7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Almost black; firm alcohol in the nose with currants, raisins, milk chocolate; smooth palate with a milky, raisiny character and a dry finish. Well balanced, like a poor swedish man's version of Old Rasputin.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2002
at 07:48
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reddish brown. Above aevrgare body, complex, almost playful hoppiness, roasty. Bitter finish. As always from this brewery an interesting high quality brew.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2002
at 07:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Pale yellow in colour with a rich head. Big, grassy saaz hop aroma. Softly malty, complex, and rather dry. The finish has a lingering bitterness. IMO this is more of a czechish style pilsener than a Dortmunder, and a good one at that. A beer that can be consumed in quantity.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jan 2002
at 06:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Nut brown, sweetish, nicely malty and bitter. A good Christmas lager. ....
Tried
on 19 Jan 2002
at 11:01
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Dark reddish brown. Very malty, balanced malt sweetness, warming alcohol, perhaps still slightly too young when I sampled it. Rather bitter.
Tried
on 19 Jan 2002
at 10:59
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Red-brown. Thick. Big maltiness. Complex, with very nice hop profile. This beer need some time to mature. When sampled fresh it is overly sweet, but after a year or so it has dried out and becomes a well balanced hop dominated barley wine.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2002
at 08:38
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Amber cloloured, fruity, and balanced. This beer is not really made justice on bottles.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2002
at 16:32
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
When you get the unfiltered version it is beyond doubt a world classic. But as that is usually impossible the bottled version is a good substitute. Black. Chewy, full bodied. Complex with salty licquorice aroma. Nice bitterness. While the first vintage was mindblowing subesequent vintages has failed to meet my very high expectations. The score has thus been lowered from (9/5/10/4/19 = 4.7)
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2002
at 16:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Wonderful Munich lager with a deep copper colour and lots of complex maltiness.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2000
at 22:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Lager with soft hop and sweet malt combining nicely on the nose. The palate starts with fruity hop, giving way to malt towards the end.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2000
at 22:13