3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 50cl.
Clear medium to dark brown color with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, coffee, moderate hoppy, grass, moderate to light heavy yeasty, spicy, licorice notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090321]
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. A dark red-brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of chocolate, caramel, fruit, and some spices. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, spices - primarily cardemomme, and a bit of chocolate, leading to a dry spicy finish. Thanks KimJohansen for sharing.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of KimJohansen. Clear reddish brown with a rough light brown head. Aroma of burned malt and dried fruit. Medium-bodied with burned malts and fruit with an underlying tartness - appears strangely unclean. Fairly bitter finish again with some tartness. 090209
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
50 cL bottle, courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours dark brown with a minimal tan head. Solid roasted malt and light spiced aroma. Light chocolate. Flavour is mild acidic, orange fruity, mild hops accent and quite solid roasted malty with a distinct chocolate bitterness and smoothness. Mild orange fruity acidic ntoe into a smooth chocolate finish. Alcohol presence into the far finish.
3.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled (thanks omhper!). Deep brown colour, mediumsized doamy beige head. Aroma is very nutty, coffeeish, licorice, roasted malts and some fruits. Flavour is coffee, some sourness and some nutty.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Botttle.
Clear brown coloured with a medium sized off white head.
Roasted and perfumed aroma of christmas spices, chocolate ad cocoa powder.
Fruity and roasted flavour of christmas spices and cocoa powder with notes of chocolate.
Roasted and spicy finish.
Too spicy.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, 7.0%. Good roasted aroma, a little refreshing aroma hop. Almost black colour, nice stable light brown head. The flavour is also nicely roasted, but there is a lactic note that I do not really care for. Still a good beer, though.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Dark brown to black color. Light aroma, metallic, vanilla. Dry mouthfeel, with a sharp sourness from the roasted malt, dark caramel flavor, quite strong bitterness from the roasted malt too. It’s based only on the roasted malt, aggressive.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a brown color with a small off-white head. Has a malty hoppy caramel aroma with some hints of chocolate. Roasted malty hoppy bitter caramel flavor with hints of chocolate and coffee. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter caramel and chocoalte finish.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled (BB 04/2009, Vasa session).
Deep ruby color, creamy beige head, lace. Coffee, caramel, nuts and typical Dugges yeasty aroma. Very coffeish, sourness - maybe slightly infected. Also nuts, caramel and toasted malts. Some bitterness in the aftertaste. Not the Dugges’ best.
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