Skands 5 År

Brewed by Bryggeriet Skands
Style: Abbey Tripel
Brøndby, Denmark

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

Pours amber with a white head. Aroma is caramel, fruit and light spice. Flavour is caramel, fruit, light acidic and light spice.

Bottle sampled at Papsø’s on 8/30/09: Pours a transparent bright copper orange with a small, clingy-lacing white head. Aroma of doughy Belgian malts and some citrusy grapefruity hops combined to form a touch of metallic character. Starts with a thick biscuity malty sweetness and some light fruity yeasty esters before a slightly drier bittersweet citrusy hoppy finish. A pretty interesting and well made brew.

UPDATED: FEB 11, 2010 Bottle from Skjold Burne, Frederikssundsvej.

Aroma is complex but a little indistinct. Most obvious are the yeasts which reminds me of a wet autumn garden with over riped fruits and berries. Appearance is hazy amber, but the head dissapears quickly. Taste is very nice! Fruits and berries from the autumn garden overrules all other world impressions, and presents you for cherries and traces of port wine. Theres a lot of apple, pears, cereal and caramel in this one, too! The finish is very sweet, almost sugary and ends with a solid bitter finish that stays in the mouth long after you have sunked the beer. Palate is closest to vegetable oil, and the beer seems very soft in the mouth. Very nice expierience.

Botella, in the Faroe Islands, illegal beer...... Clear deep dark brown colour. Pleasant sweet malty caramel yeasty and spiced aroma. Good mouthfeel. The flavour has a good deep maltiness with caramel, yeast, spices, good fruitiness and a pleasant soft bitter hoppiness.

It’s hazy bronze with a huge, creamy head. The aroma has notes of coriander and other spices, yeast, fruit and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of coriander, malt, fruit, yeast, spice, candy sugar and the finish has dry citrus notes. This was a great opportunity to brew something special, but.... I guess I have given up hope, that I ever will be surprised or even swept away by a beer from Skands.

Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Week fruity esters. Average mdoerate bitter finish. Oily palate and too lively.

Bottle 50cl. @ home.
Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, orange - mandarin. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091006]

Bottle. Huge head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich fruits, yeast, malt and spices.