3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Blind tasting at Papsoe’s. Dark, brown colour with a little head. Aroma of yeast, caramel and some spices. Flavour of yeast, dried fruit, and roasted malt. Ends up yeasty.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Dark ruby with a small beige head. Roast malts and biscuit on the nose. Roasted biscuity malts in the taste. Boring
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
330ml swing top bottle - dark brown but very thin head. Some alcohol warmth, woody and dark aromas however this sample was showing oxyidised signs. Flavours bulging with dark friuts - currents and a touch cocoa. Would really like this again fresh
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Dar red/brown in colour. toffee coloured head. malty biscut aroma. Mild caramel, coco and coffe flavours.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours - from a bottle this time (rather than a can!) - a dark and clear brown with a thin off white head. A sweet and complex aroma, medicinal and oaky, peppery and fruity. A slightly syrupy malt palate, medicinal again, but with a very drying finish. The malty flavour is fruity and sappy, with also a touch if licorice. I’m quite impressed, very different for a NZ brewer.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled. A deep red beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweet and very spicy combined with light notes of hops and fruit. The flavor is very sweet with notes of fruit and spices as well as a light touch of alcohol. Thanks Papsoe for hauling this home from NZ.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hazy brown with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and ripe fruits. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, ripe fruits and caramel notes. Ends sweet.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle.
Cloudy orange red coloured with a medium sized off white head.
Swet and spicy aroma of flowers and berries.
Sweet and spicy flavour of fruits, berries and hops.
Hoppy finish.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From bottle, 8B Papsoes New Zealand vs US blind tasting. Pours almost clear deep amber with a lacing tan head. Spiced and slight soapy aroma - not pleasant. Flavour is sweet, mild yeasty, spiced and with a mild caramel malt following. Goes into a light yeasty and malty finish.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Bottle 33 cl) Pours a clear, warm, dark brown with an orange hue and a creamy, beige head. Aroma of vanilla, roasted malts and nuts. Quite solid in the body with plenty of roasted malts, nuts and fruity accents. The finish is dry yet with a subdued bitterness. A beer that slowly opens and reveals itself in the most pleasant way. 130208
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