3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle shared with DownsouthGav. Malty aroma, spice, caramel & dark fruits. Pours deep brown/red with off white head. Taste is grassy, some hops, thick mouthfeel. Not a bad effort at all.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, The Beer Emporium, Sandbach. Poured a fluffy head that soon died to minimal lacing. Aromas of malt with alcohol in the background. Easy feel in the mouth, bit thin. Tasted of fruity dark malts, prunes with a hint of chocolate. Enjoyed and would have another.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Gift from SJ. I like the label.
The first thing I noticed was a pleasant sweet malt aroma with hitns of hop and fruit. The taste was rather sweet, with hints of caramel malt.
It was a decent easy drinking beer, with no great characteristics other than it was pleasant.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Red tinged brown with a robust fruity nose and a hint of apple. Boozy up front with a rich malt finish. Very easy to drink.
2.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Craigs. Pours a light brown- orange colour with no head. Strawberry jam, caramel and some sweetness on the nose. A little thin with some caramel and candy sugar flavours. A little dry, not amazing.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle courtesy of Benjii at cgarvieuk’s tasting. Pour is clear copper with no head. Treacle, yeasty, strawberry jam nose. Very sweet. Taste is also sweet, with caramel & a thin sweet finish. Not bad, more Belgian than German in style.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
15 June 2011, bottle at my last cgarvieuk tasting! light brown, clear, really looks thin. nose is sweet caramel. nothing appealing. thin/med body, slightly syrupy. actually decent. sugary, rich malty, grainy. alcohol is strong but smooth. this is more of a smooth belgian ale, not a doppelbock.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle at home .., dark copper ... thoin lacing .. soft roast ... little strawberry jam nose ... dark roast ...soft toffee ... little dark sugers
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Keg at the Rake’s ’Cumbrian Beer Festival’. Sienna brown pour with a white head. Caramel, toffee, coconut and butterscotch aromas. Burnt caramel, toffee apple, toffee and butterscotch flavours. Very warming. Quite vinous. Long alcohol linger. Sweet, vinous finish.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Small bottle from Utobeer, Borough Market, London. Pours a foggy orangey brown, topped by a layer of tiny beige bubbles. Nice aroma. Cake and biscuits, with a refined sweetness. Also some tinned fruits, and a scent of malt drops and caramel. Sweet-accented, yet a clean and fresh malt flavor. Bready and tin-can-fruity. Minimal bitterness. Alcohol is very well hidden. Light-bodied. Kind of diluted mouthfeel, actually. Fruity endnotes. Drinks good and smells good, but lacks the depth and complexity of fine Doppelbock.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle 330ml. @ chriso.
BBF 1211. Clear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, oxidide, paper notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, oxidide, bread, fruity, dried fruit, paper. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110501]
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