5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Rich deep ruby tinted amber coloured body with a light brown glow and a super-thin, ultra large bubbled head, not even seemingly carbonated at all. Aroma of toasted malt, rice, grain, light metallic notes, a dose of astringent bitterness from the malt with no hops at all, and only a touch of caramelised sugars towards the end. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong grainy flavours at first with only a dose of malts, a touch of barnyardie funk from the yeast with a lot of caramelised sugars and pitted fruit sweetness noticeable towards the end with not much body to support the grain. Aftertaste shows the caramelised sugars, a touch of the fruity notes and a tiny bit of the tinny and metallic malty flavours with little else, and again - no body at all. Overall, a pretty poor beer with only the malt really noticeable and a touch of sugars - but not much of a biere de garde to me at all. I sampled this 500 mL bottle purchased from Kona Beer/Wine Market in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii [island] on 29-December-2018 for US$13,30 sampled in my hotel room here in Kona, Hawaii on 31-December-2018.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2019
at 19:19