(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm) Dark brown colour with brief, brown head. Malty, spicy nose with dried fruit, caramel, nutmeg and dark bread. Malty, spicy taste with notes of dark fruit, Christmas spices (nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, all-spice), dark bread and a spicy bitterness in the finish. Slightly more than medium body, mainly dry. Well balanced and tasty, very drinkable.

cloudy brown, smooth brown and light brown capuchinno like head. sourish, faint bretty, flavor is quite bitter,faint yellow fruity, very faint roasted stuff, ends primarily bitter.

Pours dark brown. Aroma of caramel, vanilla, some dark fruits. Flavours of chocolate, dark malts, caramel. Good dry bitter finish,

15/03 A 0.75 l bottle from beershop.hr, shared with Doggythedog. It poured murky brownish reddish body with medium sized head. Aroma of caramel, coffee and of course typical Rulles citrus hops, Amarillo I think. Coffee flavor, roasted malt shows also some sweet characteristics like caramel or chocolate. Everything is spiced and bittered up with already mentioned hops. Pleasant and full bodied for the ABV, this is also another great Rulles, maybe the best I’ve tried.

0.75l bottle from the Croatian Beershop, shared with heavy. Poured a medium sized off white head on top of a murky dark red-brrown body. Coffee, some candied orange, dark maltiness, some light hopiness, a bit herbal. The taste was marked by the typical Rulles hopiness (American hops?), bitter, herbal and orange-like, but the beer is more malty than the others, carrying notes of caramel, coffee and chocolate. Still, kinda mild, and very well balanced. Coffee in the aftertaste too. I’d definitely drink it again.

Bottled(750ml). -Reddish/brown coloured, medium sized cappuccino head, malty nose with touch of herbs. Light roasted malt, yeasty and mild spicy with notes of chocolate and dried fruits. Slightly watery palate. Nothing more nothing less than ok.

75cl bottle @ VinensVerden, Odense. Pours dark brown with a thick creamy head. Chewy malty caramel, yeast & nuts. Smooth & filling palate. Good!

ZBF2008: From bottle. Pours hazy brown with a lacing tan head. Light spiced and roasted malt aroma. Flavour is mildly spiced with ginger, light acidic and mild roasted malt. Ends with a lingering spice note and mild acidity.

Green bottle, 75 cl, best before September 2008, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on February 10 2008; eye: brown with caramel reflections, hazy, tiny beige head that falls rapidly, a bit of lacing, no effervescence; nose: malt, fresh hops, candied fruits, light caramel; mouth: caramel, malt, a bit of floral hops, light ash, light honey, finale in caramelized malt with a surprising appearance of fresh hops, slightly liqueur-like texture, lightly bitter and sweet, medium body, not much carbonation; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille verte, 75 cl, meilleure avant septembre 2008, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 10 février 2008; œil : brune avec des reflets caramel, voilée, petite mousse beige qui tombe rapidement, un peu de dentelle; nez : malt, houblon frais, fruits confits, léger caramel; bouche : filet de caramel, malt, un peu de houblon floral, léger cendré, léger miel, finale en malt caramélisé avec une surprenant apparition de houblon frais, texture légèrement liquoreuse, légèrement amère et sucrée, corps moyen, peu carbonatée; en résumé : bien

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