Big Fish Brewing Company (Norway) (fka Hvalerbryggeriet)
Microbrewery
in Skjærhalden,
Østfold,
Norway 🇳🇴
Associated Venue: Big Fish Café
Established in 2015
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Can, courtesy of Cunningham. An unclear orange-golden colored beer with a minimal-sized white head soon completely gone. The aroma has a light passionfruit touch, with a hint of bread dough and pale malts. It's medium bodied and softly carbonated, with a light sweetness. Some passionfruit in the flavor too, with bready, doughy malts and a light touch of lactic acid. Medium length finish. Easy drinkable, but rather boring. 190728
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cloudy yellow color with a fine white head. Decent lacing. Solid hop intensity in the aroma. Medium + body and a fine mellow carbonation level. Moderate sweetness and a moderate bitterness. Dry ending. Grapefruit juice, fruity and pine in the flavor. Solid hop juice!
[On tap Big Fish Cafe in Skjærhalden, Norway]
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Cloudy yellow color with a fine white head. Decent lacing. Solid hop intensity in the aroma. Medium + body and a fine mellow carbonation level. Fresh mellow bitterness. Grapefruit juice, fruity and pine in the flavor. Solid hop juice!
[On tap Big Fish Cafe in Skjærhalden, Norway]
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Unclear yellow golden color with a fine white head. Good lacing. Looks nice and inviting. Solid hoppy aroma with a fine intensity. Yummi. Medium (+) body. Tad sweet and a mild bitterness. Citric hoppy, tropical fruity and pine in the flavor. Short ending. Refreshing and easy to drink. Dangerously session able beer at 7%.
[On tap at Big Fish Café - Skjærhalden, Norway]
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Uklar gylden farge med et flott hvit hode. Ser strålende ut. God saison aroma med en fin intensitet. Medium kropp og en fin myk karbonering. Ikke for høy, ikke for lav. Bra balanse på syrlighet og sødme. Lett tørrhet i avsluttningen. Fint belgisk gjærpreg, litt sitrus og noe krydderaktig. Flott stilren øl.
[Flaske fra bryggeriet]
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cloudy yellow golden color with a fine white head. Good intensity in the aroma. Medium (+) body and a fine smooth carbonation. Good balance between sweetness and bitterness. Citric, some pine and mellow fruity flavor. Nice tasty and refreshing ale.
[On tap @ source]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Opaque black color with a fine beige head. A bit earthy aroma. Also some coffee, toffee and mild roasted. Medium (+) body. Ok balance between sweetness and bitterness. Soft carbonation. Coffee, toffee, mild roasted, earthy and a bit mild hoppy flavor. Hey where did all those nice hopps go. A really nice and pleasant ale. Would have been a lovely bipa with a bit more citric and pine touch.
[Bottle at Big Fish Café at Skjærhalden, Norway]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Big Fish Cafe in Skj�rhalden, pours an opaque orangey brown with a small off-white head. Nose brings out resinous hops, doughy biscuity malt, and light stone fruitiness. Flavour is along the same lines, with resinous and piney hops, lots of yeast and doughy notes. Well-balanced but doesn't seem like an IPA - more like a fruity pale ale that is high on the sediment. Pretty decent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at Big Fish Cafe in Skj�rhalden, pours a dry brownish orange with a lot of yeast. Nose brings out dank cat piss-like hops, along with biscuity malt to back. Flavour is super fresh, with dank citrus hops, balanced by just enough bready malt. Fresh and pretty potent. Really nice stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at Big Fish Cafe in Skj�rhalden, pours dark brown / near black with a small tan head. Nose brings out loads of earthy hops, dirt, and herbal notes. Flavour follows suit, with loads of earthy hops, followed by dirt. Super earthy (did I mention?), but in a tasteful way. Very nice stuff.