Growler @ benzai. Amber colour. Smells kerststol, raisins, sweet. Tastes sweet, weird, spices and herbs. Watery.thin to medium body, soft carbo. Very mediocre.

18th December 2016
Hazy amber - brown beer, good pale tan head. Palate is softish and semi dry. Decent fine carbonation. Smooth malts, trace of cream. Spicy esters getting sweeter. Light red wine berries. Estery spicy dry finish. Bit too ester dominant but fine.

Botella @II cata Ratebeer Asturias. 19/07/2015 BBD: 07/12/2015 Bottled: 11/01/2015 Color amarilo claro, aromas especies, balsamico, sabor especies. cerveza muy descompensada

Straw blond and hazy. Aroma is strong with apple and vanilla. Flavour is less intense. Sweet finish.

American style strong ale from a Spanish craft brewery (in Galicia) I hadn’t heard of before, bottle from Plan B. Quite a lot of pressure on this bottle upon opening, but no gusher. Frothy, medium thick, egg-white, densely moussy head leaving behind a rim of thick membranous lacing and crowning a hazy reddish vermillion coloured, coppery beer. Aroma of blood orange, mandarin flesh, fresh lime and mango juice, biscuit, sharp and oily orange peel zest, freshly cut red apples and a lot of it, Grand Marnier, hazelnut oil, strawberry wine, lots of citrus-scented soap, freshly cut red apples, honey liqueur, hints of dry earth, raw pineapple, green banana and almond. Vividly fruity onset, peach, guava and dried banana sweetness paired with an underlying redcurrant acidic touch, strong citrusy ’fraîcheur’, minerally and somewhat overstated carbonation, establishing a rather coarse, but ’filling’ body. Biscuity and nutty malt bittersweetness in the middle, notably soapy too, while this fruit sour-and-sweetness persists, bready as well due to yeast remnants, very soapy as well, leading to a drying finish of very - lively - grapefruity, spicy hop bitterness laying a dry and resinous coating on the tongue and producing some very pleasant pink pepper, grapefruit juice and (more vaguely) tropical floral notes, with - again - bitter citrus prevailing; quite a lot of (toasty) breadiness goes down alongside nutty bitterish malts, hop bitterness and an afterglow of warming, orange liqueur- or even calvados-like alcohol. Clean (though perhaps a tad too soapy), to the point and technically more than correct: this is a convincing beer with a lot of personality hidden inside. Thoroughly citrusy, very orange and grapefruit-zest like, in a fresh, lively manner - in fact, the biscuity maltiness could have been more thick, sweet, robust and outspoken to my taste, especially seen the intent of the brewer, aiming at something along the lines of Stone’s Arrogant Bastard, AleSmith’s My Bloody Valentine or Black Diamond’s Fracas. In that particular sense, this falls short of rotund, malty goodness, but who can blame it for being so intensely grapefruity - in the most juicy, refreshing and vivid manner imaginable. Viewed that way, this is much more a red IPA than an ’American strong ale’ - whatever the latter means. I need to get to know this brewery better with a certain amount of urgency...

Bottle 330ml. @ [ The Country Stat Improver Tasting ] - Saxo, Aarhus. [ As Keltius Los Suaves ].Clear medium to dark brown amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, caramel, cookie, light chocolate, light milk chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, milk chocolate, cookie. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20161008] 6-3-6-3-12

Botella 33 cl en el kraken 28..10..2016. (r17). Color negro con bastante espuma beige claro que desaparece al poco. Aromas y sabores maltosos suaves algo tostados con ligeros toques dulces algo acaramelados. Toques de cacaos y algunas especies. Cuerpo ligero bastante líquido y algo aguado al que le faltaría un poco más de sabor y densidad. Corriente.

Botella 33 cl de 1420 León tomada en el momento en Belmonte 02..12..2016 Fcpref 01..10..2017 (r10). Color ámbar tostado anaranjado turbio con espuma blanca. Aromas y sabores maltosos con buenas dosis de vinos blancos ligeras maderas mojadas y algo especiados. Toques afrutados ligeros algo de uva blanca. Cuerpo ligero a medio con 7.5 vol algo pastosa densa con espuma. Original. Normal.

Botella del @V Festival Milanito. 26/11/2016 Color negro, espuma beige, sabor torrefacto, herbal, cuerpo medio.