7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Alus Celle, Riga Milk and chocolate in the nose. Pours pretty much jet black with a small beige head. In the mouth it is sweet, smooth, and chocolatey, with hints of sticky toffee. A velvet caress of the tongue, but a bit thin overall. Finish is mainly chocolate but with some malts. I like this one
Earlier Rating: 8/7/2018 Total Score: 2.9
Bottle from Taka, Riga (also available at Alus Celle) Pours almost black with not much head. Malty aroma, with mouthfeel starting off with grainy maltiness and milk chocolate. Then it all goes wrong, the chocolate fades and there isn’t much behind it.
Earlier Rating: 8/7/2018 Total Score: 2.9
Bottle from Taka, Riga (also available at Alus Celle) Pours almost black with not much head. Malty aroma, with mouthfeel starting off with grainy maltiness and milk chocolate. Then it all goes wrong, the chocolate fades and there isn’t much behind it.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Aug 2019
at 22:33
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Hazy bright golden colour, foamy white head leaving lacing and aroma of citric rind, bretty funky yeast. Taste is malt, caramel, grain with zesty citrus, lemon rind, bretty horseblanket, apricot fruity, yeasty and hoppy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry citric bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2019
at 17:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
19/7/2019. Bottle from Lauvas Alus, Riga. Pours slightly hazy pale orange gold with a lasting foamy white head. Aroma of hops, yeast, citrus, tropical fruits, light pine and sweet malts. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, slightly foamy mouthfeel. Nice sweet and fruity finish. Pretty good, enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2019
at 23:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Slightly hazy golden with a white head.good retention. Milfruity and herbal. Light body. Pleasant bitterness. Light, but sessionable.
Tried
on 14 Jun 2019
at 07:52
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
33cl bottle. Pours clear amber with an off-white head. Herbal hoppy with notes of pine, caramel, ripe fruits and hints of earth. Medium to moderate sweet with medium flavour intensity and ditto bitterness. Not so clean, but drinkable enough. The label looks nice --- Beer merged from original tick of Lagoon India Pale Ale on 13 Jun 2019 at 21:25 - Score: 6
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2019
at 18:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Smell- medium strong, dark chocolate, coffee, roast Foam- medium thick, dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee notes, some sweetness and bitterness. Medium large, chocolate milk color, quite dark actually, brown. Appearance- very dark brown, almost black Taste- bit of condensed milk + coffee notes, roast, dark chocolate and sweetness, some weak alcohol notes, but might be my imagination. Some bitterness in aftertaste. Good.
Tried
on 12 May 2019
at 12:03
5/10
Husky, grainy, rubbery, herbal, watery
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2019
at 00:37
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at the Riga Pours 2019. Pours golden. Aroma and flavor are sweet, hoppy, vanilla, grapefruit. Overall: good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2019
at 09:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the Riga Pours 2019. Pours black with beige head. Aroma and flavor are sweet, vanilla, oak, malt, roast. Overall: very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2019
at 09:00