From tap at Ølbaren. Pours clearand golden orange with a huge, creamy and off-white head. Peachy, fruity and light wooden aroma. Sweet caramelish and solid hops pinewood flavoured. Dry, bitter and light wooden flavoured into the finish. Dry lasting impression.

A golden dark amber lager with a thin white head. A pleasant perfumey hops aroma, smooth, restrained and delicious. In mouth, a classy malty beer, imperial indeed, with biscuitty malt, czech hopping, quite nice. Simple and honest. Tasted Dec. 19 2009.

Draught at Ølbaren.Amber colour with small white head.Aroma of bitter strong hops caramel citrus and pine,medium body and long dry finish.

(Bottle, 0.65 l, at Pikkulintu) Poured copper coloured and clear with medium sized and white head. Aroma contained citricness, hops and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, hops, fruitiness, grass, sweetness, alcohol and bitterness. Aftertaste was bitter and malty.

Clear amber with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with hoppy and fruity notes. Hoppy flavour with Finished bitter.

22 oz. bomber bottle, $6 at Binny’s. Pours pretty dark for a helles. A rich, sweet malt smell from a distance. The label says it has Chinook and Willamette hops, usually part of an American Pale Ale, and you can start to smell them after a while. Taste has alcohol up front; despite attempts at civility, the alcohol still is pretty hot. I call it pale ale malts, but with a dry lager finish. Once I’m well into the bottle, the alcohol settles and becomes more warming. Hops are citrusy and have some pine cone to them, way off for a German beer, but this is clearly a style-buster anyway. Hey, speaking of Christmas, did you know the original 1967 recording of "Time Has Come Today" by the Chambers Brothers, the 11 minute version, blends in snippets of "The Little Drummer Boy?" Crazy, man! Guess I’m liking this beer, but I’ve got a headache coming on as I finish typing.

Bottle @ Hj Hansen, Odense. Pours clear amber with a creamy white head and lacings. Nose is nicely hopped. Grassy, and lots of grapefruit. Dry, bitter and crisp. Very simple and tasty. Grassy hops and a bit of grain. Full bodied and smooth palate. Nice. Re-rate Nov 2010. Draft @ C4, Odense. Very sweet and sticky malty. Bread and caramel. From 3,8 - 3,6.

Amber lager, darker than other lagers of its kind, kind of surprised me at first. Head dissipated quickly but stuck to the edges with each sip. Alcohol is present in aroma and taste, I also taste a hint of caramel and yeast. It’s a kitschy beer, purchased solely because my lady is hosting a Krampus themed party, at $7 a bottle I wouldn’t mind drinking again but won’t go out of my way to pick it up.

Sampled on draft at Fat Head’s in Pittsburgh PA this beer poured a dark caramel-amber color with a medium sized cream colored head. The aroma was alcohol, sugar and ripe fruits. The flavor was tangy, bitter and tart with notes of candied pears, apples and light floral hops. The alcohol shows through again. The finish was long, sugary and fruity. Full boded. Too boozy for my taste. Decent.