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

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and dark fruit. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and moderate bitter finish. 201214
Earlier Rating: 12/20/2014 Total Score: 2.6
Can @ fonefan tasting. Clear brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light spicy. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and light bitter finish. 201214

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

Bottle at home. Has a clear, deep reddish brown colour with a beige head. Malty aroma of caramel, rye bread, flowers, some spices and wood. Sweet and light flavour with more caramel, some wood and alcohol. Light and watery mouth feel, and has a light bitterness. Close to a typical dunkler bock but is pretty light in flavour and body. Quite boring.

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

28.11.2014, 0,33l bottle (both this and Sagene Sterk Jul) @ home:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly grainy, weeds, wet grain, boiled vegetables, hay, cereal, burnt caramel, grass. Taste is slightly dry grainy, cereal, hay, minerals, wet grain, caramel malts, weeds, nuts, paper. Medium bitterness, grainy mouthfeel. Boring.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Lukt: Duft av humle, malt, krydder og tre.
Utseende: Fin gyllen brun farge.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum, heng langs kant.
Smak: Smak av rosin, krydder og malt.
Hvor: "Kjøpt@VP Bryne, Nydt@Lokal hjemme tasting med Gorm
Medium: Flaske@330ml
Kommentar: Ratet som Sagene Sterk Jul Total Score: 2,5

Earlier Rating: 11/10/2014 Total Score: 3.1
Dengang ratet som Arendals 1839 Stærk tradisjon
Duft av humle, malt, rosin og krydder. Mørk vinrød farge. Tynn hinne skum, ring langs kant. Smak av eik, rosin og krydder.

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

Bottle at OSB 26.11.14. Clear copper. Foamy off-white head and lacing. Fine aroma and taste of red berries, with some malt sweetness. Low bitterness. Good drinkability.
Earlier Rating: 11/9/2014 Total Score: 2.8
From bottle at DSJT at Cardinal 09.11.14. Clear, dark amber.Quickly disappearing beige head and lacing. Sweetish aroma of dried berries. Similar, soft taste.

Bra. Beskrevet som mørk eksport. fyldig med godt maltpreg. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Sterk Jul on 14 Dec 2020 at 21:58 - Score: 5. Original review text: Det er et svovelpreg, noe a la brente fyrstikker, som kommer bedre. Frem med virvling i glasset. Men det var der som en bismak helt fra starten. Det ødelegger endel for etøl som eller virker temmelig bra.

Lite humlearoma, som lar en søtlig maltaroma trenge igjennom. Lite CO2, som sammen med lite bitterhet ikke balanserer malten. Tynn-søtt.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

0,33 flaske fra polet, Vika i Oslo, på hotellrommet: klar rødlig mahognyfarge med kort beige skum. Tilbakeholden aroma av brente mandler og rosiner. Lett bitterhet i smaken. Vandig. Kort ettersmak.
Earlier Rating: 11/15/2014 Total Score: 2.2
Fra flaske på Cardinal, DSJT nov-14: klar brunfarge men med lite skum. En ubehagelig lukt av kokte grønnsaker, kanel og anis. Smaken er desverre likeså. Bør nok gi den en ny sjanse en annen kveld.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

330 ml can. Clear, pale golden body with a medium sized white head. Both aroma and flavor is rather typical all other industrial lagers in this segment. Difficult to point out anything distinct besides being light and refreshing with some sweetness and light grassy hops. No faults and would take advance of some more bitterness. Compared with the “Ringnes Arendals Pils” it’s brighter, less caramel, less sweeter and feels a bit more refreshing. I also made I compartment with a few other new industrial lager/pilsners today and it’s not bad at all, actually among the most quaffable. Still quite boring and not among my coup of tea.

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

Mahognybrun klar med høyt beige skum som legger seg fort. Lukter brendt karamell, malt, krydder og mørke frukter. Smaker søt karamell, krydder og alkohol. Lite bobler men føles godt karbonert.
Earlier Rating: 10/29/2014 Total Score: 2.2
Mørk brun klar med lavt beige skum. Lukter brent sukker og malt, samt noe karamell. Søt smak, kandissukker og karamell.. Kort. Medium kullsyre. Moktober