3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
50cl dark brown bottle, as pictured.
Pours a deep, clear amber with medium, soapy off-white head. Limited retention, but decent lacing.
Smoked wood is evident on the nose (beer is being matured with beechwood chips in the casks), but also a note of sweet red berries.
Active carbonation in a medium-bodied beer with very earthy mouth feel.
Medium bitter aroma of oak and roasted malt. Limited fruitiness; dry, tangy finish and lasting, moderately bitter and oaky after taste.
Well, the beechwood chips have certainly done their job on this "altbier". Unlike other "special beers", like Schlenkerla Rauchbier e.g., this one is characterful without being eccentric. Oaky flavour limits its suitability as a session ale.
2.2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
50cl bottle. Copper, nicely firm pale head. Nose is mild turpentine, rust, hint of toffeeish malts. Flavor is herbs, alcohol, rust, faint old fruitiness, mild caramelly malts and licorice root finish. Softly carbonated, but a bit hollow palate. I should have marked up the best before-date, might have had some shelf time, though freshly bought from Berlin.
3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From 500 ml bottle. Beautiful copper/amber color. Nice pale yellow head. Flavor is substantial, well balanced between malt and hops.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled from Aachen. Dark reddish amber color, medium fluffy tan head. Nose is smoked wood, malts. Aroma is smoked wood, reminds me that of oak-barrel aged whiskey,flavour is malty and still some smoked wood. Dry and bit crispy aftertaste.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: NOV 12, 2009 Apperance; Amber, clear with a nice white head. Aroma; sweet malty and some hoppy sence. Flavor; Malty, hops and some caramel.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
bottle pours reddish golden beautiful color. small white head. nose is herbaceous. taste has hints of strawberries with dry finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Pours a toffee gold with soft caramel, fruit, apples and white raisins. Palate is soft and sweet, nice maltiness, hops are present but not overt.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From tap. Amber color with a small head. The taste is a wellbalanced full maltyness and a slight hoppy finish
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