Taps Istanbul Strong Ale

Brewed by Taps Istanbul Brewery & Restaurant
Style: English Strong Ale
Istanbul, Turkey

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

Bottle from marchcow. Thanks. Poured a clear amber color. The head was tall and light tan with good retention and lacing. Smelled of steeping pale malt/cereal grain. Medium bodied and slightly sweet. As in the nose, malt dominated the flavor profile. Corn syrup, molasses, hay, and light cereal grains.

Süßlich-malziger Geruch, bananig. Malziger Antrunk, etwas wässrig, im Hintergrund findet sich die erschnüffelte hefig-bananige Note. Im Mittelteil wenig kräftiger, die einzelnen vermischen sich, so wirkt das Bier frisch und verwaschen. Im Abgang malziger, der Alkohol ist in angenehmer Weise erkennbar. Die anfängliche Hintergrundnote ist nun im Vordergrund und wirkt deutlich würziger und vollmundig. Das Malz wird im Abgang würziger und rückt mehr und mehr in den Vordergrund, angenehm und aromatisch. So kennt man türkische Biere eher weniger. Test vom 11.8.2008, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 8,9,10,11,11,10 - 9,85

Bottled@The 1st Vaasa CS/ES beer session (Thanks AM). Ambery brown colour with mediumsized beige fluffy head. Aroma is caramel malts, some slight alcohol as well as some slight fruity and berryish notes. Flavour is quite strong on sweet malts as well as some berries and mild notes of alcohol. Fruity and bitter wooden finish.

Bottle. Amber colour with a small white head. Aroma and flavour of malt, caramel, fruit and hops.

Draught at Taps Istanbul, Istanbul. Rough notes from May 08. Poured amber with a strong presence of caramel malt character. Some fruitiness in the flavour with a bitter finish.

Malty aroma, slightly smoky quality, some yeast and rye notes. Amber color with frothy tan head. Flavor is malty caramel with some slight rye notes, sweetish. Low carbonation. Slightly flat. Bottle may be a bit old. Duration is bitter sweet and lingering.

Bottle from Migros Supermarket in Bursa: No suitable glass available so drank straight from the bottle. Virtually no fruitiness or much taste at all. The only thing that made me think that this was anything other than a standard light beer (which is the norm in Turkey) was the taste of the Belgian yeast strain. Very dissappointing. This is not a good representation of a Belgian Strong Ale. Granted, the bottle could have been sitting in the cooler for god-only-knows how long.

Bottled at North Shield, Istanbul. Brownish amber. Sweet and caramelly. Medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Solid and warming with lingonberry and caramel. Medium bitterness.