Canned(500ml). -Darker golden coloured, small to medium white head, grainy nose with notes of medical alcohol. Dry cardboard and grainy taste with notes of cocoa (wtf?) and alcohol. Boring and not so good beer with stupid name. 8.8%

Boris Bold 8.8 (obviously at 8.8 percent) courtesy of and shared with ogivlado who found it in Slovenia. Poured a full clear golden body with a medium to big thick white head that went away slowly. The nose is.. well... crappy, dry, grainy, lightly acidic. The taste is light, dry graininess, some crappy cocoa, light alcohol and cardboard, some light bitterness. Not offensive but not all that pleasant. Still, what can be expected from Saverne.

Can, 8.8%. Quite peppery aroma, some marcipan. Clear dark golden colour. Small white head. The flavour is rather sweet with a good deal of alcohol and some marcipan, perhaps peach pit notes.

Canette 500ml. De couleur dorée et claire. Nez de grains de malt pâle, léger de houblon herbeux et avec des notes de sucre chimique (rappelant le miel) et d’alcool. Mince-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-bas et une texture légèrement aqueuse et aux petites notes huileuses et sirupeuses. Léger goût de grains de malt pâle avec des traces de fruits (pommes) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût chimique sucré (traces de biscuits au miel) accompagné de notes de maïs et parallèlement à un moyen goût d’alcool puis en finale l’on retrouve un léger goût amer de houblon herbeux ainsi qu’un léger goût métallique. Post-goût moyen et aux notes sèches, léger-moyen amer d’alcool, léger de houblon herbeux, avec des notes métalliques et des traces de fruits (pelures de pommes).

500ml can: Poured a semi-dark yellow color beer with large white foamy head with minimal retention. Carbonation seems quite low and the beer has a strong grainy aroma, which I didn’t enjoy. Taste is also way too grainy for my taste and this beer resemble more of a malt liquor then a European strong lager. Alcohol is not well hidden which doesn’t really matter since this beer ended up being poured in the drain.

500 mL can shared with tiggmtl and Muzzlehatch on 11/6/05. Pours an amber-gold, with some strong cherry-orange tints, plenty of carbonation and a fluffy, surprisingly dense, off-white head, moderate retention, no lacing. Aroma of bubble gum, cotton candy, plenty of fruit esters, fusels and just a touch of grape jolly ranchers. Flavor begins with more light fruit esters, white table sugar-like notes and a dryish alcohol, not nearly as fusel-like as your standard American malt liquor. Cotton candy and just a touch of toasted grains. Begins quite sweet, but as it warms, the flavor intensifies and the texture congeals. Cloying and syrupy it becomes, with pesky carbonation, though I’ve had much sharper. Dry grape flavored medicine I keep getting and finally some dry notes of metal and alcohol. No hops to be had, this is definitely malt liquor, not a ESL. Rating based on malt liquor style.