4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. Copper coloured with mediumsized foamish head, which disappears quite quickly. Lacing. Fruity and woody aroma with some bitter tones. Sweetish malty taste with hints of hops. Aftertaste is smoky/roasted. Pretty dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2005
at 04:15
3.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
(bottle) Light amber colour with medium white head. Light hoppy nose. Light bodied with watery malty taste. Really nothing special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2005
at 06:50
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brought by a friend from Germany. The only beer she brought me I knew nothing about. When I saw that it would be my first alt, I was overjoyed. But, that didn’t last long. Pours a beautiful orange/copper colour, small but persistant head. Very carbonated. Not much of an aroma, caramel maybe. Fruity malt dominates the flavor. Some hops. The aftertaste is strong roasted malt. Not as bad as I thought it was yesterday.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2005
at 06:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled (BB 06/2005)
Amber brown color with decent creamy brownish head, lace. Aroma has wood - maybe it is that beech - calvados and toffee. Woody hops in very altbier-like palate, good hoppy aftertaste. Caramel notes. (7/4/6/3/14 3.4)
Re-rate, bottle 4.9 % (BB 11/2005)
Amber-orange color, small tanned head. Woody nose. Malty, oaky flavor. Dry and slightly earthy aftertaste. (5/4/6/3/13 3.1)
Amber brown color with decent creamy brownish head, lace. Aroma has wood - maybe it is that beech - calvados and toffee. Woody hops in very altbier-like palate, good hoppy aftertaste. Caramel notes. (7/4/6/3/14 3.4)
Re-rate, bottle 4.9 % (BB 11/2005)
Amber-orange color, small tanned head. Woody nose. Malty, oaky flavor. Dry and slightly earthy aftertaste. (5/4/6/3/13 3.1)
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2005
at 11:56
6.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Moderate hops and malt aroma. Reddish-amber color with moderate fine head. Slightly sweet and roasted malt flavor with mild hops finish. The best beechwood aged beer I’ve had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2005
at 11:28
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Slightly sour and strange (soy?) aroma. Brown/reddish colour. Flavour is fruity but definitely not flowery. Nice bitterness. Probably a good session beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2004
at 05:59
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(draught) Typical clear-ambar ale; good, not large off-white head, leaving fine lace. Overwhelming nose of vanilla, and at the verge of... vomit (sorry). "Perfumed" for the vanilla - rotten for the rest. Cookies & caramel as well. Taste is again vanilla-perfumed, bitterish at the end, breaking off most of the unpleasant reminiscences, and renuwing some others. There’s some hops lurking underneath. Some caramel. Medium bodied at best. Weird beer. The nose was off-putting, jeopardising the rest - which is rather OK.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2004
at 00:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle (nice and original by the way): Poured a copper beer with an average white head and average retention. Aroma is comprised solely of some malt. Taste is a bit bland with some low roasted malt and some bitterness at the end. I could not detect any of the supposed beech wood aging though. Overall, nice refreshing beer lacking some complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2004
at 10:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours a nice copper colour with a off white head, very nice. Aroma... caramel malts with a slight scent of citrus. Slight earth aroma. Initial sip is very smooth with loads of malty goodness. Caramel and molasses flavours. Has a nice soft carbonation to it. Ends with slightly bitter sweet flavours and the malt lasts....Very good!
Tried
on 11 Jan 2004
at 23:26
4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 5
Amber, loose beige head. Stale beery nose.Thin, with a light malt flavor and slightly dry finish
Tried
on 01 Dec 2003
at 20:45