3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a rich copper with firm head. Malty aroma with light hints of toast. Body is medium with a solid malt backbone. Relatively smooth finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A - pours deep amber orange with high fluffy head that lasts. Strong lacing. S - strong aromas of malts and dark dried fruits. Hints of candied oranges. M - amazingly sweet, sticky mf. Lingering brown sugars and malty alcohol warmed end. T - malty, brown sugar, dried fruits throughout. Hints of candied orange. O - pretty good Octoberfest 6
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
650ml bottle [Thanx David!] with 10.01% abv. Clear copper colour with very small yellowish head. Malty aroma, malty taste - Intense malty taste, monotonous malty taste. Well hidden alcohol, nevertheless provokes the malt intensity diffuse headache misgivings.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
2011 Bomber: Pours thick with no head. Rich malt aroma. Very good flavor of malt with a hint of hops. Alcohol is well hidden.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle grey import platinum cellars, nsw
overall fairly nondescript, clean and drinkable masking its big abv well, but ultimately not very satisfying or memorable
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Are breweries still obsessed with making "imperial" offerings of all of the more traditional styles? This one might have been a bit unnecessary. One of the best things about oktoberfests is their sessionable qualities. The alcohol in this is distracting. Still, its a solid offering from a better than average brewery.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
*(cuvée 2009): Couleur cuivre, rouille avec des notes puissantes de caramel et d’esters fruités provenant de la levure lager. En bouche c’est liquoreux, riche en malts sucrés. Un goût de tire d’érable s’installe graduellement dans la bouche. Fini sec et légèrement végétal.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
2010 bottle. Pours an orange/brown color with no head. Aroma is malty hay and crackers. Taste is quite sweet with bready, nutty malt notes. FInish is still sweet and a bit unappealing. Not bad but not good.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Rich malty beer, this one probably has way to much age on it. Alcohol bite a little unbalanced. Like the thick caramelly maltiness though.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Nice amber/orange color; Medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of toasted sweet malt, caramel, fruit, & spice; Flavor of slight roasted sweet malt, caramel, molasses/syrup, fruit, hops, and spice; Finish is dry with some alcohol; Nicely balanced; Overall, a bit too sweet - but still a good sipper.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber. Pours a light reddish copper color with a circle of off-white bubbly foam. Malt dominates the aroma with plenty of toffee, vanilla, brown sugar, baked apple and booze-soaked raisins. Big time caramel and toasted bready malt flavors upfront as well as some butterscotch, candied date, prune and black cherry notes. Also a mildly spicy hops kick toward the end along with an alcohol warming sugary finish. Overall, it’s a sweet, bready and boozy brew that makes for a good beer to cap an evening of Oktoberfest festivities.
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