4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: MAY 27, 2008 My favourite ale last summer.A perfect ale to have during a hot summer day ( and before and later ). An exellent balance with fruity hops and aroma of candy malt.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught at Helsinki beer festival 2007. Red amber color. Candyish, fruity, perfumed and peppery hop aroma with notes of marmelade and berries. Toasty and fruity flavor with firm bitterness and notes of marmelade. Balanced, clean and pleasant.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at Oluthuone Kaisla, Helsinki
Beautiful red-amber color. The aroma is mild, hoppy and fruity, a bit herbal. The flavor is basically medium caramel with an ending strong bitterness, partially aromatic and fruity. A Bitter with more fruity hops. Good.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
(From tap at Bierhuis Rotterdam, Helsinki) Beautiful copper color. Fruity and hoppy nose. Flavor is very complex with nice bitter, sweetness and lemon. Refreshing. Bitter and pleasant aftertaste vanishes all too quickly.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Helsinki Beer Festival 2007. Aroma of candy malt, sweet but not too strong. Red cola colour, small beige head. Taste nice, full bitterness with a smooth, oily texture.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark amber colored, vanishing yellow head. Sweet, caramelly, even some oaky-vanilla tones in niecly hopped aroma, good one. Medium bodied. Flavor is more hopped with caramel touch, some bubblegum, lemon and sweetness there also. Aftertaste dries finely, even mild alcohol comes up there. Fine balanced nice IPA for at least to be from Finland.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
(From tap at Angleterre, Helsinki) This ones pretty damn good. Flowery and hoppy nose, dark amber color. Very intense taste, almost a bit too vivid. Bitter, full, some sweetness. Caramel is there. Nice smooth carb. I don’t know if this is a bit too intense, in a juice concentrate without enough water kind of way.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (Gallows Bird, Espoo)
Excellent immitation of the English style, better than many of the best English examples, and vastly better than the more modern bastardisations of the style. Deep ruddy colour, little head. Caramel and woody or even nutty aroma. Full bodied combination of malt and bitter in the mouth.Long bitter aftertaste.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught@HBF2007
Amber color, small off-white head. Lightly flowery hoppy, a bit yeasty nose. Yeasty, flowery hoppy flavor with late bitterness. Nicely hoppy and long aftertaste. Standard but pleasant IPA.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Draught@Helsinki Beer Festival 2007) Fruity, flowery and berry-like aroma. Amber colour, clear and very small, white head with a hint of lacing. Fruity, moderately bitter, berry-like and toffee flavour. Medium-bodied and softly carbonated palate. Crispy, refreshing brew! 14/04/07
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