[Draught at Købehavnske Øldage] Copper colour, almost no head. Sweet with rounded mouthfeel, Lightly soapy and, caramelly roasty, but sweetness dominates. Fairly low bitterness.

[Draught at Købehavnske Øldage] Pale golden, small head. Citric, juicy hop aroma. Medium sweet and lightly soapy with rounded mouthfeel. Medium bitterness. On the light side.

Draught (pasteurised but unfiltered keg), courtesy of Cardinal, Stavanger. Sampled side-by-side with its "sister brew", Nøgne Ø Imperial Brown Ale (bottle conditioned), see separate rating. Deep brown colour, hazy, not as dark as NØ IBA. Minimal head. Malty aroma, but the aromatic hops are not as distinct as in NØ IBA. Full and rich malty flavour with oaky elements, but a less pronounced maltiness than NØ IBA. Slightly "rawer" in the edges. Still an excellent beer.

A murky red-brown beer with a thin lazing dark beige head. The aroma is sweet combined with a hint of acidity, and light notes of vegetables, caramel, and chocolate. The flavor has notes of caramel and chocolate, leading to a dry end, where the chocolate lingers around. But also in the flavor I pick up a slight acidity, which I find slightly anoying.

Draught Brown-black; head has gone. Real coffee nose, and a touch of rosewater essence. Sweet coffee taste, lots of restsugars, licorice-like zoete drop . Not very strong tasting of MF; the sweetness completely hides the alcohol. Surprising sweet stout that hides its cards.

Draught Clear copper-gold; dwindling yellowish head. Peachy, fruity, estery, and expressly meant Belgian. Very fruity (again peaches) taste, alcoholic and higher alcohols. Finishes however very dry-alcoholic, almost as a fortified tripel. Alcoholic sweetness. Dry, alcoholburn and apparently well-attenuated. I dreaded the nose, but what followed is way better. Still, the alcohol sweetness ought to have some counterweight.

Draught Gold-orange clear with off-white whipped cream head, leaving lace. Very fruity nose, even estery and bit grassy. Strange for a Lager. Finish is more dry. Dry - straw/hay - like lager, very good in taste. Bit toasted retronasal. Well bodied, again, bit aggressive burning. Very good, even when the nose tells me it’s quite young.

Bottle from Jacob Lovenlud, one of the many fine bottles I received recently, consumed on 4/9/06 with SuIIy and OldGrowth.
Served from a wine glass, initially chilled, and allowed to warm to room temperature.
Decants a bright, lucid canteloupe and bronze colored beer with deep blood red and auburn tones. Head is dense, of a medium-beige color and quite sticky, creating light wisps of lace at the top of the glass from the heavy sugars. Light haziness from near-unfiltered nature of the beer (though the bottle we had was more or less devoid of sediment).
Beautiful, expressively hopped nose jumps out from the get-go, funneling juicy fruits and candied oranges straight up the nose, as lime zest, fresh basil and sweet cherries dance about on the sides, keeping things well balanced in the flavoring aspect (of the hops). Bitterness comes from a light touch of resin and raw, hop bud-like note. The caramel malt hits and glazes over everything with a fine layer of sweet, sticky sugars. The ultimate effect is to produce a very juicy, fruity, extremely well-malted beast, that dosent punish you with bitterness. Room for improvement exists in the ratio of hops to malt apparency in the nose, however, as the caramel is rather heavily sweet. Still, this is a faithful rendition of a West coast hop nose.
The flavor is every bit as sweet as the aroma, with rich, creamy caramel malt, light hints of toasted malt dryness towards the end, and a fresh, unpasteurized yeast nuttiness that all set the stage for plenty of juicy fruits. Amarillo-like fruitiness is undercut, somewhat, by cascade-like orange zestiness, which becomes candied, quickly and soon fades in to a floral, mildly bitter centennial-like dry citrus (lemon, white grapefruit, hop-buds, light basil).
You can certainly tell that the texture is full, round, soft and tremendously supportive, while carbonation, if at fresh draught levels, would fully carry the flavors about, not allowing the malt sweetness to build up too heavily. As is, it’s delightfully creamy and rich, with soft fruits, about average bitterness for the style, and some light acidity on the end. Exemplary, and even more incredible in light of the fact that this was made in Copenhagen. Still, taking this blindly, I wouldnt imagine it to really set itself apart from the extremely competitive West coast Double IPA scene.