6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. (#813) It pours a nice dark golden to copper body with a good carbonation forming a dense, off-white head. Sediments in the bottle. Even though I left most of the sediments in the bottle, yeast dominates the aroma. Fruityness and caramel sweetness in the background. The hops are more evident in the mouth, where it gives a citrusy flavor and a pleasant bitterness. Fruity too, and with malt and caramel. Smooth, medium body. Maybe a bit on the sweet side, almost candy-like notes, but finishes with a nice fruityness and bitterness. A pleasant welcome from Norway’s maybe smallest brewery. (081120)
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2008
at 15:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500 ml bottle, brew #838, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.5%. Amber to brown colour, moderate off-white creamy head. The aroma has malts, some fruit, juniper, resin and hops. Fizzy mouthfeel, could have been fuller. The flavour has resin, some malts and moderate "dusty" / dry hops in the finish. Not bad, but probably better with "trøndersodd" than on its own.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2008
at 13:36
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500 ml bottle, brew #830, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.5%. Deep golden to brown colour, slightly hazy, with a big head. The aroma has malts, some caramel, fruit and hops, also wood, juniper and resin, a hint of spices, maybe a faint hint of smoke too. The flavour is woody and resiny with decent hops, again with a hint of smoke. Has a flair of "traditional homebrew" this one. I like it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2008
at 10:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle, brew #834, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.5%. Black colour, big to moderate creamy greyish brown head. Nice roasted aroma with notes of chocolate and coffee, some cheesy and slightly acidic notes too. The flavour is moderately sweet and roasted with a certain fruitiness, notes of coffee as expected. Ashy dry finish. Could have been better, could have been worse.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2008
at 15:30
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Brew #840. ABV is 4.5%. Pale golden colour, fairly clear, just a faint haziness. Big to moderate white head. Aroma of artificial "banana candy" (not very pleasant), also notes of honey, coriander and cloves. Fizzy mouthfeel. Like others have said the flavour is very estery and "wheat beer"-like, notes of coriander, cloves and banana (but not too much), refreshing and not too sweet. Moderate hops in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2008
at 13:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle, brew #816, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 4.5%. Dark brown colour, big and creamy beige head. Nice malty sweetish aroma with loads of caramel and fresh bread, also some fruity notes. The flavour is also malty with some bready notes, hints of caramel but not really sweet, moderate hops. Some fruity notes in the finish. Hints of resin in the aftertaste. Has not really got anything to make it stand out as a Yule/Christmas beer, but it is a nice and drinkable dunkel nevertheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2008
at 07:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle #821. It pours a golden-orange, hazy body with a finger-thick white head. Very lively carbonation. Bananaish on the nose, slighlty candy-like, with some notes of citrus and coriander. Actually more reminiscent of a hefe-weizen. Quite nice though. Very effervescent in the mouth, medium body. Quite sweet flavor, again banana, some citrus and cloves, and also a little bitterness. Sweet finish with more pronounced bitterness. As a kölsch, it’s far from bullseye, it seems the brewer has been peeking too much on his wit and hefeweizen recipes, but it’s a tasteful, quaffable beer. A bit over-carbonated maybe, but that’s ok. Could easily drink more of this one. (081030)
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2008
at 15:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, thx to anchr. A very dark brown beer with a ruby hue. Beige, diminishing head. Roasted, more or less burnt aroma with bonfire smoke and coffee. A bit one-dimentional I think. The flavor has bonfire smoke notes, coffee, charcoal and some hops towards the finish. Medium, quite effervescent mouthfeel. Dry, roasted finish. The beer is quite nice, English styled and a bit one-dimentional. It lacks on the hops I think. (080731)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2008
at 04:18
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is coffe, roasted, malt. Flavour is coffee, malt, hop, chocolate. Pleasent nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2008
at 01:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. (#817) The beer pours a very dark brown body under a nice but rather quickly diminishing beige head. Burnt, bonfire-sourish aroma with a touch of dried fruits. Would like the aroma to be more pronounced, it was a bit anonymous. Medium body, quite dry in the mouth, with flavors of roasted malt and some bitterness. Touch of coffee too. Lasting burnt finish. A decent beer, but far from outstanding. (080708)
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2008
at 04:32