6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Golden amber with an inch of white head. Lovely aroma of slightly honeyed bread, biscuit, citrus flowers, gooseberries, white grapes. Lightish bodied, low carbonation. Unhappily the hops don’t quite mesh with those nice smelling malts: the taste is of fairly bland hay and biscuit with lots of flowers and a little citrus. Tastes a bit perfumey and the NZ fruitiness that was there in the aroma gets lost. Bitterness is a bit on the low side for me, but it’s resinous and builds after a time.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2015
at 08:12
8/10
Tried
on 29 Jul 2015
at 07:17
8/10
Tried
on 28 Jul 2015
at 04:26
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
From old rating. The bottles that came to Sweden seems quite old, lots of the hops had disappeared. The problem with sending the beer halfway around the world and then get stuck at Systembolaget
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2015
at 16:04
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
What. Is. It? Bottle. Pale gold with a white head that leaves nice rings of lace. Aroma of lime leaf, grapefruit, gooseberries, lychees, lemon pudding, hay. Rippling Kiwi hops. Soft texture is maybe a little on thin side. Some crackers and berries support citrus and tropical fruit. Moderate bitterness. Nice but doesn’t live up to that first whiff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2015
at 08:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Haket cons 2015-07-10 Göteborg AR: black peppery, dark bitter choclate, liqurice AP: black, stouty dark brown lid F: roasted malt, dry, pine, dry, vanilla
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2015
at 04:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared @ Haket during RBScSG. Pours hazy blackish dark brown with a small mocha head that leaves a small trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is malty with roasted malts, dark bread, caramel, Nescafé, cocoa powder, liquorice and moist soil. Taste is tiny sweet, bitter, roasty and malty. Mouthfeel is soft, round, astringent, watery and medium bodied. Finish is bitter with roasted malts, burnt caramel, dark roast coffee, bitter chocolate and moist soil. Solid stout... Bit thin...
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2015
at 13:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle @ Bier-Bier, Helsinki
Pours pitch black with a foamy brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, salty licorice, hints of berries and syrup. Taste is smooth, dry and roasty with hints of berries, some salty licorice and coffee. Finish is dry and roasty with some licorice and hints of blueberries. Okay. --- Beer merged from original tick of Imperium @dylanadmin1 on 29 Jun 2015 at 17:17 - Score: 7
Pours pitch black with a foamy brown head. Aroma of roasty malts, salty licorice, hints of berries and syrup. Taste is smooth, dry and roasty with hints of berries, some salty licorice and coffee. Finish is dry and roasty with some licorice and hints of blueberries. Okay. --- Beer merged from original tick of Imperium @dylanadmin1 on 29 Jun 2015 at 17:17 - Score: 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2015
at 11:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Cotteridge, Birmingham, Friday 19th June 2015 consumed at home Sunday 21st June (Summer Solstice) Warm gold in colour with a filmy white head, slight haze otherwise pretty good clarity. A tropical edge to the nose, also tropical tasting with a little pineapple and mango in the mouth, not overly tropical mind, a jolly good beer but easily bettered in my opinion. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2015
at 23:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Creamy White good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. MOderate malty and heavy hoppy aromka. Heavy bitter flavor. Average heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2015
at 10:54