Slussen Extra Special Bitter
Macken Bryggeri in Älvsjö, Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
5.91
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In the 1930’s a group of architects and engineers were hired to make a truly innovative solution with a cloverleaf intersection for the sluice in Södermalm.
Their contemporary constructions were questioned by some conservatives but also celebrated by international architects such as Le Corbusier, who wrote: "Vouz avez fait, vous, a Stockholm, la premiere grande oeuvre des temps modernes: le croisement de la Slusse! Il semblait que tout devait suivre, a cette échelle. Ne desespérez pas. Continuez, prosposez, combattez…" (You have created, you in Stockholm, the first masterpiece of modern times; the cloverleaf crossing of the Sluice. Keep up the work at this scale. Do not despair. Continue, propose, fight…)
To top it all off, this princess of functionalism was clad in tiles from renowned ceramics factory Upsala Ekeby and thusly, in a "My Fair Lady"-ish manner the flower girl turned into a lady.
Soon to be a landmark, Slussen is a given piece in the puzzle that is the Södermalm skyline. A place iconic enough that even the neon signs are tolerated in some sort of forgiving pop art frame.
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Backlog
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Backlog. Bottled. Deep golden with a white head. Malty, bready and grassy with herbs. A bit unclean.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Hazed deep golden color with a white layer on top. Moderate intensity in the aroma. Medium body and an average carbonation level. Ok balanced sweetness versus bitterness. Grassy/herbal, mild fruity and malty flavor. Decent session able beer.
[On tap at Black & Brown in Stockholm, Sweden]
Brewery #1694
Swedish Brewery #129
Manchester United - Ajax 2-0
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
330ml bottle at Sorbon. A two-finger thick, pearl white head, slowly diminishing. Solid lacing. Cloudy orange coloured body. Mid-dry fruit hoppy nose, hints of pineapple and peach. Blended fruity taste of pineapple, peaches, pine, and orange, subdued malty sweetness in the back. Smooth bitter tail. Soft on the swallow. Drinks very well. (Bromma, Stockholm 14.08.2016).
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle from SB, swedish brewery #169 cons 2015-11-15 Göteborg AR: roasted malt, rye bread, wee riped fruits AP: soapy amber, wee thin transparent white head F:rich carbonation, rye bred, roasted malt, dry, a wee bit ripe fruity, citrus/mandarine, baking yeasty
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Sample at SBWF 2015. A bit hazy golden/orange with a white head. Aroma and taste of hops, some pineapple, bread and hay. On the sweet side and with a medium body. The finish was medium bitter.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3
Bottled at Bishops Arms Gamla Stan, Stockholm. Hazy pale orange colour, coarse head. Grapefruit syrup up front. Sweet with medium body and hard, yet syrupy mouthfeel. Some marmelade but mostly syrup. Metallic finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught at Sorbon. Cloudy light brown, towards red, thick head. Peach aroma. Malty, some fruit, balanced bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
How: Bottle.
Where: The Flying Elk, Stockholm.
Appearance: Hazy amber colour with an off-whote head.
Aroma: Caramel, fruit, perhaps some malt.
Body: Medium body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, caramel, some bitterness. Fairly bland.