7

Medium body, sour and a bit acidic but not too much, remains smooth. Not too sweet, pretty sour, not tart. Decent.

7

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

Draught @ Panema, Helsinki. Sweet, heavy and slightly stingy fruity with some guava, loads of strawberry juice, hints of vanilla and warming alcohol. A bit unbalanced.

8

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

Op tap bij SBH. Opaak bordeauxrood, dunne rozerode schuimkraag. Aroma van Coolbest met aardbeien en blauwe bessen, frambozen, een en al vruchtensap. Smaakt ook zo, iets zurig, verfrissend. Weet niet of je het nog bier kan noemen maar het is wel verdomd lekker.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Tap. Pinkish-orange color, cloudy, pinkish foam. Aroma: a lot of guava, a bit of strawberries, cool sourness. Taste: juicy, a lot of strawberries and guava, a little salt, great juice, not beer )

7.5

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

Tap. Cloudy milky yellow, white foam. Aroma: tropical fruits, mango, herbs, citrus, pollen, a little sweet. Taste: dense, mealy, tropical fruits, yeast, citrus, herbs, medium hop-burn.

7.2

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

Tap. Hazy bright yellow, slightly yellowish foam. Aroma: tropical fruits and citrus, mangoes, lychees. Taste: citrus, mango, lychee, a little herbs, light bitterness, drinkable.

7

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

Tap. Purple-dark red, cloudy. Aroma: mix of berries, blueberries, black currants, sweet and sour, jam. Taste: berries with sugar, blueberries, black currants, a slightly sour, a bit of salt, not sure about gose, more like a berry juice with beer, but tasty.

7.5

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

The ever-shifting landscape of 'new' Russian craft brewing produces some more 'stable' names every now and then, Wild Lab in Moscou being one of them. Thanks to Meeki Meekio for sharing at Dok Brewing Company! Snow white, mousy, medium thick, open head on a cloudy yellow blonde beer with apricot hue. Aroma of pineapple juice, fresh oranges, sugared lemon juice, diesel, moist marijuana, mojito, rambutan. Very fruity onset in a juicy way, pineapple and mandarin juice with a touch of lime, quite sweet, with a minerally yet nowhere overly harsh carbonation effect; soft doughy malt base soaked in refreshingly citric New World hoppiness, very pineapple- and mandarin-forward still, providing only mild, yet late and lingering, bit powdery bitterness. The juiciness however dominates the finish. It's almost incredible that in about a dozen years after it originated, New England IPA is executed this well in a country like Russia - if anyone told me this beer was made in the U.S., or perhaps England or Scandinavia, it would have readily believed it. Very bright and sunny (in that sense perhaps very un-Russian as well), technically flawless and characterful, I had way worse NEIPAs from various countries - including the Anglo-Saxon ones - than this and I think that deserves an extra point, even if this whole wave of 'fruit juice IPAs' is perhaps not my preferred style personally.

7.6

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

Tap. Dark red with purple tones, pinkish foam. Aroma: berries and red wine, sweet, raisins, a little vinegar and dried fruits, blackberries. Taste: sweet and sour, berries, wine, raisins, a little vinegar, jam, oak, tart, soft and tasty.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap. Bright yellow, hazy, almost white foam. Aroma: lime, mint, pineapple, pepper. Taste: sour, pineapple, sour lime, mint, good.