3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at home. Nice amber body with top head. Nose is malty and sweet. Taste is also sweet and fruity, some malts. Also some hammy notes and sugar. Pretty good.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Mane Liquor. Pours a hazy straw with a large, fluffy white head. Aroma is full of bubblegum and spiced notes. Cloves and herbal notes come through in the taste with an overriding bubblegum essence. Not bad, definitely a quaffer
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is caramel malts, alcohol, mild berries and some mild herbal notes. Flavour is quite similar in a pleasant balance.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled 750ml (PBF)
Dark brown color, small beige head. Caramelly, raisiny aroma. Medium-bodied. A bit tart, caramelly, chocolaty, sherry. Gone a bit too tart, but otherwise drinkable.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
750ml. Murky brown, thin off white head. Sweet, intoxicating aroma - brown sugar, caramel chew, raspberries and caramel in candy fashion. Flavor follows suite, sticky and sweet.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
25.4 oz bottle. Murky brown with a lovely crema cap. Nose is raisin, dates, brown sugar and yeast. Chewy, substantial body with a zippy tang. Taste is caramel apple, nutmeg and raisin. Good for the style.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, 75cl corked. It’s more or less clear in the class, copper-colored and topped by a finger-thick, dense, beige head. It’s meaty and malty on the nose, with clear indications that a sweet flavor is to expect. Some dried fruits and caramel too. It’s full-bodied and sweetish on the palate, and with caramel sweetness and dried fruits in the flavor, both initially and in the end. A nice doppelbock, although it differs a bit from the German tradition, tasteful and pleasant to drink. Wouldn’t mind to have it again some day. 100611
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Dark amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is alcohol, malt, fruit, sourness. Flavour is sweet, sourness, fruit, malt, hop, alcohol. OK beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours muddy brown with tan head. Nose and taste of brown sugar, toffee, caramel, light hops, Belgian yeast and Christmas spices.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
750ml corked and caged bottle purchased in Reno. Pours a deep copper brown color with a large fluffy ecru head. The aroma was earthy, roast, moderately sweet caramel, some woodiness, with hints of fruit and smoke. The flavor had much of the same earthiness, herbal notes, roasted malt, some dark fruits, and caramel. There were two things that bothered me and really had me questioning the age of the bottle and how it was stored. This had a metallic quality that didn’t belong as well as a higher than expected degree of tartness. These didn’t go with what was otherwise a pretty good beer.
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