3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[500ml bottle, Valhalla Brewery] Pours a nice golden colour, with grassy citrus aromas. Flavours of a traditional bitter, with a slightly caramel and hop aftertaste, quite nice overall. Body is quite thin, but it’s highly drinkable [25012008]
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
BC, 4.5%. Pale gold dusted with bits, slim but persisting white collar. Juicy citrus aroma; pineapple cubes, jelly, Gala apple. Dusty pineapple, polished red apple, Rich Tea biscuit-inflected golden ale I didn’t imagine originating from Shetland. Shows what I know.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: FEB 8, 2011 Bottle from the Scottish Real Ale Shop. Resin aroma. Amber brown colour. Flavour is roasted barbecue biscuits and slightly metallic. Smooth but a bit watery. Good one.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500 ml bottle. Dim, dark golden body with a dense, white head. Unusually big bubbles by the way. Moderate aroma of sweet grain and fruity hops. Flavor is quite light malty, sweet, fruity and some bitterness. Body is moderate to thin. A refreshing and uncomplicated beer, nothing really wrong but easy to forget. Just above average all the way.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Like all bottled beers from this brewery, it is filtered to remove all remaining yeast (but possibly not pasteurised?). ABV is 4.5%. Deep orange to amber colour, some chill haze. Moderate white head. Moderate aroma, some grainy and hoppy notes. The flavour is quite dry, first some sharpish grainy notes, then even more sharpish hops in the finish. A bit too far out on the dry side for me.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours hazy yellow with a tiny fizzy white head. Aroma of resin, cirtus, caramel and a touch of alcohol and dung. Taste is light sweet and bitter. Sour finish. Light to medium bodied with a syrupy texture and soft carbonation.
(9.12.2009 Bottle @ Cardinal, Onsdag^2)
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle 50cl. @ home.
Clear medium yellow amber color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, moderate hoppy, grass, citrus, orange. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, chlorine and rubber notes. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel has metalic notes. [20090909]
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Clear golden of color with an off white head. An aroma of citrus, dust, hops and weak fruits. A flavor of hay, dust, hops and a dry finish.
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