8.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

330ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours a dark brown with small tight looking beige head, modest retention Aroma is sweet, caramel, roast, light treacle, berries, hints of citrus. Taste has a lovely layered complexity which gives a wow factor. Sweet, caramel, bread, chocolate, fig, berries. Medium to full bodied, smooth, low carbonation, slightly syrupy but not in an artificial way. Top notch beer.

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle 0,33ltr: Dark brown coloured brew with nice bitter taste and hints of roasted malts, chocolate, vanilla and some faintly smokey aroma. Delicious beer indeed to celebrate.

4

My hedgehog beer.

8.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Dark brown pour with a foamy khaki colored head that has good retention. The aroma is sweet malts, dark fruits, anise and perhaps some chocolate liqueur. The taste is has in the forefront Dark fruits, followed by anise and rye breads. The palate is medium in viscosity and the carbonation soft. Finished short and dry. Overall: decent dopplebock--The dopplebock against which all others are compared and judged. Loved it. paired with some Reggiano cheese and that pairing was not so great as it overpowered the beer.

8.1

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Clear, dark chestnut pour with a stable tan head. Aromas of malt, cocoa, (red) berries. Taste is cream, coffee, dark chocolate, roasted nuts, dried/candied fruit. Very long and smooth aftertaste. Good stuff, dangerously sessionable.

9

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

En copa Teku, color marrón oscuro, prácticamente negro, rojo rubí al trasluz, corona de espuma beige cremosa de buena retención, precioso aspecto. Aroma a malta tostada, fruta madura, chocolate con leche, pan negro, madera... En boca es de textura sedosa, algo oleosa, trago dulce de entrada con notas de maltas oscuras, caramelo, fruta madura, crema de moka, frutos secos...y con final ligeramente amargo y levemente seco donde afloran matices tostados y levemente torrefactos. Una gozada de cerveza en letras mayúsculas, la mejor en su estilo.

7

Kräftiger Bock

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Tap House. Dark black, cappuccino head. Fruity cherry berry citrus chocolate coffee. Taste is rice paper. Round, full, creamy fluffy bitter-sweet chocolate and coffee, roasted nuts, cream praline. Hazelnut ovomaltine. Pretty sweet, but still drinkable. Someone says it is not in good condition, oxidised; will rerate.