Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Some roast. Lots of unfermented sugar and some caramel. Pours darl brown with ok head and lacing. Sweet cloying finish. Buttery. Tap at brewpub.
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Some rust and a little cream vibe. Pours hazy red with great head and lacing. Tangy cloying buttery finish. Tap at brewpub.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Some saaz and some slightly tart butter aroma. Not really crisp like baked marshmallows. Golden pour with good head and lacing. Tangy. Tap at brewpub.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 1 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2
It is what it is and it ain't great. Not exactly clean taste like Minsk streets. Hazy golden pour with big foamy head. Some buttery type vibe. A little cloying on aftertaste. Tap at brewpub.
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Thank you! Sampled draft @ Rakovskiy Brovar – Minsk. Before the start of modern craft in Belarus some 4 years ago this was apparently right about the best you could get beer-wise or at least around the time that Rakovskiy first released this, yikes. Dark brown, red huge, tanned head. Nose is thin burned ashes, rotting fruit, butter, glue & spoiled. Taste is unpleasant cigarettes, vegetables, bread, spoiled,… Thin ashes, buttery body. Nope.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Thank you! Sampled draft @ Rakovskiy Brovar – Minsk. Amber red, small head. Nose is butter, grain yoghurt, spice, thin plastic. Butter yoghurt, thin spoiled compote, strange overly sweet strawberry jam, white sugar. Thin butter & jam body. Yikes.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Thank you! Sampled draft @ Rakovskiy Brovar – Minsk. Pale citrus golden, creamy small white head. Grainy bitter nose, washing powder and yoghurt. Taste is yoghurt, butter, thin lacking all body, grainy. Very subpar.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Thank you! Sampled draft @ Rakovskiy Brovar – Minsk. Hazy citrus, small white head. Nose is all butter, yoghurt, grain. Thin fizzy grainy, watery, butter & yoghurt taste. Quite poor.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
On tap at Rakovskiy, pours a hazy blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out light grass and wheaty notes. Flavour is more or less clean, with crisp crackery malt and subdued hops. Needs some hops, but it's drinkable. Solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
On tap at Rakovskiy, pours a deep dark reddish brown with a small tan head. Aroma brings out toasted malt, with light tartness, and toasted nuts. Flavour is intensely, cloyingly sweet, with bready malt and sweet caramel. Way too sweet - this is pretty bad.