7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught. Copper colour, small beigeish head. Aroma is smoked, leathery and malty. Flavour has some smoke, tar, leather, caramel malts as well as some fruity bittery notes in background.
Tried
on 18 Apr 2007
at 01:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
First rating, April 5, 2007(Draught at The Rover, Göteborg) Clear copper color, thick cream colored head. Fresh peaty smoky scent. Smoky and hoppy taste in a strange mix that cancel each other out. Medium mouthfeel and bitterness. Though I love the smoky scent the taste could use less hops and more smoke.9/4/5/3/12=3.3Second rating, April 13, 2007(Draught at The Rover, Göteborg) Shady brown color, fluffy tan head. Smoke and sweet malt with some fruits scent. Some smoke but mostly sweet and fruity taste, rather clean. Medium mouthfeel. Medium high bitterness. A touch of smoke in the aftertaste.7/3/6/3/13=3.2
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2007
at 18:17
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
(Draught at The Rover, Göteborg) Shady brown color, creamy tan head. Hoppy and sweet taste with pine and spices, also alcohol. Long hoppy aftertaste. Full mouthfeel. High bitterness.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2007
at 18:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Draught at Monk’s Café, Stockholm, 4 Apr 2007) Amber colour with firm beige head. Nose is ... oh dear... this is seriously smokey stuff. Malty, smokey and tarry, leading my thoughts more in the direction of Laphroaig and Ardbeg on the south banks of Islay than in the direction of Bamberg. Smokey, malty, tarry taste, rather dry. Luckily, the rather light body and low abv makes it rather drinkable. Complex it is not, neither balanced. As usual, no half measures from Närke, which always makes their beers interesting. And interesting it is, tasty as well, but one a day is probably enough.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2007
at 16:48
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draught at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Lightly hazy dark amber, creamy head. Strong tarry smoke aroa. Dry and light bodied with crisp mouthfeel. With it’s light body the smoke gets very evident, and the body struggles a bit to carry the intense tarry flavours. While soft and sweet upfront it has a slightly sharp back side in a salty finish. Interesting and experimental, but not the most well balanced of beers from Närke.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2007
at 14:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottled at Tegnérs Gömställe, Stockholm. Amber coour, coarse head. Odd aroma of ripe dusty fruits. Medium sweet with soft, rounded mouthfeel. Salty with an almost metallic edge and a lingering bitter finish. Interesting experiment, but the S5 hop variety didn’t work out all that well IMO.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2007
at 14:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled at Tegnérs Gömställe, Stockholm. Pale amber, creamy head. Citric lychee aroma with some tangerine. Medium sweet with soft bready malt and some some spritzyness. Drier salty finish with medium bitterness. Pleasant malt profile. The hops gives some interesting aromas, but it is rather subdued.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2007
at 14:38
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at Glenfiddich Warehouse 68 Stockholm. Opaque black, rich beige head. Aroma of coffee and chocolate. Fairly sweet and near full bodied with soft mouthfeel. Strong chocolate mud cake flavour that keeps hops in the background. Some light tar shows up in the finish. A well balanced porter, packed with flavours, yet quite drinkable.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2007
at 02:21
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottled. Dark golden colour, small head. Aroma is alcohol, honey, citrus fruit and flowery hops. Flavour is hayish hops, along with sour fruits and some caramel balancing it up. Perfectly balanced and very fullpalated thing. Next big one from Närke?
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2007
at 12:01
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottled. Hazy dark amber, small head. Lightly citric hop aroma with a touch of hay. Fairly sweet with a good solid body. Superb, soft chewy malt proile covered in a wealth of lychee, melon and grapefruit from the hops, with some interesting esters lying underneath. Lingering bitter finish. Absolutely superb beer - possible the best I’ve tasted from this brewer, and that is saying something...
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2007
at 06:11