8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pours murky brown with a small head.Nose shows rich sweet syrupy malt with some soft oxidative notes, a little booze, gingerbread, spicy phenols and a red wine note. Lovely.Sweet flavours. Oxidative notes, brown sugar, woody notes, soft tannins and a strong port character. Some booze but it’s reasonable well integrated.Nice syrupy body and light carbonation.Great stuff.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2013
at 00:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle. Slightly hazy golden, thin white head. Grassy, hoppy, fruity aroma. Flavor similar, hoppy, hay, grassy notes. Not bad at all.
-- rated with beerbasher/winphone
-- rated with beerbasher/winphone
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2013
at 09:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours dark brown with a light tan head.Nose shows roasted malt, a soft smokey hit, sweet caramel and soft bready notes.Roasty flavours too but with a fair bit of sweetness from some bready malt. A faint smokey notes is present along with the faintest amount of chilli spice.Nice creamy mouthfeel, carbonation could be a little higher though.
Tried
on 14 Nov 2013
at 19:26
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle. Golden amber with a white head. Grainy aroma with kumquat, pine, passionfruit, grass, caramel. Sweet with grain and caramel, spicy and rather crude bitterness. OK, but not what I looking for in a lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2013
at 04:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours black with a large, lasting head.Nose shows chocolate, roasted malt, cocoa and spicy noble hops.Interesting flavours with some sweet caramel alongside the restrained salt followed by soft chocolate malt leading to a drier roasty finish.Nice syrupy body, carbonation could be a little higher.
Tried
on 30 Oct 2013
at 23:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours dark copper with a small white head.Nose shows tart green apples, caramel, soft booze, french oak, toffee, lychee, passion fruit. Pretty awesome.Flavours don’t quite match up, some caramel, apple, cardboard-like grainy malt and booze. Finishes quite harsh with a fair bit of booze.Needs more carbonation, very low at the moment.
Tried
on 24 Oct 2013
at 01:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Amber with a small off-white head that lasts very well. Aroma is of toffee apples, mild funk, some alcohol. Medium bodied. Taste is sweet with a big Calvados finish that’s rumblingly warm. The beer gets a little overwhelmed here, but there’s toffee, a little funk and a fair bit of bitterness too. Too much like a beer cocktail for my tastes, but it’s fun and done well.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2013
at 04:42
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Black with a tan head that rapidly retreats to the rim. Aroma of Cognac, molasses, heavily roasted coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla, soy sauce and yes truffles if you squint a bit. Oily. Grapey, dark berries, bitter finish with some oranges and spices (including salt). In between there is a stout that’s got lots of dark sugars and quite intense roasted malt and coffee. It doesn’t quite get elbowed aside but shares the limelight a bit too much with the spirit for my liking. Couldn’t pick the truffles at all once I’d started drinking it. Alcohol is not all that obvious which is surprising given the prominence of the Cognac and its strength. Avoids so many things that might have made it awful but never quite grabbed me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2013
at 06:17
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle @ Leijuva Lahna, Helsinki
Bottled 01 JUL 2013 - Pours pitch black with a smooth light brown head. Strong and heavy aroma with notes of smoke, rum, booze, wood, leather, hints of tartness and berries. Taste is a bit untypical and layered with notes of smoke, wood and berries, roasted malts, some leather, rum and booze. Finish is smooth, warming and a bit sticky with notes of alcohol, rum, leathery smoked wood and oak. Quite complex, but a bit unbalanced.
Bottled 01 JUL 2013 - Pours pitch black with a smooth light brown head. Strong and heavy aroma with notes of smoke, rum, booze, wood, leather, hints of tartness and berries. Taste is a bit untypical and layered with notes of smoke, wood and berries, roasted malts, some leather, rum and booze. Finish is smooth, warming and a bit sticky with notes of alcohol, rum, leathery smoked wood and oak. Quite complex, but a bit unbalanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2013
at 05:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33 cl bottle @ Leijuva Lahna, bottled 01.07.2013
Aroma is nice with tar, some rum notes and bretta. Flavour has bretta, peat, tar and rum notes. Leathery palate. Unusual but good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2013
at 05:47