3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Bottle) Pours brown orange with red hints. Fast decreasing sand coloured head. The aroma holds cherries, red berries, wood, wet sand, tart cider, coconut and light vanilla. Undertones of super dry caramel, alcohol and mould. Really vinous and light acidic on the nose. The flavour is light sweet, light bitter and light acidic. Vinous, woodsy, berry-like and malty. The mouthfeel is round, “full” and soft with alight tart touch. Medium to full carbonation. Vinous, tart marzipan,-ish alcohol-driven and woodsy finish. Medium to full bodied.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
25.4 oz bottle, 2010. Murky brown with white fuzz. Nose is toffee, grain, musty oak and wild grapes. Oily, sticky medium body with a muted sparkle. Perfect for sharing with small samples but may be a challenge solo. Taste is toffee, apricot, honey, sweet white wine, vanilla and grass. Quite nice and certainly worth trying once even though expensive.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
75 cL bottle from Beers of Europe into a Westmalle glass. Dark brown, very fizzy and with a good bubbly head. The aroma is very nice, and complex. You can tell the wine influence with the lovely red fruits, there is acidity and sourness. A rich, very sweet taste, a bit like sherry, fruity and dry. A fine sipper.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Apple and plum nose. Cloudy copper, thin head. Very vinous, tannic. still a lot of apple core and plum. a little boozy. Not really exceptional, but enjoyable.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hazy, dark brown colour. Caramel, spices, fruits and oak. Oily mouthfeel with soft carbonation.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled 750ml (BZ, vintage 2011)
Deep ruby-brown color, small off-white head. Aroma is a bit sour, tart, cellary, oak, red wine/tannines, some fruits. Medium to full-bodied. Flavor has Belgian yeasty fruityness, toffee and then evident tannines, red grapes from Burgundy barrel. Alcohol - of course - but much less than in normal Bush-beers. Complex brew.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Bottle, 0.75 l - vintage 2009, from Systembolaget, 20111224) The beer poured reddish brown and quite clear. Its head was quite small and white. Aroma had sweetness, vanilla, wood and Belgian style yeast. Palate was full bodied, warming and dry with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, sweetness, wood, vineousness, Belgian style yeast and very low bitterness. Aftertaste was woody and mildly bitter. Too boozy but otherwise nice balance between wood and beer.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
750 ml. bottle. A reddish pour with a small off-white head, orange highlights. Aroma of tart cherries, oak, vanilla, mild tartness, belgian yeast, candi sugar. Flavor is lightly tart, lots of caramel, belgian yeast, sugar. Definite oak, some cherry. Nice vanilla notes. Some burgandy and vinous notes. Very slight alcohol heat that’s hidden well by the complexity of this beer. Big, full mouthfeel, nice carbonation. Really great beer.
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