thx. to Sebletitje // 33 cl. swingtop sampled // I have been intrigued by this one trick niche brewery for a while // clear darkish brown with no head // smell is very sweet caramel, malts, plenty of sugar // taste is very sweet, cola, caramel, toffee, malt, spices, sweetness is heavy on this one, some berries, finishing into heavy sweet port, warms the troath // oily, smooth, not much carb. // expected a trainwreck but this is not bad, actually digging this

Brown dumpy bottle, holding 0.33 Litres of ’The strongest beer in the World’ according to the label. Found and drank at International Green Week in Berlin (Jan 2009). Murky dull brown with a deep red hue and no head at all. Looked like dirty washing up water to be honest. The smell was a real Fairground sickly affair, Toffee Apples, Raspberries and Strawberies with an alcoholic Candy Floss overtone. The taste and mouthfeel was a thick Raspberry and Strawberry syrup mix, very sweet and alcoholic in an unpleasant way. There were four in my party, my wife and friends only had one sniff and sip, they couldn’t manage any more. I am made of stronger stuff and drank the rest, proptly became drunk (we had been drinking fairly heavily beforehand). This review is taken from notes and observations before the alcohol took full effect. I will not be having this beer again!

Bottle.Dark amber colour with no head.Aroma is sweet of dried dark fruits and strong warming alc,feels a bit sticky and with mild syrup flavor but overall not that bad beer.

33 cl bottle @ Ølfestival København 2012
Sweet and really malty aroma with raisins, some starch and hints of licorice – I would take this as a barley wine. Flavour is rather intensive with shitloads of raisins, some licorice burning alcohol. Good after dinner beer, I had this after a sausage at the festival. Reminds me of Utopias, but this is more malty and contains more alcohol.

Cracking this 33cl swing top bottle on 11/11/11 because it seems this beer gets you that one higher, it goes to eleven. This eleven pours mahogany with amber hues and thin off white head. The aroma is bold and tries to be abusive too by offering up freshly mashed prunes, figs, cherries and raisins as well as some booze and faint echoes of malts and alderwood. The taste is similar as it seems to be dominated by sweet dark fruity esters that are on the bright side such as raisins, cherries and prunes. Behind the dark fruity esters are modest levels of malts, some muddied spicy hops and faint earthiness. This one is a little more approachable, if that has any meaning at the 16% level, than the 13% weizen and bock beers from them I’ve tried.