Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at Mokhnatiy Khmil. Slightly hazy golden, creamy white head. Bright sweet and tart citrus, orange and lemons, a touch of dankness and stale citrus pulp. Gentle pale malt sweetness, lots of ripe pineapple hops, yummy dank pithy bitterness. Very good.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Mokhnatiy Khmil. Clear copper, beige head. Big smoked wood aroma, some bacon and even peat, I think. A tough of supporting malts. Similar taste, a bit thinnish, but very smooth and clean. Very light smoky and bitter finish. Well done.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tap at Mokhnatiy Khmil. Slightly hazy bright golden, white head. Nice cereal aroma, with a hint mashed malts. Clean pale lager taste, gentle pale malt sweetness, a little thin, very subtle slightly astringent bitterness. A nice simple clean(ish) pils.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

War das Hühnchen bzw. Wachtel beim Hellen noch einsam, so ist es hier geräuchert. Gemeint ist wohl aber nicht das Hühnchen, sondern das Bier, dass dieses gebraut hat. Das Etikett zeigt ein Gedicht, das beschreibt, wie die Wachtel im Ferienlager spazieren ging und im Wald ein Rezept aus der Stadt Bamberg gefunden hat. Sogleich hat es dieses Rezept nachgekocht und ein bisschen transkarpatische Lebensfreude dazugegeben (das Bier kommt aus der ukrainischen Oblast Transkarpatien). Was man hier bekommt, ist ein leichtes dunkles Rauchbier, dessen Raucharomen aber nicht so stark sind, wie beim bekannten Aecht Schlenkerla. Das finde ich ganz gut, da bei übermäßigen Raucharoma das ganze Bier nach Geselchten (geräuchertem Fleisch) schmeckt. Bei diesem Bier passen sich die Raucharomen gut an den Rest des Köpers an. Auch wenn das Bier sicher nicht leicht zu bekommen ist (ich habe meines von einem Hutzulen-Fest (Hutzulen sind ein westukr. Bergvolk) gefunden), so sollte man schon zuschlagen, wenn man es zu Gesicht bekommt.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap at Mokhnatiy Khmil. Almost clear amber, off-white head. Clean hoppy ale aromă ripe citrus and grapefruit, subtle caramel malts. Similar taste, subtle clean piney bitterness. Well done.




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Sample 100 ml at a tasting. White bread that’s gone slightly tart, pretty yeasty with an unbalanced dry bitterness. Not bad, but a bit dirty. 6-4-6-3-11=3/5.

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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

(Kiev 2016) 400 ml. draft draft @ Wooly Hops. Old school go at an English Stout. Black with a big creamy tanned head. Nose is much like other USA style Ukrainian dark beers, thick blackberry, blueberry jam, herbal syrup; taste is massive thick roast with thick almost hard to drink vegetable blueberry syrup, very big herbal bitterness, strong burned malts, sugar,.. thick hard to drink syrup body. Odd mix of syrup & such bitter malts, odd, bit messy, not sure where they were going with this one, partially interesting & fun even if not really there and a bit hard to drink.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

(Kiev 2016) 400 ml. draft draft @ Wooly Hops. Ella Singel hop ale if I got it right. Dark amber, creamy off-white head. Nose is milky, cold, cheesy hops, one more USA style Ukrainian beer where I just feel like the hops they used were old since I am getting once more cheesy hops. Taste is milky old yeast, spices, served way too cold (most beers I tried at Wooly Hops were cold but not this much too cold), weird old lemon peel, little hop, bit dull, milky. Yeasty body. Nothing terrible, too little hop, too much yeast once more, hops feel to cheesy (I got them largely only in the smell), too bad, manageable beer.