6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6
Tried
from Can
on 03 Dec 2025
at 18:00
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
33cl can from AbeerVinum, Rimini, Italy. Pours dark brown, towards purple, with fine cream foam. Aroma is toasted, caramel, but also a little roasted. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is moderately sweet. Final is average.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Dec 2025
at 21:10
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Kernel advent box day 2. Deep red copper. Suds of lasting mucky beige. Not particularly a looker. Nose has loads of the red wine barrel coming across sweet juicy and lightly tangy. Some malt character behind. Taste is semi sweet and fruity with a red wine tang. Easy drinking and vinous. Juicy finish. It’s a lovely easy drinking bev but there’s no way I’d know this was supposed to be an Altbier. The red wine barrel dominates everything.
Tried
from Bottle
at
The Kernel Brewery
on 02 Dec 2025
at 18:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2025
at 16:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Dec 2025
at 20:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Dec 2025
at 18:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle from Westhill Service Station. It pours clear darkest red - brown with a bubbly white head. The aroma is sweet, juicy, bright, jammy, blueberry, bramble, raspberry, blueberry muffin, gummy candy, vinous, red wine, brown bread, leather and resin. The taste of smooth, juicy, bright, bitter - sweet, vinous, bramble, raspberry, blueberry, fruit cake, vinous, red wine, oak tannin, brown bread, cherry cola, toasty vibes, some warming booze, leafy and leather with a drying, toothy finale. Medium+ body and average carbonation. Nice depth of flavour and plenty of jammy berry character coming through from the red wine.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Westhill Service Station (Hop Shop Aberdeen)
on 10 Oct 2025
at 13:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
I have visited the Black Isle Brewery once, but didn't come away with anything this good. The barrel aged wine influence is huge here, in both aroma and taste. The latter allows some sweet dark-malts into the taste, which provide plenty of flavour. Texture is smoothish and very crisp.
Tried
from Draft
at
København
on 02 Oct 2025
at 18:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
A dense tan head over a black body. Nose features chocolate, roasted malt, wood shavings and vanilla. A very dry initial taste includes oak, a touch of booze, dark chocolate, roasted malt and coffee. Secondary notes include chalk, vanilla, dark berries, and some molasses. Dry to the finish! Medium body and a slight slickness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:16