3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20 uhre (384) - - FEB 17, 2008
Aroma is hoppy with malt. The flavor is a bit boring - too much malt to my flavor, but again that’s the style.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 PotjeBier (523) - Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS - MAY 12, 2012
50 cl bottle (from De Bierkoning) @ home. Deep dark brown color. Huge ever growing pulsating (ehm, well) light brown head. Aroma’s: sweet juicy berries, brown sugar, chocolate, some roast. Flavor is medium sweet, lightly bitter & roasted. Medium body. Finishes with more roast and medium bitter. Even though this was past the BB date, this was still very nice.
3.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 Martinus (866) - Nijmegen, NETHERLANDS - MAY 9, 2012
Dark red, brownish colour, off-white dissipating head. Aroma of soap, somewhat fruity, quite dusty, dish cloths that have been lying around for too long. Malty, fruity flavour, caramel with a nice hops bitterness. Bitter hops finish, caramel, bitter roasted malts.
Quite lovely, aside from the aroma, which is rather off-putting.
(From 50cL bottle @ 2nd Tuesday tasting, De Molen, Bodegraven. BB 07-’11)
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 dEnk (1838) - Den Haag, NETHERLANDS - MAY 8, 2012
Bottle @ 2nd tuesday tasting @ De Molen. Aroma is dusty flowers, old malt, some sharp spicy notes. Flavour is malty, bready, some fruit and spice. Nice.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20 laiti (1667) - Tampere, FINLAND - MAR 31, 2012
50 cl bottle. Rated on 2.2.2010 Opaque. Dark brown colour, disappearing head. Aroma is sweet and stale with malt, some berries typical to Danish ales and hints of blue cheese. Flavour is sweet with berries and some malt. Muddy feeling. Not good, I expected much more from Amager.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 rand (820) - SWITZERLAND - MAR 28, 2012
Bottle 50 cl from erzbierschof.ch. Dark red-brown beer with a nice fine and beige foam. Aromas of chocolate, roasted malt, dark fruits, spicy hops and sugar dust. The taste is soft, with a fruity acidity, the beer has complex tones, chocolate and bitter, notes of brown sugar and spices. There is a bottom of drought from sweet and spicy hops, but the alcool goes unnoticed.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 magdalar (475) - Zurich, SWITZERLAND - FEB 26, 2012
50cl bottle. Pours a dark brown with an offwhite head.
Smells of plum, dark fruits, candi sugar, caramel, malt.
Tastes very malty, chocolatey. Medium-strong sweetness. Mild bitter hoppiness. Lots and lots of malt.
Texture is overall creamy, but somewhat watery, and with some chewiness. Kind of a messy composition, but still very tasty.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 Marsiblursi (2659) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - JAN 6, 2012
(Bottle) Pours dark brown. The aroma holds dark fruits, plums, chocolate, nuts, caramel and subtle hops. The flavour is medium bitter with notes of cocoa, chocolate, subtle hops and nuts. The mouthfeel is soft. Medium bodied.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 Bov (7316) - Bienne, SWITZERLAND - SEP 21, 2011
from Erzbierschof - cloudy dark brown beer with a moderate dark beige foam left; a decent hoppiness along with a fair biscuity maltiness; toasted; full-bodied and very tasty, creamy palate; fairly bitter and very long toasted cookie-like, nutty and hoppy finish - beautiful
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 Rettep (976) - SWEDEN - JUL 30, 2011
Bottle, batch 187, best before 7/2011.
Dark reddish brown with a large tan head.
Aroma: candy, floral/perfumy, malty, strawberries.
Taste: fruity, sweet, malty, candy, strawberries, licorice.
Above medium-bodied, smooth.
Not really what I expect from a brown ale, imperial or otherwise.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 Benzai (2684) - Oirschot, NETHERLANDS - JUN 27, 2011
Dark brown with a little red colored beer. Caramel and hops in the taste. Full body, very nicely carbonated.
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