Subsidiaries
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
A dark amber beer with a small fast disappearing head. The aroma is weak but slightly sweet. The flavor is wheaty (?) - too sweet and boring. All in all an average beer.
Tried
on 20 May 2003
at 16:49
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Golden colour inded. Slight, very white head, lacy. Nose of chaff and grain. Some slight metallic hint too. In the taste come wheat, grain very much to the fore. Retronasal bitterish, rather clean palate. Watery mouthfeel, a bit carbonation. Aftertaste gives slight acidity due to the wheat and the carbonation. I don't know what to make of this. No phenol/banana as in Bavarian, no Belgian spices for wit, not enough acidity for Berliner - but there's nothing instead!
Tried
on 10 Mar 2003
at 11:57
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Completely dark-brown to black. Brown-grey head, thick,big bubbles. Nose: coffee-and-milk, chocolate, roasted malt, tobacco notes. Taste is bitter as from burnt malts. Coffee, chicory. Very chewy mouthfeel, yet refreshing. Aftertaste is malt & bitterness, like a slightly overdone bread.
Tried
on 10 Mar 2003
at 08:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark brown, with only a red shine. darkish head, lacy. Nose gives milk chocolate, like a sweet stout. Taste - this is like watered-down sweet stout. Flavour is certainly caramelmalts, very outspokenly. Daring taste, but I'd liked some hops. Very light-bodied, however, the coloured malts gives some mouthfeel. No new aftertaste. I'm surprised by this beer - it has a character I can't place. I'm even not certain whether I like it or not.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Mar 2003
at 13:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Dark color, brownish thick head, beautiful lace. Some malt and sharp but not strong roasted barley; yeast. Reasonable stout, a bit metallic, dry.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2003
at 05:53
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Beautiful red-amber color. Malt nose, with a strange light herbs hint. Dry taste, some malt and very light roasted malt. Sufficient.
Tried
on 20 Jan 2003
at 05:46
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Golden color, poor head. Simple, some malt, a bit metallic. Useless.........
Tried
on 20 Jan 2003
at 05:44
3.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2
Not much of an aroma...not much flavor (just slight roasted malts)...watery finish (maybe they just added black dye to their crystal clear Irish water)......hmm, at least it looks nice.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2002
at 18:48
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Tasted at the Barrelhouse Brewing Company Microbrew Fest on November 9. Another grocery store beer. Slightly sweet wheaty flavor but fairly plain-jane overall.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2002
at 13:58
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Tasted at the Barrelhouse Brewing Company Microbrew Fest on November 9. I found this to be a bland grocery store Irish Ale. Nice red color but the flavor and aroma didn''t do much for me.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2002
at 13:23