7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle Conditioned
Cloudy amber color. Nice earthy hops nose. Malty body, good mix of sweetness and bitterness, excellent hops; strong final. A solid, very good Bitter.
Cloudy amber color. Nice earthy hops nose. Malty body, good mix of sweetness and bitterness, excellent hops; strong final. A solid, very good Bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2005
at 12:13
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle conditioned
Amber color. Ordinary aroma, herbal and vegetables. Quite dry, bitter, aggressive, herbal, irony, therefore a bit metallic.
Amber color. Ordinary aroma, herbal and vegetables. Quite dry, bitter, aggressive, herbal, irony, therefore a bit metallic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2005
at 08:30
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep chestnut brown; good dense, yellow-brown head, rather stable. Bit sourish nose - even outspoken Brett-like (!BBd: Jul ’05....); liquorice, lactic acid, quite vinous. Sour taste, but no more or inconspicous Brett. Hard woody-acids, liquorice, but not sweet, bitterness both from bitterhops as from roasted dark malts. Problem is, I find serious unbalance between nose and flavours. Medium bodied, but rather firm texture, bit of acidburn. Main problem: balance. Main quality: excellent nose and firm "bite" = mitigated feelings. Certainly not bad, and much better than the this/that/whotever nonsense series.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2004
at 13:17
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. Hazy nut brown, rich head. Aroma of melon, bubblegum and vinegar. Sweet and dusty with clean, intensely hoppy, rounded mouthfeel, notes of grapefruit, and a strong, very bitter, ashy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2004
at 03:02
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled. Chestnut brown. Sweet and clean. Mild and syrupy, warming but bold with very low hop rate, but some herbal, medicinal bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2004
at 03:00