2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
AROMA: resin, balsamic vinegar
APPEARANCE: brown, sirup, no head
TASTE: medium sweetness
PALATE: medium body, oily feel, sticky, flat, bitter
OVERALL: the balsamic vinegar ruins it, better stick with nuclear penguin.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
4 cl sample @ Kahdet Kasvot. Rated on 06.05.2011
Aroma has lots of stinging alcohol and lots of american hops. Flavour has whisky-like stinging alcohol with a hoppy finish. Also some licorice. Rather nice one when looking at the ABV.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. From November 2011 notes. Orange, hops, malt, alcohol aroma. Clear amber with no head. Sweet orange, resinous floral hops, alcohol flavor. Full bodied. Surprisingly OK for so much alcohol.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
375ml bottle pours a clear pale amber color with virtually no head and zero lacing. Aroma is citrus hops and surprisingly mild alcohol and fruit. Taste is big bold citrus hops and alcohol balanced with some fruits and a malt sweetness. This is a true hop bomb which hides the alcohol quite well. Denoted as a quadruple IPA and is a truly unique tasting experience.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bismarck pours a very light amber color. The bottle opened up with a big pffffffffft but there really isn’t any carbonation on this beer. It’s dead. While the Penguin might of dislodged some of my nose hairs when I took a whiff, this destroyed anything in my nose. I won’t have to clip any nose hairs for a while. They got burned away by the huge presence of alcohol and hops. The hops in this bad boy are just huge and it’s actually a lovely smell even though the alcohol is so big. Huge amounts of citrus, pine, and other fruits. Words just cannot describe.
The taste is basically like a hop liquor. Like they took vodka or whatever alcohol and infused it with hops. Huge presence of alcohol that warms the throat was it goes down. But once again the hops mix in well, they don’t totally make up for the big alcohol but it’s close. There is a actually a noticeable malt presence but it hides pretty damn well.
Mouthfeel is sticky, oily, and thin. For the amount of alcohol in this beer it goes down fairly nice and it’s a good sipper.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
strong, warm, bitter end, yet surprisingly tasteful. Malty, but incredibly fruity taste.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle shared at MesandSim’s wedding. Sorry, don’t know who shared it with me. Pourty a dirty looking pale brown amber with no head. Almost normal aroma wise, nice amount of hops for sure but major alcohol lurking in the shadows. Flavour has caramel, honey, walnut. It burned my lips. Dangerous stuff. Thanks but I’d probably leave this experiment next time, interesting to try though.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Shared a bottle with a good friend. Poured a brown color with no head. Very strong hoppy flavor with a lasting aftertaste.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft @ Berliner Bierbörse 2010. 2cl glass. Had this beer some time ago, transferring data from database before Januar 2012 I was using to rate beer. As I drink this again I will add a complete review.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled 375ml. -from Slovenian BrewDog outlet in Koper. Batch 010. Clear and slight shiny orange coloured, no head, intensive citrusy hoppy nose. Heavy hoppy and strong sticky fruity taste with notes of caramel and plenty of burning alcohol everywhere. Maaaybe expected better one but let’s say I’m satisfied. All in all unique experience.
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