3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20Bomber. Clear amber color with a lasting off-white head. Big and bready with well hidden alcohol and a medium body. Lots of malt layers with a moderate fruitiness but not as heavy and sweet as most doppelbocks, which I guess could put it in its own category of imperial marzen, though that’s really just a different take on a bock. Good and almost reminds me of a paler andechser, which is on the light side for a doppelbock.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tasted in 2009 (backlog). Amber in color with a small off-white head. Aroma is of malt, caramel, spicy hops. Taste is of pear, malt, and hops.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass; no bottle dating. Pours very hazy orange copper color with a 1 finger dense cream colored head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Slight spotty soapy lacing clings to the glass. Aromas of big caramel, toffee, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, raisin, pear, brown sugar, herbal, and light earthy hops. Nice malty aromas with good strength and balance. Taste of caramel, toffee, raisin, pear, brown sugar, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, and light earthy hop spiciness. Lingering notes of caramel, toffee, light fruits, brown sugar, toast, biscuit, light nuttiness, herbal, and earthy hop spiciness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice flavor balance and complexity of malty flavors; with moderate hop flavor balance; and zero cloying sweetness present after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a creamy and slick mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very nice imperial Oktoberfest lager. Very nice balance and complexity of malty flavors; and very smooth to sip on. A very enjoyable offering. I could tell this was an older bottle, and it aged nicely.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
22oz bottle, shared with friends. Mostly clear red / amber color. Smooth crisp lighter carbonation, minimal khaki head. Sort of a sweet taste, though not too sweet. Caramel malts, some spices. Enjoyable imperial oktoberfest.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sweet, nutty, slight alcohol, crackery, malt syrupy. It isn’t a refined okto but it isn’t terrible.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Deep golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is grapefruit, peaches, hop. Flavour is grapefruit, peaches, hop, caramel, pine. OK beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
22 ounce bottle that poured a nice golden copper color, aromas of caramel biscuits, and some sugar. Flavor is the same, remided me of a supped up marzen/ocktoberfest style beer, enjoyable overall.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ Fastelavn Smagning - Carnival Tasting - Ulfborg ].
Clear medium orange amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, bread, caramel, sugar. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120218]
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured an orange-caramel color with a medium sized creamy orange-white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was sour tangy caramel with notes of bread and apple with a solid bock presence. The flavor was sweet and tangy caramel, cherry and pear with a tart undertone. The finish was medium length caramel and fruit. Medium body but nicely smooth. Solid.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Melted caramelly aroma. Clear dark copper colour. Small off-white head. The flavour is quite caramelly with a good mild sweetness and a little liquorice aniseed to it.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is grassy, citrusy and crisp hoppy. Bitter, fruity and smooth hoppy into a medium dry finish.
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