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Viking Brewing Fiddlers Finest

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Viking Brewing Fiddlers Finest

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A Dortmunder/Helles formerly brewed by
Viking Brewing Company

Dallas, Wisconsin USA

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82.64/5.02.66/5.0-0 Lager glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Roughly a Munich Hell, this is outstandingly smooth. Available only at Fiddlers Inn in Dallas.

 ChrisPants (317), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/101/59/20
Mar 2, 2005  
Flat light orange-ruby body, head dissipating into mere memory in under 30 seconds. Aroma is cardboard, flavor is soapy, mouthfeel is flat with approximately 6 small CO2 bubbles per large gulp. Reminiscent of crappy expired Spitfire cask swill a London pub was trying hard to give away five years ago.


 BeerAteHer (384), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
1.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/101/54/20
Feb 11, 2005  
Lack of sufficient carbonation is really a downfall here. Tastes like soap and vinegar got into it or something. Aroma and finish differ in no respect. Look is rather lackluster copper-ruby color. This brewery puts out plenty of fine, sometimes avant-garde brews. My personal tendency would be to ignore this one, though its overall rating is obviously otherwise. In all fairness I will sample some other representatives of this style to see if it will lead to a revision of this rating.


 JPDIPSO (4187), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 19, 2004  
Amber to copper color with a smaller light beige head. Light caramel aromas with a touch of celery. Mild toasted malt flavors. touch of bitterness. Quite boring.


 robertsreality (2462), Minnesota, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Sep 12, 2004  
Brick Red Coloring. Good Head. Some Hops Aroma. Purchased in Bottle with Badgerben. Mild Hops. Not Overpowering.. Decent Brew.


 badgerben (3001), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 8, 2004  
Copper color with a medium head. Hops and caramel on the nose. Definitely tasted of Saaz hops. On the drier side than I’ve typically had for a Helles. This is available in bottles now.




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