6.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

330ml can. Thanks to Frida and Esben for this one. Covering fawn coloured head, deep dark brownish body, fragile lacing. Malt-driven aromas, hints of caramel, inviting. Quite well blended flavours of nutty caramel, earthy chocolate and a hint of ash. Smoothly roasted malty ending. Fine bodied. Like it. (Tromsø, 11.01.2026).

7.9

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can at home. Pours clear dark copper with off-white head. Aroma of dark bread, dark dried fruits, chocolate. Tastes slightly sweet with more than balancing bitterness. Medium bodied.

8.9

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Shared bottle at home. Pours clear dark copper with almost no head. Aroma of cocoa nibs, dark dried fruits, dark bread, soy sauce, perfume, ethanol, liquorice, caramel. Tastes salty, with some sweetness and balancing bitterness. Medium bodied, alcoholic warmth, smooth mouth feel, low carbonation. If I remember previous editions correctly, the 2025 vintage appears to be more balanced and more "round" than the earlier ones.

7

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Pours a hazy dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma of fudge, bread, nuts and some leather. Flavour of leather, roasted malt, nuts and some caramel. Has a slick mouth feel, medium body and a soft bitterness. Sweet and malty. Well balanced.

5.6

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Klar brun med hvitt skum. Lukter malt og urter. Smaker noe av søt malt og urter. Ok bitter avslutning.

7.3

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Quite fine at this alcohol level.
A small glass with the dessert is enough
Shery feeling
[Bottle at Komlefjorden 25]

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Shared 330 ml bottle at Cardinal, Stavanger. The ABV of 21.9% is the highest that a "beer" (or "wine") may have in Norway - if any higher, it would legally be a hard liquor / spirit, and dispensable in bars only in 4 cl shots. Dark brown to black colour, minimal head. Aroma of fusel and spices. Extremely sweet flavour, distinctly spicy, also notes of bourbon. The bottle is definitely for sharing!

3

Can from Gulating Christmas calendar. Nice malt flavour but unfortunately there is also a lot of vegetable flavours. This is a brewing fault and normally not valid for every batch, don’t know if I will have the opportunity or interest of try this at another opportunity so this is my score for this time.

4

Can from Gulating Christmas calendar. Exactly the kind of Berliner Weisse that I don’t like at all. Smells and taste more like a regular fruit juice than anything else. Sweet with some acidity, artificial taste.