larsga (2937), Oslo, Norway Feb 17, 2009 Biggish yellowish head. Slightly hazy brownish amber body with small floaties. Fruity wooden perfumy aroma. Sharp dry-sweetish fruity wooden taste with toffee, perfume, and metal notes. Sharpish mouthfeel. Fullish body. Dry citric fruity wooden aftertaste with lingering perfumy notes. Meaty, papery notes linger. Not bad, but not great, either. (0.5l bottle, from some corner store in Copenhagen. BBD 2009-04-13.) Beer2000 (1775), Kristiansand, Norway Feb 12, 2009 500 ml bottle. Clear,dark amber body with a medium but dense off-white head. Aroma is light malty, slightly burnt caramel and floor sealing. Flavor is sweet malty and caramel with a discreet bitterness. Medium body, quite smooth but rather boring. TrefwoordPunk (549), Leiden, Netherlands Jan 22, 2009 Bottle 50 cl. Pour a brownish golden with a white head and a spicy, hoppy aroma with notes of wet grass. The tast is spicy and hoppy with notes of oranges, other citrus fruits, sweet malts, sweet grains, old hay and herbs. A nice spicy finish makes this a nce bitter1 thehinge (244), Wilmington, Delaware, USA Jan 21, 2009 Murky orange pour. Thin white head. Grassy, hoppy aroma. Front end has hints of spices with undertone of oranges. Nice and crisp on the palate. Aftertaste is just subtly bitter. dkachur (2318), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Dec 30, 2008 500 mL bottle from Whole Foods Market in Charlottesville, VA.
Pours a medium amber color with a large white creamy head. Good
retention and lacing. Fruity and slightly bitter hops in the
aroma with some toasted grain notes. Taste is toasted malts with
tea and fruity hop notes. Medium bodied. Quite nice. NJBeerman013 (768), Trenton, New Jersey, USA Dec 21, 2008 Bottle. Pours a golden amber mahogany in color with a pure white head. It has a clean, fresh, tangy hop aroma with a slight citrus touch. It has a rich, full, malty flavor with a ripe, fruity citrus note. It has a medium mouthfeel with a clean, refreshing finish. yalnikim (776), Wellington, New Zealand Nov 1, 2008 Tasted 30/10/2008, 500ml bottle from Regionals, while tending to the pilot batch of Yeastie Boys ’Kid Chocolate’. Pours a hazy amber with a reddish hue. Sweet plummy stewed (oxidised) malt on the nose with a little floral ester and herbal/lemon hops. Same in the mouth, with a good malt depth and a nice balancing bitterness and full hop flavour. Suspect this would be a bloody lovely drop closer to home but it’s dropped off to a nice wee quaffer this far away... Hooker (450), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada Oct 18, 2008 Clear pale copper colour with fast fading beige head. Grassy malt nose. Dry alcohol taste with lingering bitter warming alcohol finish.
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