Bottle (as #213) at ChrisO. It pours deep red-brown, with a thin off-white rim. The nose is freshly baked brown bread, earthy, malt backbone and a touch of raisin. The taste is sweet caramel, earth, medicinal aspect, underlying spice, cardboard, white sugar, hint of dark fruit and some alcohol warmth. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Rather odd. Doesn’t quite work for me.

Bottled@CPH Beer Fest 2011 (as Nr 237). Hazy murky brown colour with a minor head. Aroma is sweet malts, toffee, raisins, some ripe fruits, coffee and mild chocolate. Flavour is rather similar, along with some slight yeasty notes as well.

Bottle at home. Pours a nut brown colour, pretty hazy, with a light beige medium sized and calm head. Slightly creamy. Sweet and nut malt aroma with leather and spices. Leather also present in the flavour along with cocoa, dried fruit and some roast with hint of alcohol. Light and balanced bitter ending. Slick and silky moutfeel. A joyful beer that can easily be a companion during the Christmas days.

(Bottle. Labelled Bögedal No 213) Reddish amber colour with brief, foamy head. Fruity nose with red fruit, caramel, toffee, orange peel and a touch of chocolate. Fruity, malty taste with notes of dark fruit, red berries (raspberries), caramel, citrus peel, a touch of chocolate and a slightly bitter-sweet finish with a touch of alcohol coming through. More than medium body, with a touch of sweetness. A bit different, but nice and tasty.

Bottle, 75cl corked, at Ølfestival 2011, as No 230. It’s an unclear, orange-brown beer without head. Some off-white to beige bubbles though. Caramel and some yeast in the aroma, lightly roasted. Prunes and some grassy and piney hops too. The flavor is sweet, yet dryish, with caramel sweetness, a faint yeasty touch and a decent bitterness. Medium body. Caramel and bitterness in the mostly dry finish. A decent beer I suspect will do much better with the right food pairing than on its own. 110527

Sample at KØ-2011. Red amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is malt, hop, fruit. Flavour is malt, hop, fruit, caramel, coffee, sugar, spices. Nice beer.

Cloudy amber with a tiny off-white head. Aroma of malt, toffee and dark sugar with herbal notes. Sweet caramel and toffee dominated flavour with a fruity hint and a mild bitter finish

Bottled. Hazy ruby, small airy head. Fuity and mid sweetwith notes of red appls and caramel. Soft and firm, grassy and spicy. Rustic and chocolaty with slight alcohol warmth an medium bitterness. A charming brew.

Bottled:
Pours brown with a small head and a slight haze. Aroma is cocoa, sweet toffee and dark rum. Flavour is sweet toffee and caramel leading to a booze bitter finish. I would like to call it a Scotch Ale.

Bottle 75cl. @ Papsoes blindtasting. [ Bottle #7. ]Clear medium to dark orange amber color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, tobbacco, keller, sweet malt, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100821]Earlier Rating: 8/18/2009 Total Score: 3.1Bottle 75cl. [ As Bøgedal Nr. 0166 ]. Unclear medium to dark amber color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate hoppy, overripped orange, wood. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090515]