7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

BOTTLE 50 CL. Hazy amber, off-white creamy head. Crystal malts and canned peaches, a whiff if piney freshness. A hint of that HH onion/diesel thing coming through. The taste has moderate malts, a touch of glazed fruit, hoppy resins with the HH thing heating up my palate a bit. Overall, a trademark HH IPA which is a bit sweeter/fruitier.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

BOTTLE 33 CL. Hazy red-mahogany, beige head. The aroma is really malty - sticky caramel, but also hoppy, some ripe citrus, more resiny pine. The taste is also full of caramel and maybe some dried red fruit, not sticky this time, all balanced by a good a amount of pine, lingering resiny bitterness. Nice juicy mouthfeel. A very nice ’red’ IPA.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

CAN Batch 02. Cloudy pale yellow, white head with some lacing. The aroma is coconut flakes all over the hops. The taste is less so, more hop forward - lupulinesque hazy IPA style, those pastry candy bar vanilla coconut flavours taking a supportive role. Moderate citrus oil bitterness with just a bit of hop burn. Nice - for those (rare) occasions you want a cocktail rather than a beer. 7-4-7-4-15=3,7.


BOTTLE 33 CL at home. Clear amber-brown, sediment, diminishing head. Big coconut aroma, both sweet and nutty, you can feel the lactose sweetness in your nose, some caramelized sugar too, not much hops over here. The taste is moderate to high lacto sweetness, coconut, nutty and probably hoppy butterness. The mouthfeel is more like a soft drink than a smoothie. It does stretch the meaning of what is called beer a bit, but, yeah, tasty, if you like coconuts (more than IPA’s). 6-4-7-3-14=3,4


TAP at BCBF 2017. Hazy amber, off-white head. Strong coconut and vanilla, some hops coming through. Coconut overdose, but not unpleasant. Does not feel as sweet as I expected, the coconut gives a velvety candy bar like sweetness impression, which is balanced but its drying nuttiness and some cidery tartness. Light nutty bitterness. Not bad. 7-4-7-4-14=3,6.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

SEP-2018. Draft at BCBF 2018 (batch 2?). Smells like plastic. Tastes like a good imply kept in a plastic container. Kochei is dead. 4-4-4-3-10=2,5.



APR-2018. Batch 02/Help. Opaque black, espresso head. Smells nice - dark sugars, smooth dark milky chocolate, some heat, but... there's a kind of damp wood or molded barrel all over the malts. The taste is medium sweet, balanced by a good amount of boozy pungent bitterness, but the there's that moldy note again. Nice full easy drinking mouthfeel. Too bad, the chips seem to have spoiled the batch. 6-4-7-4-14=3,5.





DEC-2017. Same batch #1. Pitch black, dark espresso head. The aroma is full of cooking chocolate, cocoa candy, molasses, vanilla, , quite a bit of wood and some chlorophyll. Big intense taste, quite a bit of sticky dark roast malts as well as dark fruit, balancing alcohol. The bitterness has a bit too much of woody tannins to it. Still, a great Romanian Russian stout. 7-5-8-4-15=3,9.





JUN-2018. BOTTLE 33 CL. Batch 001 Cyka. Pitch black, dark espresso head. Rich and smooth dark malt aroma, sweet chocolate syrup and molasses, dried smoky prunes, spicy notes of nutmeg and clove, a little burnt rubber there too. The taste is onto the same chocolaty dark fruit goodness, sweet but in a pleasant non-sugary way, just the right amount of alcoholic burn, some soothing bitterness in the after taste. Looks like an all around winner to me. 8-5-8-5-17=4,3

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle in trade with ciocanelu, cheers Silviu! Pours hazy orange brown with a huge frothy and long lasting bubbly off-white head. Aroma of hop, citrus and tropical fruit, caramel, malt and yeast. Moderate sweetness, medium to heavy bitterness. Medium to light body, slight oily texture, heavy carbonation. Aside from being too fizzy, quite enjoyed this.

6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

500ml bottle from a trade with dnicolaescu. Pours hazy amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is melon, caramel, orange. Taste is sweet and fruity, caramel, oniony notes, medium bitterness. A little bit odd really.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

330ml bottle from a trade with dnicolaescu. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is gingerbread, coffee, cinnamon, coconut. Taste is light sweet, coffee, vanilla, cocoa. Really tasty.

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

500ml from a trade with dnicolaescu. Pours hazy orange-brown with a medium-sized beige head. Aroma is toffee, nuts, herbal hops. Taste is cold tea, toffee, herbal bitterness, smoke. Good one - at times I started thinking I was drinking something from Blighty. Well done, Romania!

7

--- Beer merged from original tick of Emperor on 16 May 2017 at 13:52 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Very hazy dark amber pour with a light beige head. Notes of fresh mango, mango nectar, grapefruit,, citrus, oxidized apple, light spiciness. Bitter-sweet and lightly oxidized finish. Quite carbonated.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle, shared at THT, Brouwerij Kwartje, May 2017, thanks mariuspoenari. Black color. Light brown head. Aroma’s: heavy roast, ground coffee. Retronasal it’s roast, sweetish, earthy, vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet, roasted. Alcohol feel is quite strong. Medium bodied.