1.8 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
UPDATED: SEP 16, 2006 Can (500ml). All-swill minitasting #2 - after the horrific Bavaria 8.6, can this really be worse? Very pale gold, ugly large fizzy white quick-dropping head - looks just like the Bavaria. Unpleasant dry grainy/rice alcohol harsh aroma, but at least it’s GRAINy - just poor, not ugly. Tastes just like it smells - cheap grain, dead UK hops, way too much booze - and the booze doesn’t go away ... I wish the whole thing would go away, nasty aftertaste. Watery, lively yet mostly dead mouthfeel, primary charcter is cheap booze, slightly sticky - an ugly beer for getting you legless quick - but there’s a real beer underneath the forced booze; not a good one, but it’s beer.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Canned(500ml). –found this in ATAC supermarket in Jougne, France. Very fizzy. Malty and sweet faint fruity aroma, alcohol is dominating. Sharp alcohol finish.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Served in a lager glass. Fairly average white head poured with noticeable fizzing. A lightly cloudy yellow. Aroma and flavour are fairly average considering the alcohol content which I’d expected to burn more than it did. I’d agree with Papsoe re: the hops making the 10% ABV less obvious. Nice enough bitterness in the finish. An efficient alcohol delivery device. Wish it wasn’t so expensive here.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Golden colour with a white head. Malty, light fruity sweet aroma with a clear alcohol. Malty flavor with a light straw note and hints of alcohol.
1.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Can. Golden colour with a white head. Light fruity, alcoholic aroam and taste. Medium body with a alcoholic finish.
1.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Can.
Clear yellow coloured with a white head.
Aroma of fruits and lots of alcohol.
Flavour of malts and alcohol with notes of fruits.
1 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 3/20
UPDATED: JUN 25, 2008 Dark yellow pour with a fizzy white head. Cooking oil aroma with lots of alcohol , and sugared malts. Orange peel gone wrong. Sweet alcoholic citric flavours, totally whacked with the heavy booze finish. Not good at all, but I’ve had worse. Can from the LCBO.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
(Bottle 33 cl) 10% ABV version. Pretty, fully golden colour - bordering amber. Very fizzy, almost noisy when poured, but the head remains pretty much absent. Full-bodied and potent, but surprisingly the alcohol is not THAT prominent. Perhaps the added German aroma hops draw some of the attention away from the booze. Not bad for a European Strong. 040400
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