4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
2010 vintage bottle from Systembolaget. At home. November 5th, 2011.
Pours deep brown, almost black with a firm layer of light brown foam. Rich and sweet aromas of spices, chocolate, dark fruits, caramel and toffee. Full taste with smooth and rich body. Intense flavours of hard toffee, spices, dried fruits and more chocolate. Light notes of smoke and roasted malt. Long complex after taste whit great refined flavours. This could very well be one of the best christmas beers around!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pour deeep, mahogany nut Brown, with a thick sticky head.
Aroma of caramel, dark syrup, yeast. A bit of chocolate perhaps. Really nice, although there’s a bit of alcohol on the palate.
Nice medium oily body, with the perfect amount of carbonation.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bouteille de 500 ml obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur de céréales grillées avec une pointe d’épices et de fruité. Apparence: La couleur est noire. Présence d’un mince col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel fruité avec une pointe d’épices et de chocolat. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement vineuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût fruité. (Rating #3974)
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Murky, deep brown body with a short, thick, foamy head. Deep caramel aroma and heavy toast. Alcohol is noticeable. Chocolate flavor along with roast and pleasant raisin. Pronounced bitterness. Full body - heavy malt presence is backed up with big hop bitterness. Lingering roast with a dryish finish. Overall a fun beer!
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On Tap @MikkellerBar
pours brownish/black with a beige head. Aroma of: sweet dried fruits, caramel, earthy notes, leaves, light boozy, menthol, chocolate, roasted, butterscotch, medium mouthfeel, taste: chocolate, some coffee, roasted bitterness, grassy hops, sweet maltyness, dusty, sugary, dried fruits, tingly, long dry afterstaste,
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle enjoyed at home from batch #673/694, 2011 edition - also on tap at Amundsen
Pours dark brown, black in glass, finger thick medium tanned head. Leaves nice rings and laces on glass too. Smells of roasted malts, smoke and coffee. Super full malt body, some sweetness but not dominant., coffee and some smoke. Quite dry and oily palate. Super bitter finish that shows off some quite interesting hops. Probably the best norwegian christmas micro?
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
03-NOV-2011, draft @Mikkeller on ØJ dag.
Black with low beige head.
First aroma is smoke.
Had this several times before and do not remember the smoke. Really nice roasted and dry with that smokey element. Not like a smoked but still with a smoked element.
Creamy, smooth with quite high carbonation.
Really a fine beast.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Today, Christmas beers over 4,75 ABV were released at Vinmonopolet. I checked their website from work in the morning, comfirming that only one of the stores nearby had this beer in stock. 48 bottles to be precise. Knowing that these beers disappear quickly, I felt kind of nervous leaving work at four pm in the afternoon, an hour before the store closed. And rightly so - out of those 48 bottles, only one remained. And that beer is in my glass now! Merry Christmas!
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