6.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Keg Haket 2024-05-11 Göteborg
AR: sour thin blueberry,
AP: amber body, wee lid
F: sour thin blueberry,

7

#hellas

6.9

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at home. Pours deep golden/orange with thick and huge white head. Nose is thaz of a classic Belgian, yeasty and fruity, In taste the Belgian character appears first too, and closes with some definite, but not quite pronounced hoppy bitterness. Has light body and extremely lively carbonation, hence initially not quite easy to drink. Not bad by far, but more I would've liked more IPA notes.

8.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at home. Pours jet black with a finger beige head. Nose is that of an IPA, piney resinous, but with a decent roasted/coffee touch. Its taste is hops, cocoa and a good proportion of coffee in a beautiful mixture. Closes with long, piney and coffee-y bitter finish has light to medium, moderately creamy body, and is easy to drink. Finally a black IPA that's black AND an IPA at the same time, and the perfectly portioned coffee is just the cherry on the top.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at home. Pours deep golden with thin, quickly disappearing head, somewhat hazy but definitely not juicy in appearance. Nose is mainly sweet, fruity and floral, there's some honey in there too and a super faint resinous touch. In taste it's sweet again, I get honey, hops and some definite booze that gets more prominent with warming. Closes with a bit strange bittersweet finish, has light body (defo drinks below the abv) and soft to normal carbo. Not bad at all, but it's not quite there either.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home. Pours jet black with beige head. Nose is a curious bittersweet mix, but surely very pleasant: booze, chocolate, roasted and earthy notes, some coffee. In taste it's coffee first, then comes the almond and altogether with a boozy and coffee touch it reminds me of poppy seed for some reason. Closes with long lasting bitterish, coffee finish, has medium body and soft carbo. It gets better as it warms.

8.2

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home. Pours jet black with no head. Nose is syrupy peated chocolate, inviting and indulging. Taste is chocolate praline with some booze and hints of coffee perhaps, but it's mainly smoke and chocolate. Closes with a sweet, warming boozy chocolatey finish, has a medium to big, creamy-oily body and soft carbonation. It may be lacking in complexity, but boy does it make up for it in general pleasantry.

7.8

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared az Zozo's. Pours deep pinkish golden with a quickly disappearing white head. Nose is intense strawberries, light tropical fruity sweetness, a touch of cherries and lactose. Taste is nicely balanced between tart and sweet, showing strawberries, guava, cherries counterbalanced by lactose and bready malts. Closes with a fruity finish, has a light to medium body and soft carbo, drinks well below the ABV. All in all it's nicely balanced between tart and sweet, expected more pastry character, but didnt mind that it wasnt overwhelmingly sweet. Props for the intense strawberry character, it's a fucker to work with hehe.

7.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared at Zozo's. Pours glowing orange with a quickly dissipating white head. Nose is tropical fruits, mango and passion fruit, with a citric touch. Taste is light sweetness upfront, then it turns sour, showing passion fruit and mandarin, citrus zest and light lactic acid-character. Closes with a long lasting fruity finish, has a medium to full body and soft carbonation. Tasty.

6.2

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 5

Can shared at Zozo's. Pours hazy yellow with white head. Nose is intense, in fact overwhelming citrus zesty bitterness, the kind that reminds me of domestos. Little to no IPA character anyway. Taste is bitter zesty notes from the fruits and citric hops too. Just like in aroma it's just too much for me. Closes with a bitter citric finish, hasa light to medium body and soft carbo. I'm not particularly fond of fruited IPAs and this one's especially over the top.