Subsidiaries
1.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Bottled. Dark red, pink head. Sugary nose. Cloyingly mega-sweet, with flavours of sugar, syrup, sugar, syrup, syrup, syrup and syrup. I’m struggling to open my mouth. Help me!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2010
at 07:02
2.3/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
Bottled. Dark brown, no head. Sugary nose. Super sweet with clean, hard mouthfeel. Primitive, sticky and harsh. No bitterness. Beer for taste impaired...
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2010
at 07:00
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Half-liter bottle. A new produce store in Downers called Michael’s that I might have to add as a place, just for having all three Chimays and Delerium Tremens in stock. And this among the sometimes obscure Baltic beers. Hey, give it a point for nice labeling and matching crown. But as I pour, the cloying smell of corn sweeteners hits my nose. It looks pretty, though, pilsener yellow under a puffy white head. Most of that off smell is driven away, and underneath, I can say it starts to try to make up for it in taste. Fizzy and somewhat malty, much less sweetener on my tongue. A bit of bitterness that won’t admit to being hops. At 5.5% abv, I don’t know about lumping it in the European Strong Lager category, but of those, this is actually one of the better ones.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2010
at 20:32
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Small, yellowish head, shrinking double-quick; dark cola-colour of the bottle turns out to be 100% the beer... clear glass bottle, faugh! Molasses, sweet-fruity nose, raspberry essence and sweet drop. Sweet, again artificially raspberry flavour, with underlying dark malts, not fermented or hopped. Empty, syrupy palate, near-viscous. And now for the surprise. Despite the -1 for the bottle, and the scathing (well-deserved) comments on aromas and flavours, this "beer" is actually a near-perfect childrens’ drink - much more advisable than the industrial American-inspired concoctions usually to their disposal. Just not for me, please.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2010
at 11:11
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 500ml. @ home.[ Courtesy of Ole ]. Clear medium red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, brown sugar, burnt sugar. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate roasted malt bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20091018]
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2009
at 00:18
3.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Bottle, courtesy of Pinball. A clear, brown beer topped by a beige head. Cola-like nose with candy and some wort. Cola in the form of winegum-cola bottles mostly. Caramel-sweet, slightly wort-like flavor with dark rye bread. Thin on the palate. Hmm, sort of reminiscent of a Danish hvidtøl, and not very good either, way too candyish. 090822
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2009
at 12:41
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Huge, dense, off-white head fast gone over coppery-golden beer, well-carbonated. Nearly absent nose, faint honeyish whiff. Sweet and watery taste; pure, but equally uninteresting malts, boiled mushrooms. Light MF, watery. Oh well, I wasn’t expecting BrewDog. As to the Brussels’ gold medal, I was not invited for the jury.
Tried
on 27 Nov 2009
at 08:32
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
40cl bottle from a Polish shop in Slough. Reddish brown with a pink head; aroma of raspberry and malt; the flavour is a strange combination of sweet malts and sharp raspberry fruit - but somehow it works. Certainly different.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2009
at 14:22
2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 1
40cl bottle from a Polish shop in Slough. The initial impression on pouring is that this is a cola drink - but the colour is slightly redder in hue. Once tasted it clearly isn’t cola - it’s a sweet and fizzy malt-based soft drink. I can see nothing to comend it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2009
at 13:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. A golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma has primary notes of malt, but also lighter notes of caramel and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and straw, leading to a lightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Nov 2009
at 10:57