Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle from GBX. The foil stamp & the cheap price tag made it stand out in a sea of ugly can art. Didn't this use to stagnate in 500ml bottles? L298132218 Pint glass @home. A bit of a rise & dribble, not really a bottle bomb. Clear, dark amber, ample cookie dough head. The nose is Dr Pepper with extra caramel & an almost Worcestershire savoriness. Tastes of caramel candy & slightly charred raisin bread. Slight raisin associated sharpness, with a mild bittergreen bite through the tail. Frothy, low low volume, syrupy, warming without being boozy. Good if simple. As an ignorant American, Celebrator is way better than this. Notes from March 2011 3.4 300ml Bottle from Good Beer. Cozy new little beer store near Hop Devil Grill, & not too far of a walk to/from New Beer & Whole Foods Bowery. Bottle filled to about half an inch of the mouth. Carlsberg pils glass. Beautiful fucking color. Head is a consuming, rich sandy tan color I've never quite seen before exactly. Looks like there's some added beta carotene in this. :P Body is a clear, orange-amber color. Slight, stringy lace & immense, milkshake-like resistance on the head. Smell isn't intense & is difficult to pin down. Grainy breakfast cereal & caramel. Flour-like? It's too cold, gotcha. Gave it a five minute rest, & sharper sweetness emerges. Almost like slightly charred toast. Still not a whole lot. Taste is toasty grain & sharper instances of dark wheat macerated with that quoted 7.5% ABV. Some charred/tannic flavor. Some sneaky raisin-esque flavor that I'm not so sure of in here also. No bite aside from the slight char. Body has enough resistance to be considered chewy. Carbonation is almost enough. Alcohol is alright, but lands a solid hit to my temple. Solid beer, but makes me crave fresh Optimator. : -

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Klar mahagonifarben mit weißer Schaumkrone. Prägnant malziger, leicht getreidiger Geruch mit Karamell. Geschmacklich malzig, leicht getreidig, brotig mit Karamell und Trockenfrüchten, leicht hopfig. Hohe Süße mit leichter Bitterkeit, voller Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.

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

Flasche 0,5l: Kastanienbraun, dunkles Mahagoni, glasklar, mäßig stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; sehr würzige + kräftig malzige Nase, kräftige Süße, dunkle/eingelegte Früchte, Trockenfrüchte, dezente trockene Hopfenaromen, kräftig Malz, Malzzucker, dunkles Karamell, leichte Röstaromen, nussig, dunkle Schokolade, würzig-süße Bitterkeit; würziger Körper, kräftige malzig-würzige Süße, dunkle/getrocknete Früchte, Dörrobst, Backpflaumen, trockene Hopfennoten, kräftig Malz, Getreide, dunkles Karamell, leichte Röstaromen, cremig, moderate Kohlensäure, trockene Hefearomen, Haselnusskerne, dunkle Schokolade; trocken-würziger Nachgang

08/03/2014. AUGUSTINER BRAUSTUBEN, Landsbergerstrasse 19, MÜNCHEN, Bayern, Germany

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Deep sanguine red wine body, thin-medium head quickly reducing to a ring. Aroma prune, raisin, and caramel. Body is a dense wash of raisin, prune, toasted brown sugar, and honey. Sweet and full. Very good.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Big thanks YantarCoast for that one. Appearance: Clear chestnut brown with a moderate ivory-coloured frothy head of good retention. Aroma: Toasted malt, treacle, bread, dried fruits, nuts, some hop. Taste: Medium sweet and bitter. Tons of malts and hops. Toast, bread, treacle, dried fruits, nuts, Spicey hop. Warming. Mouth feel: Medium body, appropriate carbonation. Overall: Good.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Nose is rich malt, toffee, brown sugar, apple, hints of fruit. Taste is malt, brown sugar, raisin, bread, hint of smoke, spice, toffee, fruity finish. Fantastic