Subsidiaries
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Poured black with medium beige head. Aroma of malt and sweetness. Thin malty body, with some oiliness. Thin flavour, thin milky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2010
at 16:52
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Sample at the Eurostash II tasting on 12/12/09: The beer pours from the tiny bottle a clear pale yellow color with a thin and fizzy white head that disappears quickly. Spotty lacing. Grass, corn and malt aromas. Light body with flavors of weak hops, sweet malt and grain. The finish is short and malty. Another waste of time, but it does win the award for the most ironic use of the word "Imperial".
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2009
at 12:10
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
(Bottle. Thanks to SaintMatty) Reddish amber colour with frothy, beige head. Fruity, malty aroma with notes of caramel, apples and red berries. Malty, fruity taste with sweet caramel malt, red berries and dark fruit. Slightly spicy, toasty finish. More than medium body, smooth mouthfeel. Sweet with low bitterness. Vienna leaning in the bock direction. Decent but hardly exciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2009
at 12:30
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle 330ml. @ home.Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, corn, sugar, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090817]
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2009
at 08:16
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pours pale gold into a shaker. Soapy head quickly recedes to sicken surface. Sweet adjunct and sour malt aromas. Sharp with sweet corn and a lasting grain finish.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2009
at 14:06
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
330ml Bottle - Golden with a white head. Corn and malt in the aroma. Slightly sweet, malty and grainy taste with notes of corn.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2009
at 16:17
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Huge, cream-coloured head, collapsing whilst fed by lively carbonation in deep chestnut coloured beer. Sweet caramel nose, with grassy notes and gassy impression. (Less) sweet caramel; felt/mossy flavours, bananaester (certainly warming up) and touch of dark chocolate, if without bitterness. Aftertaste reveals some stickyness, but it remains drinkable. If it would be served from the wood, and helped with a bucketful of Zlatec, if might even end up good. If a tad too sweet, not yet cloying. Acceptable - even if only for a pint.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2009
at 10:19
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Clear, darker-golden beer with small snowwhite head. Dull malt nose, touch of seaweed, pointing towards sulphurcompound. Toasted malts, dry, with short relief by too shy hoppy bitterness, turning to near-bitterness. Unidimensional nonetheless. Dry, light to medium body; even the CO² not able to remedy its lifelessness. Utterly boring.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2009
at 10:14
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle claims only 4.1% Medium, dense & slightly irregular beige head over deep dark, red-brown beer. Very sweet, syrupy nose with roasted & toffee notes - like Haagse Hopjes , roasted grains and scorching waffle syrup. Very slow upcoming coffee taste, or even Ersatzcoffee, but practically devoid of any bitterness. Roasted sugar, cardboard. Very light, near empty palate, bit fizzy, dry. If I had gotten this blind, without any foreknowledge, I might have hazarded a third world, home-manufactured Cola alternative...
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2009
at 15:06
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml Bottle - Brown with red tinges and a tan head. Malty aroma with raisins and dried fruit. Malty and slightly roasted taste with some dried fruit elements.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2009
at 15:43