3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
23-JUL-2009, Bottle.
Batch 190509/90 #007.
Cloudy brown with low off-white head.
Nice coffee, roasted nose, quite complex.
Sweet coffee and berries, a little watery but with OK length.
Well crafted, one of the best in the style.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
0.5 l bottle at Petalax Beer Festival 2010. Reddish brown color. Nutty and caramelly aroma. The flavors of nuts, caramel, malt husks and toffee. Low bitternes. Does not taste very fresh.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle at Chris’ Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia tasting. Hazy brown, lasting beige head. Some dodgy Danish thing. Brown malt dry aroma. Some milk choc. Decen dry malt. It’s ok.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 500ml. @ Petalax Beer Festival 2010 - the 4th. edition.
Clear medium amber color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, light nutty, light hoppy, vintage. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100703]
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Pale ambery brown colour with some head, Aroma is mild roasted notes with wood and some mild spicyness. Flavour is quite much the same. Quite nice sugary notes.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled (BB 12/2009)
Nut brown color, small white head. Cardboardish, light caramelly aroma. Caramel, toffee, some papery notes. Aged a bit too much.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
22nd May 2010. ChrisOs ’Blue Ridge Mountains Of Virginia’ tasting! Cloudy brown beer. Tiny white head. Aged malt - slightly chocolatey. Some minerals. Finishes semi soft and semi dry. Malty and not much else going on!
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle at ChrisO’s Back in the UK tasting, 22nd May 2010. Dirty, murky brown colour. Sugary malt with a bit of cold tea flavour. Really not very good, feels oxidised.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle at Chris O’s. Cloudy chestnut brown with a white head. Aromas of chocolate, malts, toffee and caramel. Very sweet flavour, some sultanas and chocolate in there. Malty and sweet.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
bottle at chris -o ... hazy brown ... soft mellow ovaltine malt ... thin metalic oversweet malts ... not working at all
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brown coloured and hazy. Has an off-white head, mostly lasting. Aroma is sweet, caramel, toasted notes too. Yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet, finish nice bitter.
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