3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brown of color with an off white head. An aroma of spice, pines and sweets. A flavor of spice, sweets and weak bitternes.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
330 ml bottle from gift pack from LCBO. Pours a murky golden brown with average off-white head. Aroma is strongly berryish with only the vaguest hint of any spruce or pine. Taste is of primarily of very tart berries with a bit of sweetness and a hint of pine. Hides the alcohol well. Decent but the spruce and pine are really not too apparent.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle.
A - Light rusted copper color with a average sized white, creamy, frothy head. Good retention with a fair amount of lacing left.
S - A fair amount of fruity and medicinal smells, a bit like cough syrup only more variety and strength in fruit smell. In the background there is a bit of pine/spruce smell, but not as much as you would expect.
T - A good amount of buttery caramel and toffee malt. Just a hint of bready malt. A fair amount of fruitiness, including berry, apple, and some citrus. Just a slight earthy and pine/spruce taste at the end. Mostly sweet flavors, but a bit of a tang at the finish.
M - Medium to full body with moderate carbonation. Smooth and a bit of a sticky feel.
D - Pretty good drinkability. Lots of different flavors that don’t kill the palate. Not totally balanced with malt and fruit sweetness pretty dominant, but it isn’t cloying and does have some tangy flavors. Easy to drink but the ABV is a little high to drink a number of them though.
Notes: Definitely not as much pine and spruce flavor as I expected. Fairly sweet with a fair amount of berry and general fruitiness. Easy to drink and tasty, but not what I expected. Interesting beer, and worth trying.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
[Bottle from brewers own stand at the Good Food Show 2009, Birmingham NEC] Pours orange-amber with a medium-size, dense off-white head, slight fizz. Aroma is sweet with a bit of spice - nutmeg maybe. "It’s a bit on the sweet side" is the overwhelming first impression, although surprisingly not that sticky considering. A bit of honey and orange and a hint of sickly candy sugar. Some pine resin does come through at times, but it’s surprisingly subdued. The alcohol is quite evident. They could really do with upping the pine flavour to make this a bit more distinctive. It’s OK, but disappointingly can be summarised as "sweet with muted flavours".
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Clear amber body with a small white head. Aroma is sweet honey, spices and "Labre Larver". Flavor is caramel, honey, spices and notes of alcohol. Almost to sweet.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Amber with an off white head. Aroma is malty, caramel, light hoppiness, some roastiness, light smoke. Taste is berries, fruit, caramel, toffee, wood. I like this stuff.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Thanks for sharing hallinghansen. Pours golden with a medium off white head. The aroma is sweet fruity with notes of honey, light spices and caramel. The flavour is quite spicy with notes of sweet honey, spruce and fruit. Bit cloying. Sweet caramel finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle, pours orange, with a thin white head, soft carbonation, poor lacing. Nose is quite fruity, honey and marmalade, mild spice, the spruce/pine note is present, but not as dominant as I had expected. palate is quite sweet, very soft oranges, again, the word that comes to mind is marmalade, the pine here is also quite subdued. Okay, but quite sweet and rather simple.
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