7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Opalescent, dark ruby to chestnut colour with average, frothy to creamy, slowly diminishing, minimally lacing, off-white to beige head. Slightly toasty, chocolately and minimally nutty, dark malty and caramel malty aroma, hints of milk chocolate, malt lozenge, a touch of praline, hazelnut, nougat. Taste is slightly chocolately, minimally toasty and nutty, dark malty, sweet-ish, caramel malty and mildly bitter hoppy, minimally diluted hints of praline, milk chocolate, nougat, malt lozenge, caramel, a touch of toffee; minimally metallic overtones.
Dissolved sugar enriched, watery texture, minimally dry palate, medium to fine, prickly carbonation.
Quite a wide spectrum of (dark) malty flavours, moderate sweetness, clean and focussed, maybe a tad too dry and hoppy - pretty decent.