7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown colour. Toffeeish, toasty aroma with a hint of nuttiness. Slightly oily, with a hint of vanilla and nuts. Sweet, nutty, chewy finish.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2004
at 07:09
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Ruby brown colour. Slightly phenolic - just a whiff of smoke. Toasty flavour with crystal malts and a hint of smoke. Doesn’t have much focus, though. It’s just a bunch of random flavours.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2004
at 06:35
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Golden colour, lots of fizz. Slightly phenolic aroma. Fizzy body, with some spicy hops and a hint of pale malt. But in the end, the fizziness overwhelms everything else, like Cisco Pale Ale from Massachussetts.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2004
at 06:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught at GlenfiddichWarehouse 68, Stockholm. Cloudy yellow, firm head. When cold the nose is citric and yeasty, but as it warmsthe elderflowers are revealed. Light bodied and very lively with sparkling mouthfeel. Freshly poured it is like drinking a cloud. Low on esters, and ittakes a little while for the elderflowers to be revealed, except that perhaps that herbal bitterness in the short finish can be derived to them. A much less direct beer than the flavourful beers usually offered by Närke Kulturbryggeri. This one is more of a thirst quencher, and less of a flavuor bomb, and as such much harder to rate. I do however think that this year’s version is better than last summer’s.
Old Rating (Jul 28, 2004)- bottled. Hazy golden, small creamy head. Fruity elderflower aroma. Sweet and soft with some banana. Light and honeyish. Perhaps a bit sweet and mellow. 6/4/6/2/10
Old Rating (Jul 28, 2004)- bottled. Hazy golden, small creamy head. Fruity elderflower aroma. Sweet and soft with some banana. Light and honeyish. Perhaps a bit sweet and mellow. 6/4/6/2/10
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jul 2004
at 05:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled draught at Svensk Fatölsfestival 2003, Nynäshamn (5.7%)
Mahogany coloured. Light smokey aroma. The initial flavour is Gotlandsdricke like, in it's heavy smokiness. The mouthfeel is clean, and there would be room for more maltiness. The finish is long and smokey. It is complex and unusual, but perhaps a bit raw still.
Re-rated cask conditioned at Nynäshamn Real Ale Festival 2004.
The recipe has been slightly altered since I first tried it, and now includes honey. It's cloudy nut brown with smokey heather nose. Malty, woody and really smokey. Juniper and heather dominate. the malt profile is clean, and it would gain fram further conditioning. The finish is salt and bitter.
Mahogany coloured. Light smokey aroma. The initial flavour is Gotlandsdricke like, in it's heavy smokiness. The mouthfeel is clean, and there would be room for more maltiness. The finish is long and smokey. It is complex and unusual, but perhaps a bit raw still.
Re-rated cask conditioned at Nynäshamn Real Ale Festival 2004.
The recipe has been slightly altered since I first tried it, and now includes honey. It's cloudy nut brown with smokey heather nose. Malty, woody and really smokey. Juniper and heather dominate. the malt profile is clean, and it would gain fram further conditioning. The finish is salt and bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 May 2003
at 15:48
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled draught at Svensk Fatölsfestival, Nynäshamn
Very black with brown head. Aroma of licorice and chocolate. Sweet, roasty and very malty, rounded and really sodt. Notes of sour malt, grass and licorice in a finsih with balanced bitterness. A big and very complex beer, being the pilot brew from a brewery being built up. I am mightily impressed, and wish the all luck in the future!
Very black with brown head. Aroma of licorice and chocolate. Sweet, roasty and very malty, rounded and really sodt. Notes of sour malt, grass and licorice in a finsih with balanced bitterness. A big and very complex beer, being the pilot brew from a brewery being built up. I am mightily impressed, and wish the all luck in the future!
Tried
on 28 May 2003
at 15:41