3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Huge cream-coloured head, eminently stable over hazy orange-brown beer. Very intense nose of C-hops, alcohol, fruity esters and chocolate cake. Sweetish-bitter, very chocolatey flavour, with a hint at spiciness, and alcohol-sweet touches to a slowly dwindling finish. Bit like double cream with dry cacaopowder. Less fruity than the nose suggested, some wood, but retronasal, there is a flavour as from preserved kumquat and strawberry. Despite a creamy, and full-bodied MF, very present, titillating carbonation, with bitter carbonation at the back of the tongue. Excellent B.W., balanced, powerful and inviting. Many thanks to fonefan!
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark amber color with large beige head. Malty aroma. Hoppy flavor with lots of alcohol.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled. Hazy nut brown, lively, brief head. Caramelly and spicy, Sweet with medium-full body and rounded mouthfeel. Caramelly salty finish. Lacks some of the flavour depth desired in a good barley wine.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, 9.5%. Malty and sweet aroma, some baking yeast and a little floral aroma hop. Hazy dark amber colour. Very big stable tan rocky head. The flavour is sweetish and malty, but not sugary. It also has the same floral aroma hop, now also spicy. Still yeast in the flavour, mostly the finish. Distinct bitterness to balance of the sweetness. Slightly high carbonation for the style, but not a problem.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Unclear dark amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet malty, caramel, fruity and light alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and light bitter. Dry and light bitter finish with a little warming alcohol. 270811
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Amber/brown with small tan head. Flavour is malt, sweet, hops, caramel, fruit, little vinous and a little pine.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Courtesy of Papsø
Cloudy amber color; creamy head. The aroma is strange: there is the expected malt and American hops, but also a very strong smell of dust and rubber/plastic. The mouthfeel is thick and slightly oily; strong sweet malt and toffee flavor, strong bitterness, with loads of resins and a nice fruity and mellow profile; long final. Quite good.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a lazing orangey head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and spices. The flavor is very sweet with notes of caramel, malt, and spices, leading to a dry finish. The alcohol leaves a slight bite.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Dark amber colour with a beige head. aroma is alcohol, malt,roasted, caramel. Flavour is alcohol, roasted malt, fruit, citrus, caramel, spices. Nice beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ Voldby Beerfest. Pours amber with a small offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, fruit. Taste is malt, sweet caramel, sweet fruit, grapefruit like hops. Medium body, low carbonation. Pretty good BW. 280810
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle, from trade with Papsoe. A slightly unclear one, dark amber in color and topped by a finger-thick, dense, off-white head. Lots of toothpaste on the nose, with pine cones and citrus peel. Malty backbone with some caramel. Malty-sweet in the mouth, some caramel and dried fruits, but it’s the hops that leaves the biggest impression with its bitterness and hop flavors. Full body and some alcohol warmth. Overall, a quite decent beer, but it lacks a bit on complexity and tastefulness. 110523
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