2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
RBESG 2010, bottle at Brasserie 4:20
Hazy red-dark amber color. Initially the aroma is puckery, then some malt, hop, oxidized malt. Flavor of mildly roasted malts, light black malt; dry and dusty; medium bitterness, deriving from the roasted malts too. Not good.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Picked this up at State Line in Maryland. Served in a Mikasa tulip. Currently the #1 Altbier. Review #3000.
Pours a fairly-hazy dark tawny-mahogany with a thick off-white head that lasts for awhile and leaves quite a bit of lacing behind. The nose brings forward a good amount of bread crust and some earthy hops. Dry malt and a slight bit of roast. The flavor brings some light malty toasted character and some bread crust. Along with that, there’s some earthy hops and an accompanying dryness. Light caramel character in there as it warms more, though the earthy hops really begin to take over, especially with the bitterness in the finish. Medium body and lighter carbonation. Really nice example of the style.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 06-15-2011
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(bottle) deep copper/brown with tan head and nice lace. Aroma of sweet malt. Flavor is sweetish malt, caramel, with some solid hops (pine/resin) in the finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Copper/brown with a creamy light beige head. Aroma is herbal and malty with some caramel and a light metallic scent. The flavor is slightly sweet bready malt with some mild hop bitterness and a bit of a mineral finish. Medium body with average to low carbonation and a soft mouth feel. Pretty good beer for the style, just not my favorite style.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Not a big fan of this one. Almost just a generic german beer. Light hops, good carboniation. Light malt aroma, sweet flavor.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
330ml bottle. Pours brown with amber highlights, the head is off-white and dissipates quickly. I get a very nutty/fruity hit on the nose with a little bready note. There’s a nice lemon quality there too. Those nutty and fruity notes stay on the palate with a good crisp bitterness in the finish. There’s an off quality in the back end of the finish that takes away from the whole experience.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle shared by my brother. Clear, yet chunky amber/copper pour with a medium tan head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, grain and some noble hops. Flavor is toffee and caramel with a dry hop finish and a touch of fruit.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Würzig-hopfiger Antrunk bei ausgiebigem Malzunterton. Dieser weitet sich nur wenig aus, da der starke Hopfen intensiver wird und kaum etwas Anderes zulässt. Passend bitter, mittelstark, inspiriert durch den Hopfen. Ungemein hopfig-würziger Abgang, voll und komplex. Lange anhaltend. Speziell!13/12/13/12//12
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bouteille achetée à Brulington et partagée avec Patrick. Swing-top de 11,2 oz. Cette bière est cuivrée foncée à la limite du ambrée, je n’ai pas aperçue de mousse. La bouche est bien maltée avec des notes de caramel et une touche grillée. Les houblons nobles offrent une belle touche aromatique. Le liquide prend de l’expansion en bouche. On retrouve les notes grillées du nez et bien sur toute l’amplitude des malts. La finale est toute en caramel.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Le liquide a une couleur cuivrée. La belle petite tête mousseuse manque de ténacité. Le nez détecte des notes grillées, du malt caramélisé et quelques fruits avec des effluves peu intenses de houblons nobles. Au goût, les saveurs des houblons sont plus affirmées et permettent une amertume agréablement et justement touchée par la douceur des céréales maltées. En bouche, le liquide a un corps moyen avec une effervescence normale et une texture douce. La finale me semble bien adéquate, entre le malt doux et l’amertume des houblons. Bonne bière.
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