2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle 500ml @ Geokkjer
Pours cloudy deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, banana and butterscotch. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap @ the brewpub. Slightly hazy golden body with a small white head. Aroma is mild grainy with hint of grassy hops. Flavor is sweet, light malty with a well pronounced grassy bitterness with hint of fruit, feels soft in the mouth. Aftertaste has some pleasant bitterness and gives a crisp feeling. Decent pilsner.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap@ Sundbytunet. Pours golden with a small off-white head. Aroma of herbal hops, fruitiness ,some yeast and citrus. Flavor is sweet and somewhat bitter with some fruitiness, herbal and floral hops. Medium body, average carbonation.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the brewpub. It pours with a little hazyness. Golden in color and with a dense, finger-thick white head. The aroma has the hops uo front, quite grassy, and with pale malts in the back. Soft on the carbonation, medium to full body. Quite bitter, at least compared to other Norwegian pilsners. Some fruityness, and a firm malty body. Lightly bitter finish with some fruityness and malts. Certainly a fine and easy drinkable one. Dry and quenching. 120505
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
On tap at Cardinal Pub & Bar (remaining keg from Řl- og Akevittmessen), Stavanger. Golden colour, moderate white head. Some sweetish malts and hay in the aroma, also hints of damp basement. The flavour seems slightly "unfresh", but with tolerable hops in the finish. Hints of honey. Clearly drinkable, but not exciting.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft. Clear yellow color, small white head with good retention. Aroma of straw and hay. Taste is straw and pepper.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On tap at Řl- og akevittmessen 2012 in Stavanger. Hazy golden with creamy white head. Aroma of grassy hops and sweet malt. Flavor is a find blend of caramel sweetness and bitter hops.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at Řl- og akevittmessen 2012 in Stavanger. Misty golden with a tan colored, creamy, inch thick head. Lovely and inviting malty, band aid and light piny hops aroma. Bitter, smooth, medium body, herbal and hoppy mouth. Nice grainy malty finish. A real treat.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
500 ml bottle. Hazy golden, almost clear. Medium off-white head that clings to the glass. Dusty hop aroma. Crisp hoppy bitterness upfront. Malts are there, but the body is quite light. The beer appears as a nice drinkable sessionable lager with a nice grainy complexity. The hops are noble hops with a earthy and slight bitter character. A really nice pilsener.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Big creamy offwhite head. Hazy deep yellow body. Strange, faint mealy earthy aroma with fruity pea notes. Dry-sweetish earthy fruity peas taste with mealy resiny notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft, mealy mouthfeel. Dryish fruity mealy aftertaste with resiny grassy spicy notes. Nice and highly drinkable. Balanced and harmonic. (0.25l draft at brewpub.)
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