3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a dark, hazy copper. Malt, fig, fruit, toffee. Thickish. Caramel, toffee, slight roastiness. Smooth. Pleasant, mildly sweet finish. Nice.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Flasche in 0,5l Helles Gas) Ein klar filtriertes, schönes, mitteldunkles Braun mit einem leichten Bernstein Einstich und einer etwas feineren Schaumkrone. Mazig-carameliges Aroma mit einer winzigen Röstnote. Vollmundig malziger Geschmack mit einer Röstnote auf dem Gaumen, die auch ein bisschen als Nachgeschmack nachhängt. Im Grunde ein leckerer Dunkler Doppelbock.
1.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 4/20
Aroma is not very strong but hints of caramel, banana bread, slight dough and dark sugars. Appearance is brown and murky. Taste is way too sweet. Malt on malt on malt, no balance whatsoever. I suppose this is the style but man this is cloying and I’m finding I don’t want to drink the whole thing. Palate is thick and syrupy. Overall I won’t be trying this again even in the darkest of winter months on the coldest of days.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a cloudy opaque brown with a small short lived tan head. Aroma and Taste of toasted dark caramel malt, sweet dark fruit, dates, yeasty, with some sweet alcohol esters and hops. Medium to full body with nice carbonation and a lightly creamy texture on the palate. Finish is toasted dark malts, yeasty, dark fruits, dates, ending with a sweet fruity alcohol taste with a slightly bitter ending for balance. Overall a good, flavorful and enjoyable brew.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: OCT 7, 2011 Bottle 33cl. Reddish beer with minimal beige head. Aroma to toasted malt, caramel, brown sugar. Taste to almond, nut and caramel. Low carbonation and medium hopped, maybe a few oleic, only maybe. Vinous and alcoholic finish. A well balanced beer that is one of my favourite. Very enjoyable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
500 mL bottle from Welshwizard (thanks!), poured into a pint glass at home. Surprisingly evervescent when poured, amber brown with good head. Typical doppelbock aroma, roasted and malty. Nice on the palate, malty, even a bit nutty and a little smokey. Alcohol is evident too, but its not over the top. A nice beer.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Definitely a brew going into my BHOF (Beer Hall of Fame)!! This brew pours a rich dark red body that sports a thick foamy head that lends well with the brew for quite a while. Scents of strong malt, coffee (maybe a rich espresso) followed with rich malty flavors blended with hints of orange or cloves with very little presence of the taste of alcohol. It has a nice thick feel to it.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
bubbly clear copper, medium white head that quickly disappears, not much lace. nose of fruit, plum, prune...mush to sweet for my nose. falvor pretty much follows the nose with plummy fruitiness. oily mouth feel, sweet finish. a good example of the style...a style that i am not a fan of.
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