8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Monument Liquors. VAL 07-20c It exploded and the foam hardly ever stopped. It did eventually. Aroma is like floral/fruit over caramel. Amber color with an unending head and tons of tiny champagne bubbles. Full bodied. Cramy carbonation. Quite vinous in flavor. The heat is in place, but hardly burns at all. Finish is far from dry. Something like a darkish tripel? A little oaky in the finish. Definitely goes well with food.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2009
at 19:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Brown-black color with a small frothy head. Lots of roasty chocolate flavor and aroma, while remaining pretty light and smooth on the palate. Not unlike a Porter. Some mild hop balance. Overall a pretty good beer, extraordinary by South American standards.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2009
at 19:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Filtered golden tan color. Non offensive minimal aroma. Well carbonated, moderate spicy earthy hops, not so bitter. Rather thin and watery. Crisp and refreshing, a great session beer, but lacks some malt complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2009
at 02:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. A hazy dark amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel and bread. The flavor is very sweet with notes of caramel, malt, and bread, leading to a dry finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2008
at 14:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy dark amber with medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, ripe fruits, caramel and chocolate notes. Sweet flavour with plenty of roasted malt, caramel, chocolate and overripe fruits. Sweet finish with warming alcohol.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2008
at 07:27
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of SoLan. Hazy nutty brown with an off-white head. Sweetish overripe fruit aroma. Medium body, sherry notes, a whiff of yeast and a little almond and marzipan, somewhat oxidized I reckon. Finishes dry. 131108
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2008
at 12:58
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a minimal off-white head. Slight chemical and roasted malty aroma, gains a bit after the first impression. Light spiced flavour with a sweet roasted caramel malty flavoured. Light acidic note and mild bitterness into the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2008
at 06:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle, "Batch No. 06." Pours a slightly murky brown with a chalky layer of foam. No worries about smell, the smoked malt is right there and pretty much equal to the German style. Smell also has a bit of phenol to it. Well, that’s the chance with an undated import bottle (and also a characteristic of smoked beer). But I do find it pretty tasty. Smoky, but not overwhelmed with bacon or… no, there’s a distinct thread of gouda cheese at the back of my palate. But it’s worth finding. Not very complex, but this has a strong malt backbone with some sweetness to give it more roundness than "just" a smoked beer. Sticky malt finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2008
at 09:17
2.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
12 oz. bottle from Sam’s Quik Shop in Durham, NC. Pours a pale gold with a quickly disappearing head. Aroma of skunk and grain. Taste is almost cloyingly sweet grains with fusel alcohol notes. Medium bodied and slightly stick. A true abomination of a beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2008
at 20:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Courtesy of Quake1028. Pours copper with a thin wisp of a white head. Well almost no head. The aroma has some sweet notes, hints of dark fruity esters and very mild smoke. The taste however is fairly bold, a bit overly bold considering this is a lager, with a sizeable smokiness up front backed by some sugar sweetness that slowly turns malty sweet into the finish. There’s just a faint note of noble hops way out in the back.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2008
at 22:58