Meilby (14856) reviewed 1839 Lite from Arendals Bryggeri 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5
Bottle 330ml @ Geokkjer
Pours clear golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, grain and hint of herbal. Taste is light sweet and light bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
yngwie (24447) reviewed 1839 Lite from Arendals Bryggeri 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5
Bottle. A clear, golden beer with a small, white head. The aroma is mostly fruity, with some pine cones and a touch of pale malts. Hay and grass too. It’s medium bodied, quite dry and softly carbonated, with a decent bitterness. Pale malts, some resin notes, grass and hay. Some basil-like herbal notes too. Lasting finish. Most definitely not my kind of beer. 150711
IpaPils (12341) reviewed 1839 Grønn from Arendals Bryggeri 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Gulbrun klar med to fingre høyt hvitt skum som legger seg fort. Lite lukt, noe maltekstrakt og gress. Lett. Noe søtlig med en lett bitter avsluttning. Kort.
Beer5000 (11421) reviewed 1839 Grønn from Arendals Bryggeri 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
330 ml bottle. Clear golden body with a small and fast disappearing white head. Weak aroma of grain and pale malt. Flavor is weak pale malt, grain, low bitterness and not much more. Body feels a bit down watered with short aftertaste. Uninspired mainstream lager, drinkable but utterly boring.
gunnfryd (22089) reviewed 1839 Stærk Tradisjon from Arendals Bryggeri 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Fonefan 201214. Amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is caramel, roasted malt, fruit . Flavour is caramel, alcohol, fruit, roasted malt, sugar, toffee. Ordinary beer.
oh6gdx (51641) reviewed 1839 Stærk Tradisjon from Arendals Bryggeri 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottled (from Vinmonopolet, Kirkenes). Reddish amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is grains, some sweet malts, mild toffee and herbal notes. Flavour is quite sweet malts, biscuits and some grains. Typical Scandinavian Amber bock...
TBone (30380) reviewed 1839 Stærk Tradisjon from Arendals Bryggeri 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled 330ml (from Vinmonopolet)
Dark brown color, steady beige head. Aroma has bread, caramel and some grainy maltyness. Medium-bodied. Flavor is quite German bockish. Bready, sweetish caramalty. Some alcohol and grainy notes in the finish. Ok.
Nisse666 (17918) reviewed 1839 Stærk Tradisjon from Arendals Bryggeri 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Polet, THR cons 2015-06-04 Duved AR: roasted malt, dark bread syrup, melas AP: dark ruby, high fluffy/stouty cream beige, wild curtains F: melas, caramel, sugar cake and other sweet stuf, warming feeling, pruns, full body, actiually not that bad
yngwie (24447) reviewed 1839 Stærk Tradisjon from Arendals Bryggeri 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. As Arendals 1839 Stærk Tradisjon and Sagene Sterk Jul. A clear, dark chestnut colored beer topped by a dense, finger-thick, beige head leaving lacings. The aroma is dominated by caramel, with some dried fruits like prunes, figs and corinth raisins and a touch og grains. There’s also a faint grassy, piney touch in the far back. It’s full-bodied and perhaps a bit heavy on the carbonation, but far from at annoying levels. Quite soft anyway. Caramel, some notes of roasted malts and a fine bitterness in the flavor, lasting for a good while. There’s also dried figs, prunes and corinth raisins. There’s a faint warmth in the very end, but it’s mostly caramel and dried fruits. A pretty decent beer indeed, but not of the best old-school Christmas beers in Norway.
I had both Arendals 1839 Stærk Tradisjon and Sagene Sterk Jul at the same time, trying to find out if the rumours that these are the same is correct. I can’t find any differences other than the crown caps and the labels. Even the batch number is the same on both bottles, and it’s already confirmed both are brewed at Arendals Bryggeri. Hence they’re now merged. 150528
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Amber with an off white head - Caramel malt aroma - Nice malt body with caramel flavour - Caramle malt goes into the finish - This was one dimesional, but still nice
Earlier Rating: 1/14/2015 Total Score: 3.1
Amber with off white head - Nice sweet malt aroma - Good malt body with some caramle and some bitter notes from hops in the back - Sweet malt and hints of bitterness goes into the finish - This was nice