6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle (expired) at the BF Karlín. Shared with Zhenya. Well, I got brave after their Christmas Ale proved to be genuinely nice so I went for this too. Ignoring the warnings of infection and diacetyl of years past, of course. There was a 35kč tick of a beer I needn't try again if it sucks, and they kept the other one in good shape so why not. Very dark brown body, off-white head. Raisin, light coffee aaand light tartness in the aroma, hm, but not bothersome. Lean, fairly empty taste, soft dark malt notes, light raisins and coffee. Simple, meh, okay. Nothing wrong with it apart for light age this time. Yay!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2022
at 20:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle (expired or will we say aged) at BF Karlín. Ah, Kocour. One of Czechia's craft pioneers and somewhat hypeish breweries way back when, quickly fully overshadowed, bar some random flashes by Matuška and going down (mostly quality-wise, stability-wise too) so fast that it's very hard to find in most places in Prague nowadays. My ticking urges overshadowed any caution and I went for it (just Christmas Ale btw). And didn't regret it. Murky brown body, off-white head. Light nutty malty notes in the aroma, not much hops - if there were any, they were gone now. Light taste, nutty, soft, with a light but quite present herbal hoppy presence, flowery and more even spicy - I can see the juniper reference. Nice really. There, I said it. Extra +0.1 to be fair as it's old.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2022
at 20:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Soldaten Svejk. A bit dark golden with a white head. Hops, grain, some toffee and hints of butter.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Oct 2021
at 20:59
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle 0.2l from our archive, three years aged. Lightly cloudy, reddish amber colored. AROMA- rum, alcohol, brandy, raisins, plum, cherry, honey, caramel. FLAVOR- pleasantly sweet, warming but smooth, rum, raisins, plum, cherry, honey, brandy, dry berries, touch of barrel. Full bodied. Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2021
at 09:09
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2021
at 18:29
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2021
at 17:38
7/10
No better way to start the weekend than having some nice coffee, followed by a nice beer and being surrounded by CATS while you drink
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2021
at 11:45
6/10
Barva hneda, stredne zakalena. Pena nizka, rychle spadla. Vune citrusy, chmel, ovoce. Chut mirne ovocna, vyssi stredni horkost, prechazi do grepove kyseleho dojezdu. Malo bublinek. Ulpiva docela. Celkem silna kyselejsi ipa americkeho typu
Tried
on 10 Mar 2021
at 20:08
7/10
Barva hneda silneji zakalena. Pena nizka pomijiva. Vune karamelova citrusova. Chut sladova, trochu ovocna, prechod do stredni vyssi horkosti do citrusova. Prijemny lehci ember ale.
Tried
on 10 Jan 2021
at 20:13
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 0.2l from our archive, three and half years aged. Cloudy, reddish amber colored. AROMA- brandy, raisins, dark fruit, wooden barrel, pralines. FLAVOR- fairly sweet, warming, cherry liquer, dark fruit, raisins, barrel, pralines, rowanberries. Full bodied. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2020
at 21:55