Lielais Kristaps (Legendary Ferryman of Riga)
Alus Darbnīca Labietis / Pagan Brews in Riga, Vidzeme, Latvia 🇱🇻
Stout - Oatmeal Regular|
Score
6.82
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22/09/2017. VALDEMARA PASAZA LABIETIS, Centraltirgus iela 1, RIGA, Riga, Latvia
8.5% ja ilma kohvita. Täitsa ok staut.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Opaque dark brown with a ruby hue against the light, small but steady creamy tan head with yeast circles, heavy lacing. Aroma roasted malt, cocoa, coffee, dark fruits, some alcohol. Taste light heavy to medium sweet and medium malt bitterness, roast, dark chocolate, espresso, in the middle caramel notes, grainy backbone all the way. Medium body, creamy texture, smooth mouthfeel, average carbonation, lingering dry roasted sweetbitter aftertaste, light fruity (black currant), alcohol notes. Round , robust and good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
0,5l bottle from Pie Karlīnes, dāvanu veikals, Cesis, Latvia. Correct alcohol content nowadays is 8.5%, not 7.2%. The bottle tells 8.5% and also Labietis web pages tells the same information: https://www.labietis.lv/en/our-beers/legendary-ferryman-of-riga . Almost black beer pours hugely with nice and stable head. Aroma has coffee, roasted malts, cocoa and milky oats. Flavor has roasted malts, coffee, hints of caramel, vanilla and some smoke. A bit metallic touch also. Medium+ body, very soft and smooth, easy to drink. Nice one!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampled at THT April. Black with big darker beige head. Sweet cocoa, dry chocolate, earthy, cognac, light herbs and flowers, dry roasted spices, dead leaves. Medium sweet and dry bitterness. Medium bodied with slight dry finish. I like it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
THT April. Bottle. Black with light tan head. Sweet roasted malts, oats, cocoa, floral. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation. Very soft and quiet mouthfeel. --- Beer merged from original tick of Lielais Kristaps on 06 May 2019 at 10:40 - Score: 7. Original review text: Tht april 2019 (tht = the hague tasting) --- Beer merged from original tick of Lielais Kristaps on 19 Apr 2019 at 21:09 - Score: 7. Original review text: THT April. Bottle. Black with light tan head. Sweet roasted malts, oats, cocoa, floral. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation. Very soft and quiet mouthfeel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Very carbonated tons of grapes easy drinking. Light low malts. Very different. Don’t love but like
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Smell - weak, some roast, chocolate, dark coffee, interesting. Foam - medium to thick side, some roast notes to sides of tongue, gets huge in mouth. Generally large, coffee medium dark brown color. Appearance - very dark brown, almost cant see through. Taste - dark chocolate, roast, chocolate bitterness, some caramel sweetness, not bad.