3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. An amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of hops and spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, spices, and hops, leading to a bitter finish. Thanks fiulijn for sharing.
Earlier Rating: 7/15/2009 Total Score: 3.5
Bottled. A reddish amber beer with a huge yellowish head. The aroma has notes of sweet malt, caramel, and spicy hops. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of hops lending it both notes of spices and citrus fruits, combined with notes of malt and caramel, leading to a very bitter finish. The alcohol is felt slightly on the palate.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 65 cl. Clear amber golden with a creamy yellowish head leaving broad curtains of lacework. Sweetish aroma of burned caramel rather than hops. Quite full-bodied with sweet burned caramel and a lightly spicy edge from the hops without ever being overly bitter. 250709
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
22 fl oz bottle. Pours almost clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is pinewood and grapefruity. Pinewood, dry hoppy and solid bitter into a dry finish.
Earlier Rating: 7/28/2009 Total Score: 3.8
22 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small yellowish head. Pinewood and grapefruity hops aroma. Sweet caramelish and mild hops flavoured, smooth hops flavours and nicely balanced. Sweet and hops fruity finish.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled at Bishops Arms Vasagatan, Stockholm. Hazy pale amber, small head. Intense salty grapefruit aroma. Mid sweet, full bodied with clean rounded mouthfeel. Solid malt base, dried apricot with lots of heavily salted grapefruit. Long bitter finish with some salmiak. Very concentrated.
Earlier Rating: 4/9/2009 Total Score: 3.1
Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear deep amber, rich creamy head. Perfumy gooseberry aroma Sweet and full bodied with some caramel and syrup. Heavy swety orangey hops leads to a massive biterness. Warming alcohol is evident throughout.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Alex.
Cloudy golden coloured with a medium sized off-white head.
Sweet and fruity aroma of hops, pine needles and grass with notes of caramel and bread.
Fruity flavour of hops, pine needles, caramel and grass.
Dry hoppy finish.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Date: 05/07/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Liquid Solutions
Appearance: cloudy burnt orange, fine dirthy white head, streaks of drippy lace,
Aroma: sweet crystal and pine aroma,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of crystal sweetness up front, big bitterness kicks in mid way through and takes over, long bitter finish,
Overall: too disjoint between the sweet crystal and the big bitterness, needs more middle hop flavor to tie it together,
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Firefly, Vancouver
Hazy amber color; medium sized head. Very nice aroma: malt, caramel, crystal malt, light bread, very light earthy touch and vague fruitiness. Semi-sweet mouthfeel, with very good caramel and toffee flavor; strong fruity hopping, also resiny. Very good.
Earlier Rating: 7/12/2009 Total Score: 3.9
Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm
Amber color; big solid head. Nice piney hop aroma, sweet caramel and some grass. Good body strength, good caramel flavor, sweetish, with a oily hopping; the alcohol is quite warming. Good, powerful, not memorable.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bright golden-amber. Rich woody hop aroma with slight peachy notes. Earthy palate with some thick caramel, and an earthy hop finish. A little bland.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(22oz. bottle) Pours a lightly hazy orange body with a medium-sized creamy off-white head. Aroma of citrus, peach, light pine, and alcohol. Flavor of hops (citrus, tangerine, light pine) and caramel malt with a bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft @ SBWF2011. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit citrus aroma. Fruity sweetish malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.
Earlier Rating: 1/11/2009 Total Score: 3.6
Draft @ AVBC, Boonville, CA. Pours a deep golden color with a small off-white head. has a malty floral hoppy aroma with hints of pine and citrus. Sweetish malty bitter hoppy flavor with hints of pine and citrus. Has a sweetish malty bitter hoppy finish.
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