Subsidiaries
9.4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
RB#5000: 75 cL bottle. Sitting on Grovlams terrace, sun slowly setting on the last day of May. I had a 40 minute bike ride in the most beautiful wheather and had one of the best burgers ever. Then this came on.
Pours pitch black with an initial dark chocolate brown head. Immediately disappearing in a slight fizzy way. Dense roasted, alcohol and burbon aroma. Dark fruity notes swept in a solid roasted malt with a smooth chocolate note and an intense flavour that keeps lingering for eternity with the smallest sip. Continued sweetness lingering through to the finish. Smooth and yet powerful with a nice barrel flavoured base throughout. Utterly wellbalanced. End is not present, the flavour simply never really ends...
Huge thanks to joergen, Thomas_E, sk8viking and Grovlam for sharing this - cheers!
Pours pitch black with an initial dark chocolate brown head. Immediately disappearing in a slight fizzy way. Dense roasted, alcohol and burbon aroma. Dark fruity notes swept in a solid roasted malt with a smooth chocolate note and an intense flavour that keeps lingering for eternity with the smallest sip. Continued sweetness lingering through to the finish. Smooth and yet powerful with a nice barrel flavoured base throughout. Utterly wellbalanced. End is not present, the flavour simply never really ends...
Huge thanks to joergen, Thomas_E, sk8viking and Grovlam for sharing this - cheers!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2008
at 02:33
7.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of Storm. Slightly hazy amber golden with a tall and lively, off-white head. Fresh Bretty nose. Medium-bodied with very dry and bitter accents, spices and Brett. Lightly astringent finish. The Orval inspiration is quite clear, just not as charaterful. 270408
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2008
at 08:59
7/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
GREAT! sweet, strong complexitty. tasted at bakken beerfestival 2008, i’d probably rate it even higher if i had time to check the details. nice brew
Tried
on 12 Jun 2008
at 18:40
5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Held directly up to the Miami sun there’s nothing but black, not even around the edge of the glass. Fat, almost iodiney nose, with accents of bicycle inner tube, burnt chocolate and a whack of alcohol. This stings. It has a smokey taste - very intense - with rich roast, wood, and a big fat alcohol finish. Really, it’s all intensity and not an ounce of nuance. Not well made at all. After a couple of drops it gets obnoxious.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2008
at 16:12
6.4/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cloudy straw-amber. Peachy, slightly orangey aroma. Somewhat husky malts. Quite bitter, with a little orangey note. Long finish is pithy hoppy.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2008
at 16:02
4.6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Cloudy nut brown colour. Rich chocolatey malt nose is lightly toasty and fairly nutty. Full body up front, but gets thin and harsh at the end, turning the toasty chocolatey malts into astringent burnt toast. This much hop needs more sugar.
Tried
on 12 Jun 2008
at 16:00
7.9/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
(Bottle at Pikkulintu on 2008-06-04) Orange and cloudy. Very big slightly tan head that lasts long. Yeast, hops and pine in nose. Full and thick palate with some fizziness. Hops, pine, malts and yeast in taste. White bread. Some sourness. Very fine beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2008
at 01:28
7/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours with a large, thick, off-white head with good lacing, covering a clear, copper-orange body (sort of peach colored). Aroma is nice, with floral and citrus hop notes with some earthy undertones and a bit of sweet caramel malts. Taste is of bitter hops common in small IPAs, a bit thin.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2008
at 21:40
7.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Brewpub Copenhagen. Pours a slightly hazy orange color with a small white head. Fruity spicy yeasty and slightly sour aroma with hints of citrus. Sweetish fruity bitter and yeasty flavor with some tart citrus hnits. Long dry yeasty malty finish.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2008
at 09:35
8.9/10
—
Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Pours with an average sizeed, light brown head covering a near black body. Really strong lacing and good retention. Aroma of spices, candi sugar, roasted malts, yeast, and alcohol with a dash of orange peel. Taste is really good, rich, creamy with plums and mild mulling spices, and is overall quite sweet. Alcohol is well hidden in the taste. Plenty of chocolate and maybe a bit of leather towards the finish. Creamy mouthfeel with perfect amount of bubbles. Mouthcoating.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jun 2008
at 04:08