3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
It’s a mahogany red beer with a huge, golden head and the aroma has notes of malt, a little spice and alcohol. The flavour has a light sweetness, is slightly spicy with notes of caramel and malt and a touch of alcohol and a slightly dry citrus. It’s OK, but could be more complex. 2361
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
21st September 2009
Hazy red brown beer. Light tan head. Softish palate. Light creamy malt with a light undertone of marmite. Just a touch of spice and aniseed at the finish. Another light tasty Contreras beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Beautiful clear copper red beer with a huge bubbly beige head. The aroma is roasted maltysweet with notes of nuts, caramel, brown sugar, dried fruits, herbs. The flavor is sweet and very spicy (cloves) with a heavy roasted finish, that gives your mouth a dry nutty bitter sensation. Average carbonation, light to medium body, oily texture.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle for Saturday night after drinking wine all day. Pours dark brown with huge fluffy head. Tastes of toffee, caramel, fruity, and earthy. Nice finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Beautiful dark red brown beer, almost opaque with a weak head and no carbonation. Mouty smell with hints of coffee and cacao. caramel and spices, dried fruits and a warm alcoholic undertone. The taste is bitter watery sour with very subtle well balanced sweetness. Strong cacao and coffee bitterness with a dry warm finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Kiya. Fragrant aroma, cherry, spice, caramel and chocolate, raisin. Deep brown with orange tints and a high, fine head. Tangy and fruity flavor, with spice, chocolate, and some roasted character. Interesting. A bit of citrus too, hops, nice strong bitterness. High carbonation, rather light. Original. Some aspects like a blonde, some like a stout...
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours deep dark brown. Aroma is full of sweet roasted malt, coffee and milk chocolate. Taste is very smooth, and has a coffee/chocolate flavor kind of hoppy.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Vintage bottle, best before 2007. Brown beer with an off-white head. It has a roasted and slightly sweetish taste . Well balanced with a fairly neutral finsih.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
11.2 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse, Charlottesville, VA. Pours a dark reddish brown color with a medium sized creamy tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of bread, toffee, cherries, other fruits and lots of spices. The taste is tart cherries, spice, toffee and bready notes. Medium-full bodied. Nice.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(bottle, 33cl) Hazy, ruby brown colour with a beige and slowly lacing foamy head. Yeasty spicy and sweet malty aroma with strong notes of caramel and a tinge of dried plums and berries/raisins. Sweet flavour, medium to full bodied with a modest carbonation. Slightly sugary caramel-malty taste with noticeable fruity accents; sweet caramely and spicy finish with berry-fruity notes. 22.X.11
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Dark brown/red pour with beige head. Malt and caramel aroma with a bit of rainy day freshness. Full bodied and tasty, but a note that tastes of old sox, that brings down the otherwise good flavour. Caramel and balanced hop/malt finish
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