330 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet Sandnes Kvadrat. ABV is 5.5%. Chestnut colour, small off-white head. Aroma of maize / corn and lightly roasted malts. Moderately sweet flavour of corn, mild coffee, chocolate and lightly roasted malts. Clearly drinkable, but not very interesting. --- Beer merged from original tick of Nixtamal Dark Mexican Lager on 07 Nov 2025 at 00:25 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6. Original review text: 330 ml bottle, from Vinmonopolet Sandnes Kvadrat. ABV is 5.5%. Chestnut colour, small off-white head. Aroma of maize / corn and lightly roasted malts. Moderately sweet flavour of corn, mild coffee, chocolate and lightly roasted malts. Clearly drinkable, but not very interesting.

Utseende: Mørk brun.
Lukt: Malt, krydder, frukter, rosin.
Smak: Malt, frukter, krydder, tørr avslutning.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-6-5-6-6=6, Bottle@330ml, ABV@4.7%, Når@2025.10.31.
Hvor: Kjøpt@Vaaland, Bryne, Nydt@Hjemme.
Navn: Julekos
Stil: LAGER - AMBER / VIENNA
Bryggeri: 7 Fjell Bryggeri

Decent and easy drinkable session ipa.
Clear golden in the glass and a fine head.
Mellow intensity in the aroma.
Balanced sweetness/bitterness and a fine carbonation level.
Malty, mellow citric, some pine and fruity flavor
[Can from RuneBlix]

0,33 butelje fra VO Aker Brygge, hjemme: klar rødlig kastanjefarge med ok skum. Mild duft og ålreit smak med ristet brød, urter, hint av røde bær, mørk sjokolade og brennesle. God bitterhet og maltsmak, dog uten at jeg er fra meg av begeistring. "Greit nok", som en tidligere kollega av meg ville bemerket med sin sedvanlige mangel på entusiasme.

2022 vintage bottle. Dark red to light brown pour, a bit opaque/murky. Light to medium sized head, the slightest off-white, shows good enough retention, little to no lacing. Reasonably intense aroma, but perhaps not much for the style: there's a (relatively restrained) base of sweet malts, though i can't pick something specific, soft chocolate notes, a bit of coffee, a hint of leather, a rather dry kind of feel which maybe suggests a good dose of bitterness. Taste notes follow the aroma: again, perhaps slightly sub-par intensity per style, but mostly not too defined/polished. A bit of sweet malty base, chocolate and light coffee, a hint of leather, a good dose of dry floral bitterness, with a pretty dry finish and aftertaste. Possibly closer to what you'd expect from an american strong ale rather than from an old ale. Medium to dense bodied with low to average carbonation; a relatively simple and easygoing mouthfeel per style, lacks the fullness i'd expect though. Felt overall quite mediocre to me.