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Brewed by Carlsberg Brewery
Style: Malt Liquor
Copenhagen, Denmark

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RATINGS: 139   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.02   EST. CALORIES: 318   ABV: 10.6%
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Danish: Årgangsøllen er brygget ved pilsnermetoden, det vil sige af pilsnermalt. Ved tilsætning af brygsirup under processen opnås et højere sukkerindhold, som ved gæring giver den meget høje alkoholstyrke på de nuværende 10,6% alkoholvolumen.
Wiibroe Årgangsøl har en mørkgylden farve og en lys skumkrone. Smagen er frisk og syrlig, kombineret med en let sødme. Ekstra tilsætning af humle giver Årgangsøllen en duft som en mildt krydret blomstereng.
Wiibroe Årgangsøl lagde ud med en alkoholprocent på 8,9 i 1989. I de følgende år steg alkoholprocenten med 0,1% hvert år indtil 2000, hvor Wiibroe lagde sig fast på 10,6% og er nu en af Danmarks stærkeste specialøl.
Igennem de sidste 20 år har Årgangsøllen været udsmykket af forskellige danske kunstnere, der hver især har givet deres bud på årgangsøllens etiket.


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2.5
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
pilsnerrogge (2271) - Finspång, SWEDEN - JUL 2, 2002
Malty, sweet and very alcohol-tasting, but not totaly undrinkable!

2.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
MartinKubert (862) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - MAY 28, 2002
A beer below average. Very strong!!

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Hildigöltur (5106) - København, DENMARK - MAY 12, 2002
A beer for vikings. Strong!!!

1
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 4/20
omhper (17472) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - FEB 27, 2002
UPDATED: FEB 20, 2004 I've had several versions, and each time they get more alcoholic, and even more awful. sweeter. Incredibly sticky sweet and unclean.

1.1
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 4/20
duff (5484) - Lund, SWEDEN - JAN 24, 2002
It probably is a beer for vikings, but a little to sweet, unbalanced and sticky for us non-vikings (although i do have swedish blood in me, so maybe that makes me a viking, i don’t know). Anyway this beer ain’t that great.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
jbrus (4992) - Delft, NETHERLANDS - NOV 28, 2001
I had the 2001 version. Did you know every year it’s 0.1% higher in alcohol? And that they do this on purpose! But I guess it doesn’t get better anyway. The aroma is sweet and alcohol. Not very complex. Golden/orange colour, not much head. It’s main flavors are malt sweet and alcohol bitter. Thick like syrup. It finishes leaving a alcohol burn.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
HansJM (358) - NORWAY - NOV 25, 2001
Almost like a german auslese - very sweet, fruity, big volume. A very good brew.

0.5
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 1/20
Mads Langtved (2246) - Copenhagen K, DENMARK - SEP 23, 2001
The worst beer in the world!!!

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Bov (8204) - Bienne, SWITZERLAND - SEP 11, 2001
UPDATED: DEC 28, 2006 I had the 1995 and 1996 versions, courtesy from Adam Jarolics, and those were my first danish beers other than Calrsberg/Tuborg stuffs. Glad it looks quite different today !


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