2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
500ml bottle (Stockmann, Riga)
5 Rich simple grainy aroma, verging on husky, a little eco.
3 Very deep caramelly colour, brief head.
4+ Doesn’t taste as competent as it smells, in fact there’s something decidedly odd about it. However, it’s clearly made of beer ingredients, so that’s better than nothing. Basically a odd mess of grains, some bitter huskiness and a touch of alcohol.
2+ Smooth palate, a little sweet, decent carbonation. Finish quite caramalty, and again, a mess of dry grains, a touch eco. Long finish is dry and a little bitter, a touch husky.
9 Something not so great about this - more through messiness than through actual flaws. Too filtered, to lifeless, and after that it’s also a touch sticky from the sweet palate. No disaster.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle (50cl), bought in Riga. Clear copper colour. Moderately sized white head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of malt, caramel, cooked vegetables. Malty sweetish taste with a papery/watery/artificial finish which I do not fancy. Low bitterness. Medium/light body, soft/average carbonation.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. (thanks to SaintMatty)
Dark amber with a small white head. Not as spicy as expected. Malt and some light notes of caramel. It felt a bit old, there was some taste of cardboard. Low carbonation.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle 500ml. @ Petalax Beer Festival 2010 - the 4th. edition.
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, oxidide, cardboard. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, cardboard. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20100703]
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Grains fruits and grass, with some herbal notes. Flavour is quite much the same. Not that good.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled (PBF, bottle from Riga)
Clear amber color, small white head. Grassy, caramelly aroma. Sweet caramelly flavor, light fudge. Low bitterness, reasonably clean.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Amber color, beige head. Roasted malt aroma with vanilla notes. Flavor from burnt sugar, some hops, roasted notes. Kinda balanced and one of the better beers I tried in Riga.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Sweet malty aroma. Dark amber color with white head. Flavor is full (märzen-like), more malty, some hoppy tones. Aftertaste is long and dry.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500ml Bottle - Copper brown/red in colour. Fruity and lightly spiced aroma, with a hoppy hint. Lightly hoppy and fruity taste with spicy malt featuring along with a mild sweetness. The spices are noticeable but rather subtle and well balanced.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
500 ml bottle. From Latvia.
Nice clear amber colour with thin off-white head. Sweet ale-like caramel/toffee aroma. Sweet, caramel, herbed, Märzen-like flavour. Not bad at all. Strange to be first to rate.
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