7.2

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.

6.4

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.

8.4

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.

7

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

6

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

7

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.

8.2

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.

7

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