austone (999), Turku; Pori, Finland Oct 27, 2009 50cl bottle. Copper, nicely firm pale head. Nose is mild turpentine, rust, hint of toffeeish malts. Flavor is herbs, alcohol, rust, faint old fruitiness, mild caramelly malts and licorice root finish. Softly carbonated, but a bit hollow palate. I should have marked up the best before-date, might have had some shelf time, though freshly bought from Berlin. stantheman (14), British Columbia, Canada Sep 4, 2009 From 500 ml bottle. Beautiful copper/amber color. Nice pale yellow head. Flavor is substantial, well balanced between malt and hops. ha1ag (415), Maastricht, Netherlands Aug 23, 2009 Bottled from Aachen. Dark reddish amber color, medium fluffy tan head. Nose is smoked wood, malts. Aroma is smoked wood, reminds me that of oak-barrel aged whiskey,flavour is malty and still some smoked wood. Dry and bit crispy aftertaste. Nordcore (266), North of, Norway Aug 16, 2009 Apperance; Amber, clear with a nice white head. Aroma; sweet malty Flavor; Malty. chimplechamp (463), Oslo, Norway Aug 15, 2009 bottle pours reddish golden beautiful color. small white head. nose is herbaceous. taste has hints of strawberries with dry finish. Savvy1982 (303), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Jul 16, 2009 Bottle. Pours a toffee gold with soft caramel, fruit, apples and white raisins. Palate is soft and sweet, nice maltiness, hops are present but not overt. Fullers74 (60), Denmark Jul 15, 2009 From tap. Amber color with a small head. The taste is a wellbalanced full maltyness and a slight hoppy finish MrRoss (614), Delta, British Columbia, Canada Jul 9, 2009 Nice embossed and shapely bottle. Aroma not much of anything, but at least it is a good lookong beer. Flavour and mouth are average at best. Finishes the same way. The Michelob of Germany?
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