7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
1000ml bottle. Opalescent if not minimally milky, amber colour with average to huge, frothy, slowly osteoporosing, moderately lacing, off-white head. Smoky and caramel malty aroma, notes of barbecue, smoked ham, smoked wood, hints of wood ashes, barbecue sauce, coal, a touch of smoked eel and juniper berry. Taste is sweet-ish, caramel malty, compared to the aroma surprisingly mild, rather background-ish, more woody, less ashy smokiness, some dark caramel, a chocolately touch; slightly diluted malty and smoky flavours overall. A mildly bitter and minimally grassy hoppy touch with some mineral aspects and very light tartness rounds off the work. Watery texture with some oily strands, slightly dry, simultaneously minimally greasy palate, medium, scattered, prickly carbonation. High-class, rich and intense, smoky aroma, sadly a tad watery (nevertheless abv adequate), I'd also prefer a slightly more fine and smooth carbonation; highly drinkable (as far as you don't rank smokiness as deal-breaker for drinkability in general) - pretty good nevertheless.
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from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2023
at 19:36