3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours very deep red, big billowy head on top. Aroma is muted and far off, but nice bready notes can be found, somewhat "spritzy". Flavor is malty, some quality exists in he beginning, but is somewhat clouded by a faint metallic note. Lots of grassy notes in the flavor, and there’s a bitter moment about 80% of the way through. Pretty good for what Joe charged for it.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle 0.5 l. Dark red, completely disappearing head. Nose is mostly metallic and slightly berryish with grass and maybe cucumber style fresh veggies. Flavor is roasted, bitter with some berries and stingy metal. A bit thin and stingy mouthfeel, feels and tastes a bit like a non alc. For some reason I can’t really get a hang of this.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 oz bottle. Poured into a pint glass with a murky ruby dark brown color and a medium foamy tan head. Nose is very grassy leading as the dominant controller of the aroma but background character of dark fruits, candy like sugar and cocoa. Initial taste is malty, deeply smokey with caramel, raisans and some cocoa. Mid-palate to finish continues with the smoke and with tangy hop finish. Dry finish. Average palate duration. Some head retention.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottled (BB 07/2008)
Dark ruby color with small off-white head. Roasted, dark bread aroma with grassy hops. Fizzy carbonation. Roasted dark malty flavor with some Kozel Dark kind of sweetness. In the finish strong burst of typical Nova Paka woody hops - they use same hops in every beer? Strong cellary flavors.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
0.5 l bottle. Dark ruby color with small head. Sweetish bready, toffeish, caramelly and softly roasty aroma. The same continues in the flavor along with notes of chocolate, rum and dark sugar. Mellow, fairly pleasant but nothing special.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle... Poured a dark ruby with little to no head. Rich malt on the nose. Acidic, fizzy palate. Flavors of caramelly malt with other floral presences like leafy herbs and some fruit. Really beefy and robust, went well with the chocolate ice cream I was having. Yeasty finish with sort of a chocolate-malt aftertaste.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Deep reddish amber colour with small beige head, which vanishes quite fast. Aroma is toffee, some nectar, roasted malts and red berries. Some mild vanillaish notes are also to be found a while after pouring. Flavour is not too sweet caramel malts along with some mild burnt sugar and red berries. Easy to drink brew, but at the same time quite enjoyable.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
(Bottled) Clear, very dark reddish amber with a smallish, tanned and pretty quickly descending, but partly lasting head. Very mild aroma of toffee-caramely, lightly roasted malt and some berries. Slightly burned, caramely-malty flavor with berries, low bitterness and some vegetable hints. Slicky-smooth, light to medium-bodied palate with quite low carbonation. A smooth and easily drinkable, but not very exciting brew. Surprisingly clean being from this brewery.
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