3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
4th April 2006
Warning! Early amateur rating! Super smooth lager. Good carbonation. Clean cut, juicy malt. Slightly floral but with a bitter undertone. Very nice! 2010 note - underated beer. Too much lager snobbyness going on!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Delicious! Perfect with a good hot curry. Very fruity and strong! But sweet!
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Hazy straw colour with big loose white head. Not very distinctive aroma, but pleasant - hint of tangy fruits and hops perhaps. Full bodied with substantial carbonation - very frothy and creamy. Taste has a sweet, somewhat tangy, and is then dominated by yeast and hop bitterness. Overall it is quite special, but not exceptional.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. Clear golden with a slowly-diminishing medium white head. Somewhat grainy aroma with pale malt, some bread, fruity hints, alcohol and some hoppy notes. Semi-dry flavor with some slightly grainy sweetness, light fruitiness and a bitter, slightly metallic, peppery alcohol finish. Medium-bodied. Boring and not very tasty. "A superior lager beer"? Maybe "A crappy yet somewhat drinkable strong lager".
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
750ml bottle 2/26/10-(Binny’s Naperville)-42° in Lager Glass-Pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma of belgian yeast, sweetness, and spices. Taste of malt liquor, sweetness, and spices. This light to medium bodied brew is not bad but not good. Definitely not what you would expect from the packaging.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
From Bottle at Kobehavnske Oldage, May 2006. What on earth was I doing drinking this at a Danish beer festival? The Belgian yeast treatment is noticeable and it is better than the standard European Strong Lager. Certainly better than the regular Cobra. But the champagne bottle treatment is unnecessarily pretentious and it is really nothing special.
2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Flaske 0,75l fra juletilbudet hos Alko Arkadia. Lys gylden på farge. Høyt kremaktig skum som varer lenge. Litt uklart. Syrlig & krydret aroma. Litt pepper. Smaken er flat & kjedelig. Avrundet. Etterlater en smak av alkohol. Veldig uklar på slutten: Rester av ettergjæringen - som burde være positiv, men her var det ikke mye å glede seg over. KI=7
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pale yellow with a dense, rocky head. Mild, but well-rounded honeyed malt aroma with essence of spicy lemon. Tingly at first on the palate as it washes over in high-pitch sweet malt, green grapes, and perfumed fingers. Perfumey aftertaste.
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