Hartwall Polar Monkeys Silverback

Polar Monkeys Silverback

 

Hartwall in Lahti, Päijät-Häme, Finland 🇫🇮

  Fruit Beer Regular
Score
5.28
ABV: 6.5% IBU: 25 Ticks: 8
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Tried on 17 Dec 2018 at 09:52


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Hahahah, Ogi found it in his Konzum 7 months ago... this seems to be a part of the same import, only, well, 7 months later. Why would someone import an unknown, unimportant "Finnish" beer brewed in Denmark is beyond, me... guess they fell for the visual aspect. Anyway, here it was in Žabac Food Outlet for cheap, coming close to expiry. Looks pretty good, mind you, Ruby tinged with some brownish-amber, lighter, ruby-er Cola, with a nice, relatively lasting thick off white head. Dry caramelly-dusty malty aroma, classic malt-driven macro, but clean, vague hints of random fruit perhaps. Sweet, clean taste, maltiness and vague fruitiness which is in turn vaguely tart, kinda blends all together. Hm, not as awful as I figured it might be. Watery finish. Classic sub par macro beer, but as far as sub par macro beers, this is pretty good, at least for less than 1€. Clean, didn't offend me, has higher % alcohol allegedly. You can do much worse, both with Hartwall and Albani. And Žabac come to think of it.

Tried from Can on 16 May 2018 at 15:11


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled 330ml. -from local Konzum supermarket. dark amber/brownish coloured, medium sized pale beige head, sugar and some dried fruits in the nose. Toasted malt, dried fruits, raisins and sugar with notes of caramel and touch of alcohol in the finish. Bit too sweet but drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2017 at 07:54


4.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle at O’Malleys, Vasa. Chestnut brown, tiny off-white head. Light fruity cardboardish aroma. Medium-bodied. Berryish, caramel, harsh, sweetish. Industrial. Meh.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2016 at 09:45


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Tried on 23 Jun 2016 at 21:05


4.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

33cl bottle from SuperAlko, Tallinn. Pours dark mahogany coloured with a modest off-white head. Malty, caramelly and somewhat bready aroma with notes of dried fruits and alcohol. Sweet, caramelly and flavour goes in the more unpleasant direction. Not something I would like to drink again. Sweet mess! --- Beer merged from original tick of Polar Monkeys Silver Back Strong Ale on 21 Jun 2016 at 23:11 - Score: 4

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2016 at 16:06


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle @oak barrel. Poured mahogany color with a thin white head. Bready, syrupy, molasses in aroma. Flavor has sweetness, molasses, bread and syrup. Drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2016 at 22:41


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled@O’malleys, Vaasa. Brownish amber colour, small brown head. Aroma is ripe fruits, sugar, raisins and mild toasted notes. Flavour is raisins, mild rubber and some wood.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Apr 2016 at 09:14