 bark (255), Linköping, Sweden
Dec 20, 2004 Updated: Feb 9, 2005Bottle. The colour is dark brown-red, the big pale beige foam is quite compact.
The smell is fresh with a light sourish note; the malt is somewhat burned and sweet. A trace of cocoa is present.
The carbonation is refreshing; it feels OK in the mouth.
The taste is rather mild and a bit sweet with some notes of burned malt, brown sugar, sweet strong white wine, some diacetyl. The body is good and the bitterness starts with a very gentle taste that slowly grows to a well-balanced malty taste. The aftertaste is short with some notes of a gentle bitterness and a touch of boiled vegetables.
I found this beer very easy to drink; it will probably work fine as an after dinner drink when you just had enough of yuletide food. I found this lager a pleasant surprise as the Krönlein Brewery mostly brews generic lagers in an American/Australian style.
fiulijn (5880), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
Jan 3, 2002 Amber beer. Traditional Swedish Christmas beer. Some malt and caramel aroma. Sweet and malty, with a good body. Nice hoppy palate, well balanced.
TBone (5115), Pori, Finland
Apr 14, 2006 Bottled 500ml(BB 05/2007)
Dark nut brown color, decent brownish head. Nice hoppy and caramelly aroma. Hoppy, caramelly malty, slightly spicey.Very tasty vienna and nice suprise under "Three Hearts" brand.
pilsnerrogge (1609), Finspång, Sweden
Jun 28, 2002 Well-balanced and not overly sweet.
Joakgust (88), Stockholm, Sweden
Jul 11, 2008 Bottle, 33cl - Dark amber color with a small frothy head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of caramel and winter spices. Flavor is also malty and sweet with strong notes of root vegetables, like carrots, which actually works really well! Not very bitter although the spiciness brings a certain sting to it. One of the better macro brewery Christmas viennas.
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