Lava
(has 1 batch)
Ölvisholt Brugghús in Selfoss, Southern Region, Iceland 🇮🇸
Smoked / Rauchbier Regular|
Score
7.68
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Lava is a full bodied, pitch black smoked imperial stout with a thick brown head. Sweet with chocolate and roasted malt in the flavor. The aftertaste is roasted malt, smoke and warming alcohol. Aroma is smoke, chocolate and bit of alcohol.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
8th May 2015: in a flight of six at the excellent Brewhouse, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, A real surprise to see this and had to try it. Black body, tanned crown. Smoky and malty with a Sherry like richness tempered by a vanilla smoothness. This beer looked good and tasted even better: a real treat.
Tried
on 09 May 2015
at 06:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle from Vinbudin, Reykjavik. Pours completely black with a small, beige head. Smoky and heavy malty with dark fruits, dark, bitter chocolate, hints of coffee. Fairly sweet, but very well balanced and very flavourful. Very dominated by bacon-like smokiness in the beginning, but balances out after some more temperature. Oooh! Delicious! --- Beer merged from original tick of Lava Smoked Imperial Stout on 16 Jan 2015 at 22:05 - Score: 9
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2015
at 15:00
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Ölvisholt Lava (by Ölvisholt Brugghús):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
15/IX/14 - 33cl bottle @ home - BB: 19/VI/17 (2014-1011) Thanks to Björn for sharing the bottle!
Clear deep dark brown beer, irregular beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: pretty smoked, caramel, sweet mocha, some cocoa powder, bit medicinal, peated. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: mocha, coffee, pretty bitter, smoky touch, caramel, little sour, hops. Aftertaste: coffee, roasted, cocoa powder, little sweet, caramel, hoppy bitterness, some red berries, fruity note.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 4/5
15/IX/14 - 33cl bottle @ home - BB: 19/VI/17 (2014-1011) Thanks to Björn for sharing the bottle!
Clear deep dark brown beer, irregular beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: pretty smoked, caramel, sweet mocha, some cocoa powder, bit medicinal, peated. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: mocha, coffee, pretty bitter, smoky touch, caramel, little sour, hops. Aftertaste: coffee, roasted, cocoa powder, little sweet, caramel, hoppy bitterness, some red berries, fruity note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2014
at 13:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle pour. Thanks Keven. Pours black. Roasted malt aroma and flavors. Super smokey. People can complain all they want about the smokey flavor, but it’s a near perfect smokey flavor. Roasted malt finish for days. Love this beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2014
at 16:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Pours a pitch black color, topped with a fairly decent beige head. There is a pleasantly smokey aroma, some hints of alcohol and slight roastiness. The taste is very strong, bitter with quite some alcohol. Some coffee notes in the finish, but a bit too strong to be fully enjoyable.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2014
at 05:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
330 ml bottle. Practically black body with a decent beige head. Strong and nice aroma of dark malt, moderate distinct smoke and hint of bonfire. Flavor is sweet, light roasted and smoked malt, some chocolate, dry fruit with moderate bitterness. A bit unusually in flavor, it feels somehow a bit like a Belgium stout with smoke. Quite balanced, nothing extreme, but distinct in flavor. Not heavy in body, but feels balanced and correct for this beer. Hint of alcohol in aftertaste. Unusually, but pleasant indeed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2014
at 12:46