3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20Well, the label is all in Norwegian, but I’m fairly certain it says batch # 209 on it - dark ruby pour, with a compact but lasting off-white head - quite apparent english ale yeast and doughy character in the aroma, along a hard water/mineral smell, light chocolate, mild herbal notes and moderate spices (nutmeg/cinnamon) - strong, dry marris otter flavor - seems very scottish ale-like, with a mild roastiness, and indistinguishable herbs and spices far in the background - moderate bitterness compliments the dryness - mild cocoa flavors, some munich malt fruitiness, and subtle doughy character break through the initial dryness - a little bit thin, but a nice, quaffable Christmas brew.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 500ml vintage 2005 @ home
Pours reddish dark brown with a beige head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, dried fruits and oxidized. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Body is light to medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 0,5l. It poured a black colour medium beige thick head. Aroma of spices, smoke, caramel and hops. It has a flavour of caramel, smoke, coffee, roasted malt with a bitter undertone. It has a lingering aftertaste. RateBeer says this a porter. For that I think it was a bit watery. The bottle says it is a dark ale.
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3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle courtesy of Yngwie, vintage 2004. Clear dark reddish brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, chocolate, a little roasted malt and a bit oxidized. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and roasted light bitter finish. For a 2004 beer with a low ABV this has held up really well. 271112
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: FEB 29, 2012 Bottle from grocery store. Dark amber colour with an off white head. Sweet caramel nose. Coffe, caramel, licorice and roasted malt flavour.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle (dmg notes). Beautiful head. Tobacco, licorice and smoke in aroma. Smokey flavour. All that was readable on the note...
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle.Batch #318.Pours cloudy brown with an off-ehite head.Aroma of berries, cellar, berries and oxidized malt.Flavor is sweet and malty with some roasted and chocolate notes, also some oxidized notes.Medium to thin body, average carbonation.Still nice .
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at Patricks, Kr.sand.
Batch 316. Dark red colour with a big tan head. Caramelly aroma. Taste of coffee,chocolate and some liquorize as well
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500 ml bottle. Batch 317. Finland.
Dark reddish brown colour with medium tan head. Nutty chocolate aroma. Dry and bitter flavour has some coffee and mild hops. Roasted. I’m a bit late since this is Christmas beer. Not bad but I could live without.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500ml bottle. Aroma is quite roasted, sweet - chocolate to caramel like. Dark colour, brown head. Taste is also roasted, somehow dry and a has a nice bitterness at the end. A nice beer, but not a favourite.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Beautyfull rich dark body. Nutty aroma, I like. This is good, I like the fizz and the complex flavour. Dry finish, but whitout the metallic taste these beers sometimes tend to have. I really hope we get to see this one again sometime.
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