Arctic SunStone
Amager Bryghus in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Collab with: 3 Floyds Brewing CompanyPale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.29
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The sunstone - much disputed among scholars. Did the Viking navigators really have such a tool that would help them point out what was east and what was west - even on a less than sunny day? We certainly believe so. Many years later no sunstone was needed when Amager Bryghus was invaded by what very much looked like Viking ancestors of American descent. Hailing from Munster, Indiana, Chris Boggess and Barnaby Struve of Three Floyds Brewing arrived not with a vengeance but with very loud King Diamond on their portable mp3 player. This was not a day for slaughter but for brewing. And brew we did. The mellow and dangerously quaffable Arctic SunStone is proof that even Viking warriors can have a more subtle side to them. All hail to Three Floyds.
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Tried
on 22 Feb 2014
at 18:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled:
Pours hazy amber with a large and thick head. Aroma is lemons, gooseberries and nettles. Hoppy flavour with notes of grapefruit, orange peels and resin. Long bitterness. Really good!
Pours hazy amber with a large and thick head. Aroma is lemons, gooseberries and nettles. Hoppy flavour with notes of grapefruit, orange peels and resin. Long bitterness. Really good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2014
at 11:39
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Hell bernsteinfarbenes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch angenehm exotisch fruchtig malzig, hopfig. Geschmack sehr malzig fruchtig, herb, exotische Früchte.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2014
at 11:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Hazy amber in colour. Passion fruit, mango, lychee and grapefruit in the aroma. Tangy and hoppy taste with notes of passion fruit, biscuity malt and grapefruit standing out. More of an IPA, but very enjoyable still.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2014
at 13:32
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Color is amber with white cloudy head, some lacings. Aroma is sweet and tropical, mango, papaya and some orange peel and grape. Taste is sweet tropical with resin, slight pinetree and firtree. After taste is carefully bitter, leaving a dry finish. The body is soft, with medium carbo. This is an absolutely stunning APA where all the flavors are kept together and balanced out flawlessly.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2014
at 02:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Almost clear amber liquid with small to medium off-white head. Aroma of tangerines, grapefruit, blackberries, bread, light caramel and floral hops. Taste is dry and medium bitter with notes of grapefruit, tangerines, mango and toasted bread. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Really nice and dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2014
at 09:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Flaska från SB. Bärnstensfärgad vätska med gräddigt skum. Dofter av mango, passionsfruk, citrus och en liten, liten klick smör. Stram i smaken utan maltsötma. Besk och med en spritsig munkänsla. Aningens, aningen kartong i botten.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2014
at 07:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle bought @ Systembolaget. about a month old if I understand the date marking correctly. Pours clear deep golden with a rather big frothy offwhite head that slowly dissipates while leaving lots of sticky soapy trace on the glass. Smell is fruity and floral with graham crackers, grapefruit juice, freshly cut grass, passion fruit, star fruit, tropical fruit hard candy, lemon zest, pine needles, lemony soap, lilacs and lavender. Taste is bitter, fruity and tiny floral with biscuits, grapefruit juice, grapefruit rinds, orange zest, lemon zest, freshly cut grass, unripe mango, unripe pineapple, passion fruit, star fruit, lilacs, mineral water and hints of soap. Mouthfeel is slightly crisp, slightly astringent, dry and light bodied. Finish is bitter, fruity and tiny floral with biscuits, grapefruit rinds, orange zest, pine needles, freshly cut grass, star fruit, mineral water and lilacs. Tasty and very nicely hoppy fresh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2014
at 12:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Well balanced american pale ale with medium bitterness, high fruitiness and a smooth texture. Notes of caramel orange cest, gooseberries, elderflowers, grapefruit and some serious notes of red orange.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2014
at 06:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Big bottle from SB cons 2014-02-01 Göteborg AR: heavy aromas of pine, grapefruit, citrus and apricot - when poured some mandarine AP: hazy coppery, fizzy light white head F: mandarine, great Organic Oranges, Orange liqure, pine, fizzy, heavy bitterness, wee dry feeling on the teethes
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2014
at 13:57