3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500 ml bottle, from Vaaland, Bryne. ABV is 4.1%. Copper coloured beer, moderate off-white head. Moderate aroma, some malts and toffee, hints of stale berries and "dusty" hops. The flavour has again some malts and toffee, but is quite dry. Just a hint of fruit. Moderately bitter hops in the finish, some nutty notes. Drinkable, but not Adnams’ best.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Canned from Systembolaget
Clear deep golden with a large tan head.
Metallic aroma with some grassy hops and vegetable-notes.
Fresh mouthfeel. Floral.
Some sweet toffee along with piney hops. Some spiciness aswell; wormwood?
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Can.
Amber, large tan head.
Aroma: fruit, grass.
Taste: fruit, grass, biscuity malt, some citrus and blackcurrants perhaps, medium bitter, dryish, a bit watery.
Light to medium-bodied, smooth.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle from Selfridges. Pours copper brown. Nose is really nice caramel. taste is sweet fruit hops, and real caramel. Lovely balance to this bitter with the emphasis on caramel. Bitterness on the finish but fairly mild.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle (50 cl) from Systembolaget. Clear copper, medium off-white head. Fruity and caramelly aroma with some floral hops. Light to medium bodied, medium carbonation. Dry with medium slightly metallic bitterness.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Canned. Pale amber colour with small white head. Aroma is bready and biscuity notes along with some floral and mild wooden and floral hops. Flavour is being quite much the same with some slight resiny/sweetish notes.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at Bishops Arms Marina, Helsingborg. 24th September 2011.
Pours light brown. Flowery dry aromas of herbs, violas, hops without any real sweetness to it. Smooth and clean taste with a nice herby hop flavour and some taffy-like malts.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500ml bottle purchased at Sainsburys Pimlico. Bubbly, off-white head that stays well on top of a amber coloured body with a reddish glow. Fruity-caramel to the nose. Light caramel malts in flavour mixed with mid-bitter hops. Half-dry, clean bitter ending. Refreshing and likable bitter (hotel room, London 29.07.2011).
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
500 ml bottle. BBE 30.4.2012.
Pours a dark copper colour with a thick off-white head. Aroma of toffee, nuts and some peppermint. Flavour of toffee, nuts, slightly toasted malts and grassy hops. Medium bodied, soft carbonation and a dry finish of toffee and some bitter hops. Quite basic really without any major flaws.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
disappointing.
pours a goodtanned brown colour and smells decent - bits of malt and burnt caramel. the mouth taste is quite thin with a big metallic finish.
bottle - supermarket
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