. Pint at Hoa Vien, Brauhaus, Hanoi.

For Vietnam its a great beer, one of the best. Well structured and full bodied.

Pípa, Slunce ve skle, Plzeň. Aroma je příjemně kávové v pozadí je znát sladký banán. Pěna je barvy moccacina, vysoká, jemná a držící. Barva samotného piva je temně hnědá. V chuti piva je znát káva, kakao a hořká čokoláda, finiš je slabší kávově hořký, drží se jen lehce na jazyku. Toto tmavé pivo je velice chutné, unikátní a zároveň dobře pitelné.

UPDATED: JAN 9, 2013 30cl draft at the brewpub in HCMC. 18/3/2006Small off-white head. Dark brown pour. Refreshing,