Royal Stout
Royal Unibrew in Faxe, Region Zealand, Denmark 🇩🇰
Porter - Baltic Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.47
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
I found this in the USVI. That location hinted to me that I was back in the Caribbean where Stouts are strong & sweet. Perhaps the higher alcohol impeded a good head. The black color hed ruby highlights and the flavor started sweet and added roasty, bitter notes as it moved into the finish. Typical Stout of the style which is popular in the Islands.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2004
at 09:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Deep dark but clear, like concentrated cola; brownish head, reduced to rim in seconds. Very outspoken vanilla nose, quite sweet, roses and only a little roast malt. Taste is much more roasted/burnt malt-determined and much less sweet than the nose would suggest. the underneath sweet malts are there but unobtrusive. Still a bit of vanilla, some fruit and slight stout acidity. A bit light for a stout, whether sweet or other. Warming up, more sweet chocolate comes out. OK - but obviously, "Royal" is several steps down from "Imperial".
Tried
on 17 Dec 2003
at 15:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Black with a nice, but small creamy head. Lots of licorice, some smoke, balanced sweetness and bitterness. Added note: It really does improve with age (a late 2004 bottle tried in January 2005). Very rounded flavour and even more coffee notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2003
at 12:59
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
[Italian bottle, known as Ceres Stout, don't know if it's the same]
Dark colour. Smell like a mass lager, virtually no roasted malt. Sweet in the front, more bitter later, with a pleasant coffe taste. Simple but drinkable, just some metallic character.
Dark colour. Smell like a mass lager, virtually no roasted malt. Sweet in the front, more bitter later, with a pleasant coffe taste. Simple but drinkable, just some metallic character.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2002
at 13:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
The brewery claims this one to be ’the best porter in the world’. I don’t think so - but it sure is a very decent, smooth and rounded Baltic porter. Fairly sweet, but not too much. A beer I always come back to when in Denmark. The best from Ceres / Bryggerigruppen.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2002
at 01:35