Subsidiaries
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(330 ml bottle). ABV of my bottle was 9,2%. Nearly black (= dark ruby when held to the light), good to moderate creamy tan head. Started drinking it too cold, surprisingly weak initial aroma, improves as the beer warms up - malty, but not very complex. Flavour is malty sweet with burnt notes - not nearly as cloying as EKU 28 (thank God!) but also less complex. Alcohol is well hidden. OKish mellow aftertaste. Good beer, but it doesn't exactly take my breath away.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2003
at 15:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500 ml cool swingtop bottle. Aroma like an average lager, rather weak. Golden colour, good to moderate head. Flavour is well balanced with a herbal character, moderate sweetness and decent hops. Flavour and aftertaste is better than the average lager, but this is definitely not what I want for CHRISTMAS! As a standard lager it passes the test, as a Christmas beer it fails!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2003
at 10:42
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Strong caramel and mustiness on the aroma of this copper-bodied brew. Flavor is much the same- caramel and musty malts, with a light fruity essence. Alcohol is surprisingly subdued, but this beer is not too interesting regardless of its strength.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2003
at 02:29
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
(500 ml bottle). Pours with an enormous lasting head, colour is cloudy golden brown. Overwhelming lovely sweet aroma of ripe bananas, "bubblegum" and spices, hints of oak. Flavour is refreshing and slightly spicy (cloves, cardamom), a little more hops than most Weissbiers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2003
at 06:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
The aroma is storng of yeast and wheat. The color is an unclear dark orange and it has a beutiful lasting white head. The flavor is smooth wheaty with strong yeast notes. It turns lemony-sour toward the end before it ends on a wheaty dry and rather bitter note for a german wheat beer.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2003
at 15:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. Very dark brown with beige head. Intensely roasty nose. Softly malty with some salty licorice and average bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2003
at 11:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Pale yellow with rich head. Herbal, spicy hop aroma. Dry, clean, bready and really bitter. Solid and very pilsener-like for a landbier.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2003
at 03:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. Golden colour, rich head. Malt aroma. Medium sweet with soft mouthfeel and a lovely deep malt character. Sweeter finsih with low bitterness. Beers labelled "Premium Lager" usually suck. This is the exception.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2003
at 03:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
(5 liter mini-keg, ABV 4,9%). Moderate aroma of hay, light golden colour, enormous head when poured from the mini-keg - like the head of a weissbier. Clean crisp flavour, good bitterness makes this a better-than-average pilsener. The mini-keg is great for parties!
Tried
on 29 Jul 2003
at 12:26
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Yikes. So a beer really can be too strong. Who knew. Pours a bright orange/amber with virtually no head. Aroma is strong malt and alcohol. Medium-bodied an very syrupy. Kind of tastes like a cross between a barley wine and malt liquor. Finish is syrupy sweet malt and caramel. This beer is definitely strong enough for me to be feeling the effects after one bottle. You definitely have to sip this one, but unfortunately this beer is not really good enough to be worth that much trouble.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jul 2003
at 20:05