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7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a brown with a red edge hint, head was off white. Aroma was off white with strong roasted/caramel malt. Taste was sweet malts slight roastiness, and hints of vanilla bean as well. Very yummy!
Tried from Bottle on 05 May 2012 at 22:46

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle courtesy Fiulijn. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark red-amber colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Peasted notes. Heavy bitter wonderfull smoked/peated flavor. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy smooth palate. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2012 at 01:08

6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cloudy deep amber,lasting white head.Nose is lightly acetic,lightly woody.Lemony hop profile, medium alcohol heat, whiskeylike notes. Great body Should age just fine !!
Tried on 29 Mar 2012 at 15:47

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from Darby’s, Vancouver
Copper color, with small sized head. The aroma is nice with cereals, light toffee, caramel, fudge and a touch of vanilla. The flavor is good but less inspiring, with a fairly nice malt and caramel flavor; correct bitterness. Easy but pleasant; many Märzen in Germany are worse than this.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2012 at 08:41

7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

2012-04-25, bottle from Toby’s, Vancouver, 7-4-7-4-15=37
Dark mahogany color; medium sized head. Nice smoke aroma, vague ham. Strangely it tastes of soy sauce and Japanese brown seasonings; dark malt and chocolate, with moderate sweetness, and good body strength, and a peaty trace along with the common smoke, also traces of smoked ham; sweet caramel, more in the final; correct bitterness. A bit rough but good.

2012-01-09, bottle from Viti, Vancouver, 7-4-7-4-15=37
Dark brown color, almost black, with medium sized head. Aroma of smoke, with raisin, some oxidization, and a bit of paper and dust. Full bodied, with a smooth, creamy mouthfeel; malt and dark caramel flavor, with a peat backbone, wood, and a sourish note from the smoked malt; correct bitterness.
Bold, loud, unelegant, but pleasant.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2012 at 08:40

7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
2012-01-20, draught at Cobre restaurant on Powell St., Vancouver, 7-4-7-4-15=37
Hazy amber color; small sized creamy head. The aroma is light, perfumy, some hop and malt. Good malt, caramel flavor, very dry, also because of the strong bitterness; the hopping is aromatic, sweaty, lightly resiny and fruity. The final is very bitter. It has a rustic English touch. Very good.

2011-09-16, bottle from Viti’s, Vancouver, 7-4-7-3-14=35
Beautiful bright amber color; nice head and lace. The aroma shows fruity hops in the beginning; pond water and dust later. Dry mouthfeel, with dry caramel flavor, medium roasted malts, and quite strong bitterness; the hopping has some qualities. A good Bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2012 at 08:38

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ [ Fastelavn Smagning - Carnival Tasting - Ulfborg ].[ Courtesy of fiulijn ]. Clear medium to dark brown colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, smoke - meat. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, smoke - mead. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120218]
Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2012 at 01:30

6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle, 8.5%. Clear brown colour. Very small head. The flavour is nicely malty. Has some alcohol and a little smoke. Quite malty, quite alcoholic and slightly smoky.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2012 at 12:38

6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
22 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head, Aroma is toasted malty and slight caramelish. Light bitter and toasted malty flavoured. Sweet, toasted malt and smoked flavoured. Light mineral note.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2012 at 12:26

4.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours a clear nutty brown with a beige head. Sweet caramel and peaty smoke aroma. Heavy body with sweet caramellish malts with nasty peaty smoke. An abomination. 180212
Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2012 at 12:14