Subsidiaries
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Deep red amber with a thick light moka head. Light sweet malt with fruity esters in aroma, but rather buttery. In mouth, very buttery (sounds like that Oktoberfest, donit?) with a cloying sweetness, and notes of cloves. Detected light signs of infection, in terms of a light lactic medicinal note. Medium bodied. Received in ealry 2006 from JM. Merci.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2006
at 07:56
2.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
Golden-amber colour. Strange - in the thick part of my Zlaty Bazant glass it looks bright and inviting but in the thinner part it looks dull and lifeless. Oooookay then. The aroma is of caramel/diacetyl (and lots of it) and unclean notes of spotaneously fermenting guava juice (guess how I know this smell). Very sweet palate has some cardboard, a bit of that rotten off-note from the aroma, and an overkill of caramel/diacteyl. The malts are heavy and dull, without an ounce of nuance. It’s not quite Zhigulyovskoe, but it’s in that ballpark. ОКТЯБРЬФЕСТ?
Tried
on 14 Oct 2006
at 23:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from BC Liquor Store, Vancouver. Copper colour with lots of grapefruit hop on aroma, moderate earthiness in mouth. Not bad malt and then earthy grapefruit on finish. Good bittterness. Fine. Not too extreme.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Oct 2006
at 04:23
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Sparkling amber, lasting beige head. Nose is primarily carmel. Taste is biscuity and carmel. Not sure how they managed this but is has an unclean taste similar to a dirty tap line. I thought I had a bad bottle, but after 3 samples, all are the same. Not really an Oktoberfest style, and a very poor effort. Cleanly brewed Martin? Obviously yours and mine were different!!!
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2006
at 15:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy amber. Woody, berryish aroma. Slightly doughy malts and crisp hoppiness. A bit watery but with a light fresh-crushed grain aroma. A touch light for what I want in a pale, but not bad.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2006
at 15:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Noogfest Clear gold with a fleeting white head. Thin aroma of hops and little malt. Dry flavor. Some bitterness but needs some more malt in there to balance. Comes close to astringent. Re-rate 1/13/07 The score is from the re-rate. 7/4/7/3/13 Average white head over a hazy dark orange. Big fruity malt aroma. The flavor was still moderately bitter and needing some malt balance, but no astringency was noted this time.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2006
at 06:26
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Goloden brown, low head. Strong cheap milk chocolatearoma and flavor, there is nutella in here. Lightish body. Metallic chocolate aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2006
at 22:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a black color ale with a medium head with good retention. Aroma of chocolate is subtler the name of the beer would suggest. Taste is drier then expected (I was expecting more sweet chocolate then anything else). Body is about average but lack the creamy texture that would have made this a great beer. Definitely not one of my favourite, I was expecting more from this brewery I guess.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2006
at 12:59
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Well, the label smells like copyright infringement rather than the usual glue and paper. Very dark brown colour with loose head. Very oaty aroma with toast and roast notes of course, but also a bit of fruitiness. Soft body, sweet and simple with light toasty and oats. A bit thin, fatty and limp in the body but at least it is oaty.
Tried
on 27 May 2006
at 01:47
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Hazy dull beige-tan colour. Seedy, nutty aroma like sesame oil, sunflower seeds and peanuts put together with juice from a can of pineapples and an overripe pear. I wish I was making that up. Flavourwise, this is sweeter and simpler than the aroma with guava and pear esters alongside candyish pale malts. Quite flowery, hints of bubblegum...both typical of an underattenuated strong Belgian. This is way too sweet...tripel is supposed to be yeast first, hops second and malt third. I’d forgive it if I liked the taste, but this kind of cloying doesn’t work with me. Back to the hops, please!
Tried
from Can
on 27 May 2006
at 01:01