(Bottle, 0.25 l - #12406 - Brewed 20/12/2011 - BBE 20/12/2016, from Alko Arkadia, 20130219) The beer poured reddish dark brown and clear. Its head was small, sparse and white. Aroma had fruitiness, sweetness, vineousness, malts and caramell. Palate was full bodied and warming with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, caramell, hops, fruitiness, vineousness, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy, malty, sweet and bitter. My knowledge of Sake is next to nothing so I’m not able to notice the typical characteristics of that drink in this beer. There was somethign non-beer like here and there. But the heavy maltiness and strong hoppiness pushed this drink to the beer side. Still a weird experiment but better than the 1st edition.

Bottle 250ml @ Geokkjer Pours cloudy deep amber with a off-white head.Aroma has notes of malt, dried fruits and alcohol.Taste is heavy sweet and light bitter with a long sweet, alcoholic fruity finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Small beige head. Hazy deep red body with light carbonation. Intensely fruity cough drops aroma with lime and licorice notes. Bitter-sweet fruity peppery lime taste with polypodium vulgare (sisselrot) notes. Full-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel, slightly oily, with some alcohol heat. Bitterish earthy lime and fruit aftertaste with sisselrot notes again. Like RH1 it tastes like a vermouth, but in this case a slightly unclean, earthy one. Very complex, full of aromas that are hard to identify. It’s a really good and interesting beer, but sadly doesn’t rise even to the ankles of RH1. (0.25l bottle, wine monopoly web order.)

250 ml bottle in silk paper and metal cylinder, #10654, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 13.5%, IBU 100. Cloudy dark reddish brown colour, low off-white head. Unusual aroma of red beets, cheap wine, mild spices and some fruit. Very sweet and alcoholic flavour, red beets and ripe berries, distinct hoppy bitterness in the finish. Not really my cup of tea, but worth a go.

Bottle. Unclear, dark copper colored body topped by a light beige head made up of very small bubbles. The aroma has a tropical style fruityness as well as sugary notes and alcohol. Hints of cellar-ish caramel. Some higher alcohols, strawberry hints and a faint peppery touch. Sweet on the palate, warming in a pleasant way, with a soft carbonation, and flavors of tropical fruits, sugar and alcohol. Some caramel hints. Warming, sweet and fruity finish. Well, too warming and sweet maybe, but it’s sort of balanced, and I like it quite a lot. 120330

Bottle, at Kristiansand Ølfestival. Looking at my notes from the early sample back in March, I find a beer that’s pretty much the same as back then, only softer, smoother and less alcoholic. It’s still warming on the palate, in a pleasant way, and probably a bit too sweet, but there’s a reason for the small bottle, which by the way is nice to share. There’s lots of fruityness both in the aroma and flavor, obviously a result from the yeast’s work, and towards the end I think of canned fruits in syrup, with a touch of caramel. A nice beer, looking forward to a more thorouth inspection when it’s available in stores. 121013