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

Poured from the tap @ Great Northern. Very dark brown with small light tan head. Fairly roasty, some raisin sweetness, mild dryness, decent.

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

Can. Just misted pale gold with a fluffy white head. Under-ripe tropical fruit, berry and grassy aroma with light breadcrust. Briefly rich malt with a touch of crusty bread before coiled tropical f & berries and building bitterness. A bit peppery at the end too. From the Czech end of NZ pils I guess. Nice stuff.

Interesting balance, definitely has some noble hop floral peppery notes with a bit of NZ tropical vinous green. Clean and to style. LCI

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

(Bottle, 0.5l - 2014 vintage, at Pikkulintu Kontula, 20240316) The beer poured golden and brilliantly clear. Its head was small and white. Aroma had fruitiness, tartness, wood and lightly marmalade. Palate was medium bodied and dry with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, vinous notes, grapes, wood, tartness, sourness and bitterness. Aftertaste had wood, grapes and bitterness. Pleasant. Very different take on sour beer.

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

Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Very soaur notes. Light bitter very acetic flavor. Grapes present. Long great sour finish. Creamy palate.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(Can) Good looking beer. Pours black with good tan head which disappears rather quickly. Aroma of dark roast grain with chocolate and berries. Medium bodied, smooth with modest fine carbonation. Lovely taste. There’s plenty of berries, joined by chocolate and a creaminess. There’s some subtle sweetness and notes of burnt sugar bitterness in the finish. Very enjoyable.

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

(Can) Pours very dark brown with small brown head. Pleasant aroma of toasted malt and chocolate. Full smooth body with modest very fine carbonation. Pleasant rich taste. There’s a bitterness throughout the palate that hover between very dark chocolate and burnt sugar, maybe with hints of soy. There’s some balancing dark toffee sweetness, and nice chocolatey notes. Pleasant enough but the balance isn’t quite tight for my palate.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Taster. Appearance: dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma: some sweetness, roasted seeds, hops, a bit of black chocolate. Taste: along the same lines, a bit dry, earthy, black chocolate notes. Overall: quite good.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at Garden Path - Bellingham, pours black with a large tan head. Aroma is full of roasted barley, plenty of earthy hops, and some cocoa. Flavour is more like a classic RIS — with loads of roasted malt, plenty of hops, and a touch of espresso and cocoa. Rich, roasty, nicer hopped with a creamy mouthfeel. Excellent.

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

Can. Black beer with a brown head. Chocolate and nutty aroma with light caramel. Roast and chocolate flavor with light nuttiness and light caramel. Medium bodied. Roast and nuttiness linger with light chocolate and light caramel.