Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can courtesy of Kostas, Kykao brewery, cheers Kostas. Had this Saturday 14th February 2026 at the Manglham 2nd Winter Tasting, listening to Maserati - Rehumanizer. Pours dirty amber with next to no head, a touch flat, too sweet, this hasn't done much for me. Score 6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle, with deadly wax. Cloudy red amber, low head spice honey aroma. Medium light dry sugary body, metallic or clayish notes, sweet grain finish, sticky. Not the most interesting.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Fancy waxed bottle at the Mangled Ham 2026, huge thanks Fin & Loz & Kostas I reckon! Hazy reddish-amber body, fleeting head. Oxidation, vanilla, low dried fruit in the aroma, minerally. Lean taste, kinda weak body supporting a sugary caramelly/dried fruit presence... barely, very dried out and yet very sweet, I mean... a paradox of a beer. Caramel, dried fruit, vanilly, but also astringency and minerally notes, oxidation. Solid warmth too. All over the place, but doing little to please I'm afraid. Learning process hopefully for the brewers involved.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Red/amber/orange pour with a small white head. Malt/biscuits, some herbs and hints of red berries. OK overall, but not mindblowing.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
0,33 l bottle. BB 15.10.2026. Now listed with 5,3 abv on the label. Murky darkest amber in the glass, small fast fading head. Malty aroma, some resin
and dried fruity with bisquit. Taste is malty, some bisquit, increasing dry, some choco elements. Very low carbonation. Mid malty bitterness. Can not convince. Wrong bottle?
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
0,75 l bottle from Antika Irish Pub, Rethymno. BB 10.06.2030. Cloudy darker golden in the glass, short fast fading head. Pale malt on the nose, pale fruity with some sourness. Taste starts with a suprising dry with bitterness, pale malt, mid fruity sourness. Very low to zero carbonation. Interesting stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
0,33 l bottle from Antika Irish Pub, Rethymno. Waxed cap. BB 10.12.2034. Murky brown in the glass, smallest fast fading head. Plum and chewing gum on the nose. Taste starts also with plum, little bit scratchy, some chewing gum and pale grain. Alcoholic with sweetness. No carbonation. Strong stuff.
Caramel, malty, slightly sweet
Toffee, almonds, subtle notes of caramel and cacao. This is very well done, very nice balance.
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