Ungstrup (11354), Frederiksberg, Denmark Sep 23, 2008 Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival 2008. A hazy red beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt and caramel as well as lighter notes of alcohol and fruit. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of malt, caramel, fruit, and alcohol, the latter leaving a burn, leading to the dry bitter finish, where the fruity notes carries thru. omhper (10728), Stockholm, Sweden Sep 25, 2008 Draught at Stockholm Beer Festival. Dark amber, small head. Floral toffeeish nose. Medioum bodied with vital, rounded mouthfeel. Lots of caramel, a bit of citrus and a slight general spicyness. Long salty bitterness. A streamlined, vital full sized beer, typical US West Coast style. Papsoe (10285), Frederiksberg, Denmark Sep 25, 2008 (Ceramic bottle 75 cl) Clear warm orangey golden with an off-white head. Fat aroma of burned caramel and nuts. Quite full-bodied with sweetish accents of caramel, nuts and some hints of sherry. Rather bitter finish. Very decent. 180908 Oakes (6973), Miami Beach, Florida, USA Jan 16, 2008 Draught, BPP Dark amber and hazy. Chocolatey, piney aroma - very Rogue. Toasty, chocolatey flavour. Probably too much hop bitterness for its own good, but everything is in a nice, balanced, very Roguey alignment. oh6gdx (6332), Vaasa, Finland Sep 30, 2008 Bottled@SBWF2008. Deep ruby red colour, small white head. ARoma is hops, caramel, nuts, some mild fruityness as well as earth. Flavour is wood, grass, hops, some nuts and dry grassyness. A wellbalanced beer. Rather mouthdrying.
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