3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Poured a chocolate brown with a pretty big pillowy head. Very malty aroma with a bit of wood-chippiness. Flavor is lighter, a wisp of smoke, chocolate malt and a light fruity bite. Good.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
500mL bottle courtesy of Degarth. Pours a clear amber with a thick khaki head. Caramel, bready malts, some graininess and a hint of coffee in the aroma. Body is on the thin side. Crisp. Starts with some very sweet caramel and bready malts. Finishes with a nice roasty bitterness. A solid beer.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A malty bready nutty medium sweet brew with little detectable hop character/bitterness. I can appreciate the this example of the style, but it’s not going to make my shopping list.
3.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Caramel and malt aroma. Clear chestnut brown colour and lasting off-white head. Nice complexity of flavours, malt and toffee, but it’s undermined halfway through by an intrusive roasted citrus. Mmph.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Thanks to SecretSanta Degarth for sending this my way. Very nice dark brown body with a hint of ruby. Nice frothy ivory head with a roasted maple sugar and caramel aroma. Roasted malt flavor, with some nice dark fruit accents, cherry is evident. Sweet and dry ending.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Thanks to Degarth for sending this to richmond. Clear brown body with a medium creamy white head. Sweet roasted malt and caramel aroma. Sweet malty flavor with some roasted malt in the end.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
From bottle. Fortunately, a fresh bottle (often a problem with the continental european imports). Perfect for a rare cool, crisp northern California night in late july. Pours with a nice transluscent light red hue, and a bit of head. Delicious toasted malt aroma - much like cocoa. Great toasted malt flavor, reminds me of New Belgium fat tire/1554 but a more full-force toasted/cocoa malt flavor than either of those. Low, noble hop flavor. Very clean, very drinkable. A touch on the sweet side, but not cloying. Great beer.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
The aroma has chocolate malt with yeast and some hops. There is also a paper smell that seems to be present in so many central European beers. The appearance is brown and very clear with a decent head. The flavor is sweet with all the elements of the aroma present. The palate is light. There is a slight metallic taste in the finish but overall its not bad, just a little weak. This sort of reminds me of coco puffs.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Aroma has a coconut smell with some syrupy notes. Taste is very bread like with sweet fruit and a after taste of of light toasted malts
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAY 19, 2007 Aroma is sweet malts with very faint molasses notes that effect a molasses/brown sugar infused bread aroma. Body is a transparent mahogany amber and holds a fluffy tan head that is a full two fingers thick. Fore is crisp and slightly biting (unexpected) then sweet smooth malt flavors follow. Sweet bread, sugary syrup notes, toasty malts and mashed banana/vanilla wafers. Fairly aggressive hopping for the style leads to a mildly bitter and dry finish.
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