Fin (18365) reviewed Mediterranean Cedrus from Kykao - Handcrafted 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can courtesy of Kostas Kykao Brewery and consumed in the company of Jude and Baz at Camping Leutasch, Austria, Friday 15th August 2025, we had a Thomas Miers Chilli-con-Carne, Spicy Deep Fried Pineapple, Mexican Roasted Courgettes and Mexican Rice. Pours hazy yellow with a large white head. Quite sweet but interesting, I don't mean interesting as a negative, because this is yet another Kykao beer where local ingredients have been sought to flavour a beer. There is a subtle woodiness and resinous flavour here but it's really not as pronounced as I expected, again I'm struck by the sweetness which really kicks back at any bitterness and hoppiness.
CBarley (1462) reviewed Kyclus #2 from Kykao - Handcrafted 7 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can, shared with Marko and Fin. Pink murky red. Red berries, sweetness. Front heavy sticky sweet. This is supposed to be sour, but it is not. Also not getting the other stuff that's supposed to be there. Not sure what it aimed for.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can, shared with Marko and Fin. Murky deep raspberry. Red berries, milk. Taste is front heavy, juicy, sweet, dry, milk, rhubarb red berry. A bit too muddled random juicy fruity sweetness.
Fin (18365) reviewed Kyclus #2 from Kykao - Handcrafted 7 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can courtesy of Kostas Kykao, cheers Kostas, and consumed in the company of Ursula and Marko Saturday 19th July 2025 at the Mangled Ham tasting. Pours deep red colour, no head to speak of. I actually don't know what two of these ingredients are though I suspect they are responsible for the unusual taste, I've heard of Mahleb and Mastic but my knowledge of the latter is as a sealant In bathrooms 🤣. There is a fruitiness, it's lost a little because there's such an unusual flavour from the two strange ingredients. Loz appears to be the biggest fan, I don't dislike it but I think that it is a beer I would need to try again simply because of those two ingredients. Actually thinking again about this beer, yeah it's tart but could be tarter and tangier also really doesn't taste 8%, the abv is very deceiving.
Marko (22181) reviewed Kyclus #2 from Kykao - Handcrafted 7 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
Can, Mangled Fly tasting, huge thanks F&L! Misty full red body, head gone immediately. Vague fruity notes before the huge vegetal-resinous presence that I hope are mahleb and mastic, not that I would know. Sweet taste, sour cherry much more clear, but very, very sweet, with the same vegetal-resinous presence. Almost no sourness. Too much, way too much.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Can courtesy of Kostas Kykao, cheers Kostas, and consumed in the company of Ursula and Marko Saturday 19th July 2025 at the Mangled Ham tasting. Pours old blood colour, there was a head but it isn't there now so cannot be certain of the colour, I'm picking up a little mintiness here, which is strange because the strawberry is definitely there though more in a jammy type way. Soft mouthfeel, nice fruitiness, good.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can, Mangled Fly tasting, huge thx F&L! Murky deep red body, pink head, quickly gone. Interesting, vinuous aroma, not many outright strawberryish notes, even less mango, but it works! Juicy taste, candyish strawberry backed by mango, good, prickly carbonation, low tartness, low sulfur. Tasty enough, bit weird though.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled 375ml. -Courtesy of Marko, shared with him & Hrabren. Pale brownish coloured, no head at all, wax, caramel, dried fruits and light alcohol in the nose. Dried fruits, caramel, light acidity and notes of oxidation with touch of rotten red apples. Noticable alcohol.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
0.33 l bottle thanks to Marko, shared with Ogi and him. Unclear amber to brown, small beige head. Aroma is a slightly messy combination of black cherry, dried cranberries, cherry brandy, dried fruit, toffee toasted malts and glue. Peppery phenols, ripe apple. Solvent. Also oak. Flavour is dried fruit and tart dark cherry combo with lots of oak, solvent, bitter spicy phenolics. Quite gentle on the body, not creamy or cloying, moderate dried cherry tartness, some toffee sweetness. Right in between the two styles but not in the best way imaginable. Congratulations anyway for this one.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle courtesy of Fin&Loz, ginormous thanks. Finally dug it up and shared it with Hrabren and Ogi. Brownish, reddish body, misty, almost no (off-white) head. Creamy aroma, floral, berry notes, some saliva, but not in a bad way, somehow, oxidation evident, trace glue, but I didn't mind it. Lean, dry taste, fresh, oxidized, caramelly, raisins, berry touches, touch of lightly rotten red apple, mild warmth. Unusual, likely was a bit better earlier.