Borg Juleøl 4.7%

Brewed by Hansa Borg Bryggerier
Style: Amber Lager/Vienna
Bergen, Norway

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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50cl can from Rimi. Pours clear mahogany with a small off-white head. Malty and caramelly aroma with some lightly roasted notes. Fairly sweet an malty with a light hoppy bitterness in the finish. Balanced with a fairly dry finish. Not a great beer, but no a bad one either.

Bottle from a trade with Cunningham. Label says 4.5%. Clear amber/mahogany beer with a small but lasting beige head. Malty aroma, some spices, bready, cocoa powder, hop notes, some chocolate. Chocolate flavor, bready, vanilla notes, biscuits, spices, hay, some cocoa. Malty finish with spicy notes.

Bottled, thx rlgk. Pours dark amber with a small white head. Smells spicy, roasted malt, candy malt. Tastes abit bitter, some roasted malt, abit sweet and abit flour with a similar finish.

Dark brown/ruby colour with an off white head. Caramel aroma with some fruity notes. Moderate sweet caramel flavour. A bit thin with light fruitiness
[Bottle from Meny in Halden, Norway]

Medium brown body with a small, short-lived, off-white head that reduces to a thin layer. Malty sweet aroma with some dark fruits, faint hoppy notes and even fainter traces of chocolate and coffee. The taste is medium sweet with a light bitter finish, the flavours are clean but faint, I get mostly caramel. The hoppy parts in the aroma are not present in the flavours. Thin and watery mouthfeel. Boring.
[50 cl can, from Rimi Korsvoll, Oslo]

Aroma: coffee, dominant bitterness, Color: Deep red brown, Taste: light sweetness, very bitter, medium sourness, light body, thin feel, bitter finish.

Bottle. This looks quite good, deep dark brown/ruby with big beige head. Gave it a 3 first, but as the head stays so big it’s a 4 for me. Sweet aroma with caramel and roasted malt. Taste is a bit like the aroma, with added sweetness and coffee notes. A bit sweet finish for me, but not bad overall.

Can 500ml @ home
Pours clear brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel and grassy hops. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter. Body is light to medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

Pours dark brown, with hints of red. Apple nose. Metallic aroma, some malt.

0.5l can. Pours a redbrown body with a thin lacing head. Aroma is caramel, chocolate and some strange oaky flavor. Some roasted mats, caramel and some what sweet. Lively carbonated and perhaps a bit thin body. I was surprised that this actually was as good as it was, cause I had no expectations what so ever. One of the best > 4.7% i have tasted this year.