2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Draught at the brewpub. A cloudy dark brown with a green-tinged head (?). Roasted malt on the nose, some coffee. Sweet roasted malt on the palate, the sweetness increasing in the swallow. Moderately smooth.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Clear, dark coppery brown pour with a small foamy tan head that lasts a little while. Aroma is slightly sweet with notes of chocolate, caramel, dates, prunes and hints of coffee and grass. Flavour is almost identical to the aroma but the grassy hops come through a little more and the sweetness is toned down in favour of some mild roastiness and bitterness. Mouthfeel is moderately thick and creamy with low carbonation and a medium to short roasty, bittersweet finish. A little bit porterish, this is a nice, easy drinking dark ale.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap. Clear ruby. Hints of coffee and toffee. Slightly carbonated. Slightly sticky sweet palate.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. An unclear brown beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma has notes of caramel, malt, and prunes as well as hints of smoke. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, metal, caramel, and over rope fruits, leading to a dry and bitter finish - which finishes the beer off in a boring way.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Clear dark red/ brown with a beige head. Rich aroma of dark and dried fruits, toffee, flowers, chocolate. Taste is also very rich with berries, currants, blackcurrants and toffee. Drying finish has floral hops but no overt bitterness. I wished for either more complex flavours or something to lighten its touch.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 12fl.oz.
Clear medium to dark amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, roasted, chocolate malt, dark fruit, tobacco. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, tobacco. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20101102]
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle at Papsø.
Hazy orange red coloured with a medium sized off-white head.
Fruity aroma of caramel and cookies with notes of dried fruits.
Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, dried fruits and hops with notes of berries.
Fruity and hoppy finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Dark amber coloured. Unclear. Small light brown head. Aroma of caramel, sweetness, fruits, light herbs. flavour of caramel, sweetness, herbs, light alcohol and vague smoke. Medium bodied. Dry fruity sweetness in the end.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
33 cL bottle. Pours hazy to brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is roasted malty and slight fruity. Caramelish and slight fruity flavoured. Roasted caramelish and fruity finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of bluebetty. Pours a clear orangey brown with a tiny off-white head. The nose has British hops and a whiff of smoke. Medium body, some roast, pruney with a whiff of smoke and tobacco. Hardly any bitterness. Bordering an English style Old Ale. 021110
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Not bad if a bit simple and just a touch clumsy. Good lift of hops on the nose although as expected this beer is about malts, chocolate and toffee. Mostly delivers on this front however there is a boozy cola note that seems a little of of place for the style. Too much fizz as well makes it a little tough for the flavours to poke through.
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