Oslo Vårøl

Brewed by Oslo Mikrobryggeri
Style: California Common
Oslo, Norway

On tap at the brewpub. It pours a slightly unclear, copper body with a small, beige head. The aroma and flavor both has the typical OMB house character. The aroma also has fruit and citrus, some tropical fruits, caramel and some roasted malt. Caramel, tropical fruits and some roasted malt in the flavor, finishing fruity and slightly metallic. Medium body with a pleasant level of carbonation. Really quaffable and well suited for the spring time. (080410)

On tap at Oslo Mikrobryggeri. Reddish amber colour. Lovely aroma of caramel and butterscotch. Flavour of malts, tobacco, caramel and butterscotch. OKish.

1/2 pint draught. Copper colour. Crystal clear. Small off-white head. Fruity and estery aroma first. Then rich and aromatic malty nose. High carbonation level. Lots of caramel malts. Caramelly flavours balanced by a sparkling mouthfeel. Some oxidized notes towards the back. Satisfying to drink. Very nice, but it has the characteristic twang from the specialty malts that they often use.

A very pleasant floral aroma. On the taste it comes sweet first, bitter then. Good palate. Good beer.

Draught @ OMB. Hazy reddish amber with a thin beige film of foam. Aroma is citrus fruity (grapefruit), sweet malty and yeast. Flavor is really refreshing, fruity, peaches, a hint of caramel and a nice balanced bitter finish. Relatively light body as expected from a spring beer. Unusually fruity flavor from a lager, and one of the more interesting beers from OMB.

Medium offwhite head quickly shrinks to a thin little head which stays for a long time. Amber body with light carbonation. Light malty fruity floral hoppy aroma, very harmonic. Some strawberry notes. Sweet fruity malt taste with a dry edge in the background. Quite a lot of flavour, and full-bodied. Floral hop notes. Dry dusty caramel malt aftertaste with long lingering strawberry end. Strawberry taste settles in the mouth as you drink and develops a bubble-gum like quality. The beer is maybe overall a bit sweet, but still very nice. (0.5l draft at the brewpub.)

Lovely clear amber, pearly carbonation. Light, refreshing, flowery bitterness. Some more musky elements, too, a little barnyard. It is no extreme beer, but it is more interesting than most beers from this brewpub. But it is probably an ale, and should be cathegorised as a bitter.

Two pints on tap at the brewpub in Oslo. Good glass-lacing after the pour has settled down. Flim-type head with only a patch resting on a slightly unclear, orange-brown body. Dry aroma of fruits with a touch of tartness and, in fact, some disturbing smell of sweat. Well balanced brew with a taste that brings caramel hints, hops and apricot followed by bitter endnotes. It’s a refreshing beer, well bodied and with a foamy mouthfeel typical for OMB (04.04.2008)