 ryan (1682), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
Apr 22, 2008
Courtesy of acrdz. Clear dark amber body with a small beige head. Doughy, grainy nose with some tea, caramel and dark fruits. The flavor is lightly sweet with caramel, iced tea, dough, herbal and floral hops and light raisins. Medium body is round with moderate carbonation.
cgarvieuk (2315), Edinburgh, Scotland
Jul 28, 2008 Bottle at home ... deep brown...sweet sugary caramel malt ... sweet caramalised suger malt some raisins
markas101 (346), Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Jul 22, 2008 50 cl bottle, Mulmur (via Munich). Pale cola colour, thin head, Malt aroma, thinner in the mouth than expected, warming finish.
bubbleflubber (647), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
Jul 8, 2008 Pours nut brown into the glass, with a diminished head that reduces to no lace... odd, as the style usually calls for an unfiltered offering, and this is translucent. A bit of raisins and caramel malts in the bouquet. Drier bran malts (that open up sweeter as it warms), with raisins showing up again toward the mid- to back- palate. The finish has some slight grains and bitters. The mouthfeel is thin, and higher carbonation levels drown out any complexities that might otherwise be more predominant. Not terrible, and one could have a few as the drinkability is easy enough... just nothing to write home about.
Dedollewaitor (1907), Odense, Denmark
Jun 20, 2008 Bottle 50 cl. Pours amber/brown with a creamy white head. Aroma & taste is caramel malty & bready. A bit sweet & a bit weak body. Some grassy dry hops in the end. OK
DruncanVeasey (1612), Burbage, Leicestershire, England
Jun 18, 2008 This drinks like a soapy, caramelised, supermarket-own tinned bitter weighing in at about 4%. Soap, walnut, wood, caramel and discreetly herbally hops on the nose. Clear rubyish pour with a dying head of fizz. Watery caramel, nuts, faint marzipan. Not really getting the hops or hopfenextrakt. Insipidly tasty, but seriously wanting that Bavarian touch of magic. And shouldn’t a keller/zwickl etc be unfiltered?
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