(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Clear, amber golden with an off-white head. Lightly sweetish, fruity nose. Medium-bodied, lightly sweet caramel and fruit and a dry hop bitterness. Not a big beer by any means but actually quite nice and harmonious. 280907

75 cL bottle, HUGE thanks to jjpm74 for finding this and trading it across the pond. Pours golden orange, clear, with a lacing head. Not so mouldy as the Refsvindinge HP Bock which was the model for this. Slight metallic note. Sweet malty, slight fruity flavour into the finish. Ends malty and slight hoppy.

Bottled. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet with primary notes of caramel, while the flavor is sweet malty again with a strong note of caramel, leading to a bitter finish combined with a slight woody note.

Poured a transparent tangerine color with a head that disappear fast but lightly laced the glass. Aroma is herby, spicy and slightly floral. Flavor was delightfully refreshing, slightly malty, herby, spicy, with hints of honey and orange. Finish is very soft and smooth. If you like big hops or heavy alcohol or heavy malt this is not the beer for you. The Refsvindinge is very subtle and refined and worth a shot.

Pours dark amber into a tulip. Offwhite head recedes with slight lacing. Earthy caramel aromas. Caramel from front to back with a lasting slightly bitter caramel finish. Similar to the Old Ale.

Fresh bomber drunk on 3/6/07
Amber-golden body has lots of brass and copper highlights. Very clear, but with a moderately dense, off-white head that is large and shows pretty strong retention and light to moderate lacing. Very carbonated with a multitude of bubbles rising upward.
Sweet base malts and tons of caramel give a strongly malted aroma. Hops are very apparent right now, adding a very dry, herbal spiciness that balances the sweetness somewhat. Vanilla and honey perk up quickly, lightening the strong caramel somewhat, and the finish has quite a bit of toasted malt acidity and breadiness. Alcohol is very well concealed at this level. The hops, yeast esters and vanilla notes all combine to produce almost a ginger-like note. Medium to medium-high strength of aroma.
Very richly malted is the flavor, with a trailing bitterness on the finish that really squeezes the 25 IBUs for all they have. It nearly balances the beer, though I think it’s still too much on the sweet side at this point. Caramel, honey, vanilla cream all unfold on the palate, with a strong dextrine-like doughiness. Breadiness is controlled on the finish, mostly by the carbonation, which is rather spritzy and quite high (because the bottle is so fresh), but it’s one of the better forced-carb mouthfeels I’ve encountered, mainly because the high amount of residual sugars smooth things out pretty well. Alcohol is under control and I get no fusels in this one. Spicy hoppiness is very pleasant, but if it’s already this marginal in flavor, when the bottles are only weeks old, it’s certainly going to be non-existent soon. The malts are pretty cohesive now, and if this is the peak of the hoppiness, I think this is about as good as it’s going to get, so I’d suggest drinking now.