2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
28-Jul-10 (12-oz bottle) Cellared a bit longer than it should, the beer pours orange-amber in color with a small, off-white head that settles to a wide ring, leaving no lace. Low-intensity aromas of pale malt and bread are followed on the palate by flavors of bready, slightly toasty malt, red apples, and a trace of grassy, tea-like hops far in the background. Light-medium in body, light-medium in carbonation, and somewhat dry in the finish. Pretty simple, straight forward, and easy to drink, but it’s aged better than expected.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Good malty aroma. Sweet malt flavor with notes of caramel and light dark fruit. Low hops. Well blended.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Pale orange color, strange lingering sediment that just floats around in the beer. Minimal head. Flavor is far away malt, just a tinge of hop bitterness. Medium smooth bodied. Once again, like every other Viking, the flavor is alright but it’s under-carbonated. Otherwise OK.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Amber with a thin quickly diminishing white head. Aroma of caramel and light apple. Taste of caramel and light fruit. Creamy body that starts with a malty sweetness that finishes a bit tart and dry. Goes down easy, though there’s not much to it.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pretty good stuff. Fairly thick and goes down smooooth. Certainly a carmel aspect there that is quite nice. Would drink this again
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
12oz bottle. Poured a medium and slightly hazy amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of grains, caramel, bready and lightly buttery. Tastes of butterscotch candy, caramel, and grainy.
1.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 5/20
Clear gold/amber, small white head. Stale, old grains, doughy biscuits, a bit of vomit. Medium body, just smoother than balanced. Needs improvement.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 oz bottle. Poured a clear orange color. Head was two fingers high and off white with good retention and lacing. Smelled of sweet corn and malty caramel. Strangely enough, I also got an occasional whiff of strawberry yogurt. Slightly sweet and medium bodied with a soft mouth feel. Pleasant malty caramel flavor with the lightest hint of alcohol and a buttery note. Unusual aroma, but pretty tasty. It improved as I drained the glass.
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