7.5

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

Bottle from Gulating. I see there is a quite mixed response on this beer and that's totally understandable, what do you expect from a hot pastry porter in Norwegian grocery strength? Something balanced? That's not going to happened so this is probably more about if you like sweet chill hot and appreciate the effort of cooking something decent out of it. OK going to try to make a few comments based from neutral ground here. Starting with the easy part – it looks nice, clear, deep amber, almost black body with a small, lacing, dense beige head. Aroma has chocolate, smooth dark malt, lacto and hint of green pepper. Flavor is pretty sweet, but not sticky, dark malt with low roast, lots of chili and all over relatively smooth if not paying to much attention to the chili. Body is somewhere between medium and something better, actually quite nice body for the low strength alcohol. Aftertaste is smooth, hot and sweet chocolate. Not bad at all and the vanilla level is kept at an adoptable non nauseating level. I’m actually surprised of how much I appreciated this one.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Svart med beige skum. Lukter mørk sjokolade og kaffe. Lett. Smaker lett av kakao og fløte. Avslutter med fin chilivarme. Lang

7

0,33 litre Bottle from Gulating Oslo Sentrum. Almost Black with beige head. Roasted malts, hops, chilli, Chocolate, vanilla.

7.2

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

GYG 180519. Dark brown color with a beige head. Aroma is chili, chocolate. Flavor is chili, chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, vanilla. Interesting and nice beer. could need more body.

7

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

Bottle. An unclear dark, dark brown beer with a finger-thick beige head. Some curtains. The aroma is lightly ashtray-ish, but mostly with roasted malts, cocoa, brownie crust and a light touch of prunes. There's a nice chili burn in the mouth, it's a bit thin on the palate, as expected for a beer this strengt, with a rather soft carbonation. Roasted malts, cocoa, brownie, some dark dried fruits, dark chocolate and a touch of vanilla in the flavor. Long finish with roasted malts, brownie crust, chili burn and some vanilla hints. A nice one indeed, but it suffers from the ABV. 190518

6.9

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

330 ml bottle, from Bris Ølutsalg, Jørpeland. 4.7% ABV. Black colour, small tan head. Aroma of roast malts, chocolate, chili and vanilla. The flavour has moderate roast, thin coffee, some chocolate and vanilla but not very sweet, modest hops, with a moderate but still fairly distinct chili burn in the finish.

4.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Olmsot black with a brown head - Roasted malt aroma with some peppers - Malt body with pepper heat - The pepper flavours goes into a long finish - This was just ok, to much peppers

5.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

330ml bottle, picked up at Gulating Ølutsalg, Trondheim. Rocky beige head leaving lacing rings behind. Black in the glass. Coffee hints to the nose, dry. Taste of coffee beans and dark chocolate before the chili part sets in. Accepted, slightly overdone chili impact. (Shared at a session with Finn and djoeye, Tromsø 31.01.2018).

5.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Flaske 330ml spandert av Rune. Delt med ham og djoeye i WCveien 31 Jan 18. Dyprød / svart. Lavt skum med litt farge. Litt lacing. Aroma av kaffe & frukt. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken som aromaen med påfyll av chili. Ikke plagsom.

3.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5

02.09.2017, 0,33l bottle sampled @ Bergen �lfestival:
Nice slightly foamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly dry grassy, weeds, mild grassy chili, hay, bloodlike minerals, soil, bark, toast, hints of grassy chili. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish mineraly, weeds, paper, bloodlike minerals, sour grass, toast, bark, mild grassy chili, hay, soil. Medium bitterness, watery and harsh mineraly mouthfeel. Meh!