2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20Amber color, light head, no lacing. Aroma of caramel malts and barnyard. Taste of malts, stays long but not very nice. Not really that good.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Suomenlinnan Panimo.
Chestnut brown body with a medium-sized off-white head. Lots of bread crust, some cramel syrup, slightly grainy / raw smelling early on, turning more towards juicy orange and pine resin. Clean profile. Low sweetness, good acid, lingering malt syrup coating in the finish with bran and cereal grain and a small touch of burnt caramel syrup. Still a minor complaint. Again we have good body, no off-notes, very fresh tasting, all flavors expressive but balanced. Yeehaw!
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 50 cl. Dark brown, hazy with a minimal head. Quite hoppy aroma with some spices sence. Medium bitter taste with a chocolate/spices ending.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled (from Alko Prisma, Vaasa). Deep ambery brown colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is caramel, wood, some fruits and mild herbal and grassy notes. lavour is rather similar in a good balance. Rich palate and carbonation.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Amber color with a small off-white head. Malty aroma with notesof sweet caramel, nuts and some hops. Flavor is malt, nuts, caramel, slight bitterness and some fruity hops. Medium body, slightly bitter aftertaste.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Clear amber color with a minimal head. Aroma of vanilla, caramel, and syrup. Sweet taste, slightly bitter finish. Slick feel.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Nice ESB! Dark bronze colour, good thick persistent head. Aroma is caramel and chocolate with some herbal hop. Flavour first out of the bottle seemed to have a metallic hint but it’s gone now. Good dose of malt, caramel and a tad of chocolate but with a heavy hit of bitter and herbal hops. It is not a massive hop bomb, but being called a "winter ale" I was expecting more malts. It is as if the "winter" meant more hops! Doesn’t taste the 6.2% abv, instead it is very full bodied and a tad sweet. Very good, could have a few of these.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
500ml bottle. Deep red caramel color. Small off-white head, stays. Caramel, malty, hoppy, slightly buttery aroma. Malts, hops, caramel, aromatic acorn in flavor. At first terribly bitter, but mellows down as it warms? breathes.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Clear, amber/dark brown beer with a medium beige head. Mild sweet fruitiness and a hint of tobacco ashes in the nose. Lots of caramel. Fairly bitter with a soft and soapy mouth feel. Not very much carbonation. This has something very nice yet something bland in it at the same time. Good enough that I’d drink it again.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours clear copper with thin head. Aroma is sweet, malty and hoppy. Taste is malty and sweet. Nice one.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
50 cl bottle thanks to Ingo! Sampled on March 1, 2013.
BB date is smudged.
Clear copper to brown color, tan head. Malty, grainy, sweet, spicy, alcohol scent. Malty, sweet, bitter, fruity taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Bitter aftertaste.
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