Bottle. Drak brown colour with a tan head. Sweet malty spicy aroma. Malty spicy flavor, hints of licorice. Lots of carbonation. Dry malty finish with some bitterness.

Bottled. Have compared some of the early batches with the later one and found a big improvement. The best of them will count for this rating. Golden, medium dark, hazy body with a rather small head. Delicious aroma of hops and citrus with hint of hay. Quite a mild IPA, refreshing, fruity and easy drinkable. Great IPA for those not to keen on the hops.

Bottled. Hazy orange colour, small white head. Aroma is hops and yeast. Flavour is hoppy all the way through. Also some hints of yeast and grass. Smooth to drink and a very pleasant IPA.

Bottled@Konttori, Tampere. Hazy golden colour, huge white fluffy head. Aroma is enormously acidic fruity and earthy. Flavour is grass, earth and very sour fruits. Not pleasant.

500ml bottle (batch 31, bb. April ’09). Gives a shot and a good smoke when opened. The content tries to get out of the bottleneck on its own (so be sure to have a glass nearby). Huge, noisy brownish foam, quickly disappearing, but can be enjoyed every time you fill the glass. Aroma has got notes of spiciness, some wheat and dark malt. Sweet espresso taste with solid hints of aniseed. There is also riped fruity notes in the flavour. Moderate yeasty ending. The flavours are being blocked by the overcarbonation of the brew, but the taste comes through when the brew developes in the glass (12.11.2006).

Bottled. A nice, spiced aroma escaped the bottled immediately after opening. Promising. It pours dark brown, with lots of carbonation and a lovely, dense, lasting tan head. Some sediments in the bottom. The nose is spiced at first, with coffee-like bitterness, hops and some sour notes. Quite roasted flavor with sweetness, hops, spicyness, dried fruits and notes of coffee. Some vinous notes as well. Pleasant mouthfeel, fullbodied and drying. The finish is warming and quite hopped, with a spicyness and an alcohol-note that lasts quite long. Nice! Rating: 7-4-8-4-15-3.8.(061106)

Bottle, 2008 vintage, #187. Courtesy of the brewery. Pours a very dark brown body, slightly unclear, under a finger thick, dense, beige head. Licorice, roasted malts, coffee beans, some notes of prunes and subtle resiny, citrusy hops in the aroma. Full-bodied, quite low on carbonation, rather dry, and with flavors of roasted malts, piney and citrusy hops giving a pleasant bitterness, coffee, a little touch of salty licorice and some dark chocolate. A tiny touch of sourness too. Fine roasted finish with a balancing bitterness. Really pleasant this year, but not so very Christmasy anymore. (090101)

Medium light brown head; opaque black body. Firm, spicy, harmonic aroma of wood, cloves, and pine needles. Firm, harmonic woody taste of pepper, cloves, and hops. Very soft, smooth and well-rounded. Has a sharpish burnt edge as well, which kind of defines the beer. Very nice, and highly drinkable. (0.5l bottle.)

(Bottle on RBESG 2006) Shady orange brown color, tan head. Some hops in the scent. Initally hoppy taste, but gives way for a slight bit alcohol after.

Bottle. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is roasted malt. Flavour is roasted, malt, fruit,yeast.

Bottled. Dark brown, almost opaque colour. Mediumsized brown head. Aroma is malts, some hops and yeast. Flavour is yeast, wheat, malts and a bit roasted malts also. Dry fruit coming in as well. Long, yeasty and fruity aftertaste.