7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Original rating from 2011 deleted, then the beer was added after all. Taster at Bavarian Lodge. Opaque yellow, thin head dissolving to a ring on the edge. Smell is a slightly smoked Gouda with cranberries in the cheese. NOT a bacon bomb like the usual Schlekerla. A second sniff offers notes of strawberry and other fruits, so there’s some complexity there. Taste is still of a very smoky beer-and it doesn’t help that the guys sitting next to me just got served a sausage appetizer plate, though that’s a great idea for an accompaniment. But there is also some tart cherry and red wine to follow after. A citrus note of 7-Up, also in the carbonation texture. It’s easy to see that you could grow to love or hate this combination. My opinion changes with each sip, but in the end, that Bamberg smoke wins.
Tried
on 10 Apr 2017
at 16:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at ØL Beercafe & Bottle Shop, Walnut Creek, CA. Hazy dark amber or burgundy with an off-white head. Vinous nose. Taste is vinous, red wine, dark berries, oak, funk, faint boozy notes. Sour finish. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Feb 2017
at 23:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From a 50 cl bottle purchased at the brewery. Pours a cloud brown with a scant head. Aroma of wine and oak. Flavors of toffee, sherry and oak. Complex and tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2017
at 18:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle at the December 2016 DC area cider tasting, as Iqhilika Chili Msobomvu. Poured a semi-clear, dark ruby red color with a small white head. Aroma was red wine barrel notes. Barrel is there. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2016
at 15:21
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Thick waxed bottle shared at the RateBeer DC Cider tasting. Clear golden orange. Aromas of red wine, oak, light chili pepper. Tastes of honey, wine, light chili pepper. Light body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2016
at 22:59
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled at a DC Gathering, pours a peachy gold, no head, light legs. Nose is cool, honey, perfume, Rose’ wine, spice, candlewax. Flavor is sweet and spicy, fruity and tart, honey, red wine, mild spice. Slick and oily finish, lightly hot too. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Dec 2016
at 15:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From a bottle at the RB cider tasting December 2016. Pours A hazy pale rose with a scant head. Vinous nose. Flavors of of chili and honey. Hot aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2016
at 15:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Really wasn’t easy to get this beer. Finally I got my hands on a bottle. Looks really good. Beer in the glass brownish, small head. Intense malty-alcoholic aroma. Starts malty, strong-alcoholic, woody, earthy. Some spicy notes. Could be more balanced. Finish still strong, malty-alcoholic, but a bit more balanced. Light fruity hints. Very interesting beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2016
at 02:17
4.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
The cap came off of this bottle too easily. i think it may have been infected. +++ Sampled from an 11.2 oz brown bottle this beer poured a very dark brown color with a small soapy tan head that faded quickly and left no lacing. The aroma was sweet and vinegary with notes of cherry and fig. The flavor was sour with vinegar, cherry and fig notes Long vinegar finish. Medium body but undercarbonated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2016
at 12:50
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap. Pours hazy reddish, small off white head, some lacing. Aroma is funky, vinous, gin, juniper, hints of acetone. Flavor is medium tart, gin, red wine, oak, fairly funky, basement and musty wood. Medium body, low carbonation. Totally grows on you. Refined and unique.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Oct 2016
at 21:11