Araucana Rojiza Fuerte

Brewed by Araucana Cerveza Artesanal
Style: Doppelbock
El Bolson, Argentina

Bottled at RBESG 2008. A hazy amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, straw, and fruit, leading to a dry fruity finish. The alcohol burns in the throat.

(Bottle 50 cl) Pours a hazy amber golden with a creamy beige head. Sweet aroma of caramel and overripe fruit. Medium body with a low carbonation and sweetish caramel malt combined with overripe fruit. Almost no bitterness. A solid and pleasant Bock. 290608

Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Cloudy dark amber, small head. Caramelly nose. Warming with husky caramelly malt flavour. Hugely malty with balanced sweetness and cottony soft mouthfeel. Full bodied. Not very complex - it’s all caramelly malt flavours, but very good.

RBESG2008: 50 cL bottle. Pours hazy and dark orange with a creamy white head. Grainy and cardboard aroma. Flavour is solid malty and toasted malt. Smooth alcohol and light bitternes into the finish.

Bottled@Monks Cafe, Wallingatan, Stockholm. Deep ruby red colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is raisins, malts, mild caramel and some hops. Also quite nutty as it warms up. Flavour is hops, sweet caramel malts along with raisins and mild notes of alcohol. Interesting doppelbock.

Hazy red with large off white head. Sweet aroma wiht toasted malt, caramel and fruity notes. Sweet flavour with toasted malt, caramel and tipe fruits. Ends sweet.

Bottle at RBESG08 Grand tasting. Alround rating: A malty beast, alc relitivly well hidden, but lacking balance if quite drinkable, unexciting though.

Bottle (RBESG 2008): Chestnut-amber coloured, cloudy; deep sweet-grainy nose, a bit nutty too, combined with traces of hops; deep sweet-bitter flavour, medium to full bodied; sweet-grainy finish, balanced by a hoppy bitterness. Satisfying stuff............