Fin (18365) reviewed Papanero from Ritual LAB: Brewing & Growing 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle that I picked up from Drankgigant.nl webshop, Vlissingen, Netherlands and consumed in the company of Jude and Baz at Camping Leutasch, Austria, Friday 15th August 2025, we had a Thomasina Miers Chilli-con-Carne, Spicy Deep Fried Pineapple, Mexican Roasted Courgettes and Mexican Rice. Pours shark eye black with a light beige, actually let's go with cappuccino coloured head of foam. Roasty with intense coffee notes, also molasses and licorice, in fact there's lots of liquorice. The flavour also following a similar trajectory. Nice mouthfeel, body smooth and full. Well balanced but a bit of a one trick pony.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Phantom Spirits Rum. Color: Black, thin dark brown head. Aroma: Roasted malt, earthy, Rum. Taste: Earthy, smooth mouthfeel, boozy notes, roasted malt, Rum, sweet notes, toffee, liquorice, some coffee. Full body, low carbonation. Ovet medium sweet, moderate to over moderate bitterness. Nice slow sipper.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
330ml can. Minimally milky, yellow-ish, golden colour with small to average, frothy to creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Piney and slightly citrusy fruity, minimally grassy, hoppy aroma, pale malty background, hints of lemon, woody pineapple. Taste is piney, resinous and slightly citrusy fruity, minimally grassy hoppy, minimalyl spicy, pale malty basis with a touch of salty cracker and low residual sweetness, notes of lemon, some woody pineapple, resin, a touch of tangerine; lingering, moderately bitter hoppy finish.
Oily texture, smooth, soft and minimally greasy, simultaneously minimally dry palate, fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation.
Oily and resinous, not overly fruity, good mouthfeel - pretty decent.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
330ml can. Hazy, orange golden colour with average, frothy to creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Citrusy fruity, hoppy aroma, oaty and wheaty malty background, notes of grapefruit and orange. Taste is citrusy fruity hoppy, oaty and wheaty malty basis with some residual sweetness, notes of grapefruit, some orange, mild zesty bitterness.
Creamy-watery texture, smooth and soft, simultaneously minimally dry palate, medium to fine, mildly prickly carbonation.
Fairly juicy, almost solely grapefruit flavours, therefore a tad monotonous - decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 20/07/2025.
Mahogany brown with a thin beige cap that retains as a swirl mid vessel.
Nose is stewed fruits, caramel, raisins, prunes, sultanas, toasted brown sugar.
Taste comprises fruit slice, sugars, raisins, sultanas, toffee fudge, booze tunes.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Solid sipper.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Papanero from Ritual LAB: Brewing & Growing 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
330mL bottle, pours black with a tiny head. Aroma has plenty of iodine, roasted malt, and a touch of molasses. Flavour is very deeply malty, with plenty of iodine-like maltiness, some roast, molasses, and a touch of dry cocoa. Low residual sugars, yet has some viscosity to it.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Papanero from Ritual LAB: Brewing & Growing 6 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
It's black, and has no head. The aroma has some iodine sort of character, along with dark malts. On the palate, good body, lots of dark malt. Good body - drinks lighter and relatively easy for an imperial stout. So to me this is a distinctive character, that's actually pretty good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
355mL bottle. Pours black with a minimal head. Dark molasses, a hint of liquorice, and a bit of iodine on the nose. Flavour has lots of dark sugars, slightly metallic iodine, molasses. Full-bodied. Very nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5
330mL bottle. Pours murky amber-briwn with no head. Brown sugar and glue on the nose. Flavour has a nice brown sugar character, some bourbon barrel, though the waxiness is too overpowering to ignore. Quite disappointing.