7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from H.J. Hansen. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich hops, caramel, flowers, malt and grapefruit. Nice long bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2011
at 14:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy amber with a small white head. Aroma of orange and grapefruit peel with a peppery note. Sweet fruity flavour with citrus notes.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2011
at 14:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Hazy amber/golden with medium off-white head. Flavour is malt, caramel, fruit, pine, grass and hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2011
at 00:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Copper to brown colour with a lasting off-white head. Toasted and nutty malt aroma with a touch of prunes. Very fruity flavour with grassy hops, caramel and a nice, bitter finish. Strangely oily mouthfeel
Tried
on 28 Jan 2011
at 13:25
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ Odense Tasting, Jan 2011. Pours black with a creamy head. Roast, smoke, coffee and chocolate. Subdued and balanced. Smooth. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2011
at 04:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Odense Tasting, Jan 2011. Pours unclear golden with a small creamy stable head. Nose is piney and bitter. Quite exotic. Berries.. Sweet and a bit syrupy/cloying palate. Dry and bitter hoppy end. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2011
at 03:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Odense Tasting, Jan 2011. Pours brown with a stable creamy head. Nose is cocoa, ashtray and caramel. Flavor is toffee, caramel, hops and a touch of fruity tartness. Smooth palate. Dry and hoppy end. Nice ABA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2011
at 03:52
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours hazy dark amber with a small head.Nose shows super juicy hops with massive amounts of passionfruit leaping out along with a load of sweet malt contributing a faint toasty character.Very similar flavours but the passionfruit isn’t quite so full-on, nor is the malt quite so noticeable. Instead there’s a nice sharp bitterness. Very refreshing.Carbonation is a little high really.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2011
at 02:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Classy-looking and -feeling bottle, 11C. Black tinged with red at the edges, smallish tan head that never disappears. Aroma of roasted malt, hazelnut oil, chocolate, peat, a hint of prunes. Very smooth mouthfeel. Bigger smoke in the taste than the nose (until you go back and sniff again). Smoke, vanilla, gentle roast, stewed fruit. Some hop as well as roasted bitterness and vanilla at the end. Very good indeed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2010
at 02:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
[11/10] Bottle. Slightly hazy amber with a creamy light beige head. Aroma has some caramel and pears, then heaps of Kiwi hop aromas - cut grass, gooseberries (oh come on, I have some in the freezer), kaffir lime leaf, white grapes, cardamon pods, oranges, custard apples, galangal, black pepper. Taste is really all about the hops (and the aromas are all there in the apparent taste), but the malt has enough presence to work as is dark enough not to seem just lolly-sweet. Quite boozy. It’s almost hot with spices and a bit of pine at the finish. Complicated isn’t the same as complex and despite the many interesting flavours I didn’t like this much. Cacophonous. [3.3][2/14] Still not loving this one, for much the same reasons.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Nov 2010
at 05:01