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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Pours a borderline murky dark amber than leans into brown. Medium to big sized head, the slightest off-white, pretty compact and persistent, good enough lacing. Average intensity in the aroma, with dominant caramel, perhaps a bit of sugary sweetness, hints of honey, a timid background of citricness and herbal/grassy notes. So-so definition. Taste follows the aroma pretty closely: again, average taste intensity, so-so definition. Medium sweetness, lowish bitterness, quite sweet but not too much in the overall balance; the aftertaste leaves a bit of residual sugary sweetness and a hint of earthiness. Doesn't feel too clean on the overall, though it's minor. Light to medium body, average, very soft-bubbled carbonation; pretty good drinkability with just a hint of creaminess. Overall: a sweetish, slightly "imprecise" polotmave. Still very much ok, but i've had much finer examples.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Golden coloured, nearly perfectly transparent. Average sized white head, good enough retention and lacing. A simple but relatively potent and nicely fresh-feeling aroma: citric (lime and lemongrass most noticeable) upfront, plus lightly salty and spicy (coriander). Taste notes follow the aroma closely; the beer has a tastewise quite neutral, slightly soft maltiness and a sort of delicate kind of saltness. Again, scarce flavour depth but excellent per style intensity and a very vivid fresh feeling. Moderately sweet, with perhaps a tad more sourness than usual per style; a pretty dry, cleansing finish, though a delicate mix of sweetness/sourness lingers in the aftertaste. Light body, low to average, very thin-bubbled, delicately crispy carbonation; a pleasantly lively, super fast drinker. Overall: a pretty classic interpretation of the style, well made and very refreshing.
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Level 1 for Brown Ale ticks with a total of 5 ticks of this master style.
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1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Quite on the dark side of brown, with reddish hints if seen through light. About one and a half fingers of off-white/yellowish head, scarce retention, pretty much no lacing. Quite good intensity in a very simple, well defined, but kind of a bit "uncouth" aroma: caramel sweetness, a decent amount of nuttiness, perhaps the slightest hint of floral hops. Taste feels nicely intense for the abv, again quite well defined but very simple. A more clearly discernible floral hops presence now. Sweetness and bitterness are both pretty intense (for style and abv) and in overall very good balance, with none standing out in both taste and aftertaste. A very clean finish/aftertaste. Light to medium body, average, fine-bubbled carbonation; feels pretty easy to drink with a bit of tingling crispness. Overall: aims at taste intensity but finds an enjoyable sweet/bitter balance. Doesn't have any actual flaw, but lacks complexity or refinement.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Dark golden with amber hints, pretty much clear and transparent. Gets a pretty healthy and big head that shows good retention and nice lacing. Quite good intensity and freshness in the aroma: a light, soft buttery whiff disappears quite quickly, delicate grainy malty base, floral and vivid grassy hops with light citric notes and a soapy hint. In the taste: a delicate grainy base of hay/straw as the smell suggested, just a very light hint of perhaps slightly buttery softness, floral and grassy hops share the main stage, hints of citric notes. Sweetness and bitterness are both mild to average, with good balance in both taste and aftertaste; a delicate floral hops reminiscence in the aftertaste. Quite light in body, low to average, delicately crispy carbonation; a pretty smooth but pleasantly lively mouthfeel. Overall: a pretty classic, very well made vycepni, excellent drinkability as you'd expect.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
A slightly pale golden with orangeish hints, quite clear. Average sized, quite compact looking white head; shows good enough retention and nice lacing. Average intensity in a nicely deep and well defined aroma that suggest more hoppy than malty character: underlying notes of hay/straw and a hint of caramel, fresh grass, delicate floral hops, quite vivid and nicely fresh citric notes with saaz's classic cedary note. Taste notes follow the aroma, though with more balance as for malty/hoppy notes than the aroma suggested: average intensity, freshness and taste definition still feel very much ok but a bit less bright than in the aroma. Quite light in body, average, soft carbonation; goes down pretty quick; feels overall slightly light for a 12°. Overall impression: a pretty classic bohemian pilsner, nothing stellar but well made, shows some distinction in the drinkability department.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
2022 vintage. Pours an opaque/greyish leaning black, with at most one finger of head, the slightest off-white; scarce retention and pretty much no lacing. Pretty good intensity in a straightforward, well defined aroma: rather strong roasted malts (a light dark bread base, strong and dry coffe notes), a not too timid sweetish fruity note (fruit cake), some vinous character on the back of things. Pretty nice, intense aroma, perhaps not as complex as expected from the style. Gets a bit more layers in taste, but still somehow feels like it could use a bit more complexity: pretty strong roasted character as the smell suggested (notes as per aroma, plus maybe a hint of bitter/dry chocolate). Again, a very dry, kind of "decisive" roasted character, though a bit mellowed by the background of sweet frutiness and the vinous character; a hint of soft nuttiness also shows up to bring a hint of creaminess. As for balance, the mouth feels pretty dry and quite bitter, but the finish is surprisingly balanced, still dry but more in the likes of cleansing than in the likes of mouth-puckering. Quite dense bodied as obvious, but i would perhaps have guessed a 8/9% abv rather than a 10%. Light to medium, thin bubbled carbonation. The overall mouthfeel is semi-full and slightly thick with just a hint of creaminess. Overall: i'd guess that this is some sort of nod to the aged character of the british imperial stouts of old, but as a modern/clean version: Anyways, it is a well made, straightforward roasty and quite tasty stout; definitely approved.
ozzatoadisbackagain (793) reviewed Salty Goose from BraufactuM 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
A quite opalescent golden colour, possibly a bit hazy too. Small to average sized, slightly pillowy white head; shows quite good retention and limited lacing. Moderate intensity in a pretty simple aroma, where all elements feel quite mild: refreshing citricness (partly lemonish, partly in the orange department), a hint of salt and spiciness (can't seem to pick something specific though). Taste notes follow the aroma, perhaps with a very light cerealish malty base (anyways, a pretty much neutral malitiness). Really not much to write about, but the beer is clean and decently refreshing. Pretty light in body, with low to average, quite delicate carbonation; does it's job as an easy drinker. Overall: a pretty bland, anonymous gose; still very much drinkable and decently refreshing.
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ozzatoadisbackagain (793) reviewed 12° Turbolet from Rotor 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Pours quite on the dark side for the style, a dark golden to light orange, looks more golden and on the translucent side through light, more orangeish otherwise. A pretty big and pillowy whithe head, shows quite good retention and nice lacing. Quite good intensity in a plesant aroma: soft white bread, hay, a hint of caramel, perhaps the slightest buttery hint, relatively strong dry floral hops, grassiness, just a thin hint of citricness. Taste shows a quite unusual dryiness and hoppiness, with maltiness more in the back than the smell suggested: a light cerealy/hay, slightly crackery base, again a hint of soft, perhaps slightly buttery feeling, then a pretty strong dry floral hoppiness, with a light background of citricness. Finish and aftertaste feel pretty dry too, quite leafy/tea-like and on the bitter side. A quite clean and interesting enough taste profile on the overall, but the dryiness seems to take away a bit too much from the freshness i'd expect to find in a svetle. Quite light in body with average, soft bubbled carbonation; feels quite easy and delicately lively in the mouth. Overall: an interesting and tasty svetle, quite classic but with a much more pronounced dry character than usual; a very nice beer in it's components, maybe not as much accomplished as a whole.