6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown color, hazy. Caramel and chocolatey beer, quite strong bitterness; some nutty aroma; good body strength; in the end there is also enough roasted malt. It may be not bad, but it’s a bit infected, with some sourness.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2007
at 16:35
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Skyview. Hazy, amber golden with an off-white head. Malty nose with a light whiff of aroma hops. Fairly light-bodied with a subdued malt base - slightly biscuity. Very dry with some peachy notes, The finish is quite hoppy. 171107
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2007
at 03:28
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Skyview. Pour a hazy, dark, orangey brown with a creamy, light brown head. Lightly sweet, chocolatey aroma. Medium body with lightly burned and bitter malt accents and a light, underlying tartness. Bitterness in the finish from both malts and hops. There might be a slight infection in there. 171107
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2007
at 15:13
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottled. A hazy orange-amber beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet with a weird fruit note and a light touch of yeast. The flavor is sweet with light notes of alcohol, and spices - especially coriander, and some notes of peaches. The body is watery. I guessed this as a Belgian style - though a boring one - not hoppy enough to be an APA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2007
at 14:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled. A hazy red-brown beer with a brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with strong notes of chocolate, as well as lighter notes of coffee and alcohol. The flavor is slightly acidic from hard roasted malt, but may also from a slight infection, which gives it a light touch of vegetables. If just the flavor was as good as the aroma.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2007
at 10:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Perhaps not as fresh as it could have been, but it is only November. Great malt aroma and malt flavor. Some caramel. Good, smooth palate. Not the most flavorful oktoberfest I have had, but quite good anyway.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2007
at 15:17
2.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 1
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Bottle, bonus from Sliffy, drunk on 10/4/07
Or rather, I attempted to….It didn’t start out well, even when I opened the bottle. A spout of foam crept out of the bottle, and I poured it in the glass to reveal a rather murky, heavily sedimented maroon-copper body, with lots of beige head.
Diacetyl was certainly prominent, but that was probably the better part of the aroma....A rancid, sour, vegetal character was the worst, and dominant part. Mixing these notes with the hops just made it more strange, muddled and unpleasant. One of the few beers that I actually considered not taking a sip of (it smelled that bad). Rotten, sour and diacetyl ridden.
I did decide to put a little in my mouth, which I did not end up swallowing, as it tasted similar to the aroma. I could find some hop bitterness, but there were strange phenols, lots of butter and weird sour notes. My track record with this brewery is not good, and getting worse with every subsequent beer....I need to find some fresh bottles and rerate those, because apparently the ones I’ve been getting havent been fresh.
Or rather, I attempted to….It didn’t start out well, even when I opened the bottle. A spout of foam crept out of the bottle, and I poured it in the glass to reveal a rather murky, heavily sedimented maroon-copper body, with lots of beige head.
Diacetyl was certainly prominent, but that was probably the better part of the aroma....A rancid, sour, vegetal character was the worst, and dominant part. Mixing these notes with the hops just made it more strange, muddled and unpleasant. One of the few beers that I actually considered not taking a sip of (it smelled that bad). Rotten, sour and diacetyl ridden.
I did decide to put a little in my mouth, which I did not end up swallowing, as it tasted similar to the aroma. I could find some hop bitterness, but there were strange phenols, lots of butter and weird sour notes. My track record with this brewery is not good, and getting worse with every subsequent beer....I need to find some fresh bottles and rerate those, because apparently the ones I’ve been getting havent been fresh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2007
at 15:28
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Another from Skyview. Very light malt flavor, and very English in character. Light hops to compliment. Dark brown color. More of a mild than a English pale.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2007
at 18:22
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Bottle from Sliffy drunk on 8/25/07
Clear mahogany-caramel body is topped by a beige head, two-fingers high, that steadily falls to cover, leaving little/no lacing.
Butterscotch, butter caramel, butter and buttertoffee in the nose, and lots of it. Some roast peeks through, but it’s few and far between.....
Diacetyl fully rampant in the flavor as well, just a complete bomb, with light chocolate and caramel notes to start, but quickly overwhelmed by pure buttery goodness. Or not so much goodness...Filtered texture, loose carbonation. Looks like I didnt miss much from this off bottle. This brewery seems so hit-or-miss.
Clear mahogany-caramel body is topped by a beige head, two-fingers high, that steadily falls to cover, leaving little/no lacing.
Butterscotch, butter caramel, butter and buttertoffee in the nose, and lots of it. Some roast peeks through, but it’s few and far between.....
Diacetyl fully rampant in the flavor as well, just a complete bomb, with light chocolate and caramel notes to start, but quickly overwhelmed by pure buttery goodness. Or not so much goodness...Filtered texture, loose carbonation. Looks like I didnt miss much from this off bottle. This brewery seems so hit-or-miss.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2007
at 16:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of CaptainCougar. Clear, reddish chestnut brown with a light brown head. Spicy vanilla in the nose with a rather burned note. Body is only medium with sweetish, roasted malt and notes of dried fruit with a burned edge. The finish is dry with a subdued bitterness. Not a huge Imperial stout, but a very pleasant one. 230807
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2007
at 06:57