2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
330ml bottle shared by Finn. Solid, off-white head covering a golden-brown body. Spotty lacing. Nose is earthy malts added by notes of dark fruits. Taste of mid-sweet malts mixed with resinous hops leading to a smooth and dry ending. Medium bodied. Different and likable (drinking session in Tromsø, 09.02.2012).
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
330ml bottle. Pours a hazy brown with a small head. Aroma is burnt toffee and apple. Taste has sweet apple and caramel malt to start. Toffee and apple in the finish. A touch of plastic.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: FEB 13, 2012 Flaske 0,33l fra Sourced Market, Euston. Delt med Rune under seanse i heimen 9 Feb 12. Mørkebrun / amber. Høyt luftig skum som varer. God maltaroma med innslag av frukt. Balansert. Svakt biter avslutning. KI=4
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Keg at The Post Office Vaults, Birmingham. Dark amber with fizzed head. A bit of an oddity, sweet caramalt, some toffee but little else. Not bad just nothing going for it either.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 8/20
Dark amber with sweet Toffee nose. Fairly sweet with dry malt and fruity finish. Not as expected.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tap at Duke of Cambridge N1 with trinity french lot. Not that dark for a dark lager, more reddish colour, pleasant malty background, toffee and licorice, some hops on finish. Not bad....definitely best beer i tried in the home of the vegan lentils.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap, Criterion, Leicester. Amber, gold with a thin off-white foam. Aromas are dusty cocao powder with weetabix. Honey with soft spices. Flavours are sweet weetabix malts with yeast and hints of chocolate milkshake. Has some grittiness and peppery carbonation. Pretty good.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Medium beige head. Clear reddish brown body with light carbonation. Earthy caramelly aroma with spicy syrupy notes. Dry-sweetish caramelly earthy spicy taste with wooden rye crisp bread notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dryish earthy licorice and cinnamon aftertaste with spicy notes. Nice, well made, but not very interesting. (0.33l bottle, from a shop in Barnes, London.)
2.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Agree with some of the other reviews here in that this is a beer that doesn’t quite know what it is: lager or a bitter. Stuck somewhere half way. Appearance is great. Toffee coloured and very enticing. Pours nicely with good lacing. Aroma is pretty good too. Malty with a bit of fruit. However taste is a bit out of balance with the sour bitterness slightly overpowering the very very subtle touch of malt caramel on the finish. Feel in the mouth was also a bit thinner and lacking body than I like. Interesting but not one for me first time around.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
33 cL bottle. Pours deep golden and clear amber with a thick and creamy tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and light hops fruity. Mild fruity note and roasted malt. Light sweetness mixed with a bit of bitterness. Ends smooth malty.
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