 ghawener (952), San Salvador, El Salvador
Jan 18, 2009 Bottle: Positively surprised. well balanced fruit & sweetness lasts until last sip. Starts strong with fresh red berries and ends dry almost wine-like.
gunnfryd (3539), Kristiansand, Norway
Mar 18, 2008 Bottle. Amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is raisin, black current, malt, yeast. Flavour is sweet, raisin, black current, yeast. Ok to have tasted this one, but nothing more.
Beer2000 (1775), Kristiansand, Norway
Feb 28, 2008 Bottle. Hazy red/brown body with a big and fast disappearing red/brown head. Aroma is sweet fruity, acid and Cola actually. Flavor has also this weird Cola taste with sweet slightly roasted malt and a fruity acidity. A bit weird, but I also enjoyed this strange brew.
yngwie (4880), Kristiansand, Norway
Feb 27, 2008 Bottle. A dark brown beer with a beige head. Cola, roasted malt, berries and sweetness in the aroma. Pleasant, but nothing more. The same goes for the flavor, but the sweetness is not as evident. Berries, some cola and roasted malt. Sugary, medium body. Nice in a way, but I won’t miss it. (080215)
HughConway (364), Alabama, USA
Feb 19, 2008 Drunk at brewery. Very sweet, like the other El Bolson fruit beers. Sweeter than the cherry or the raspberry, so be expecting. Not horrible, just different.
Gazza (721), Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Oct 24, 2007 Bottle drunk at Santiago airport, thanks Cristián and David!
Doesn’t look too bad and smells fruity, but it’s basically a load of syrup poured into a beer which gets totally swamped by all the sugary-sweet fruitiness. Yeuch!!!!
davidpl (435), Santiago, Chile
May 23, 2007 Appearance: Color dark ruby. Medium head, slightly consistent and low persistence.
Aroma: sweet tone of red wild fruits, yeast and something piquant. Low presence of hop and of the malts.
Flavor: beer or fizzy juice?. Acid touch of cassis and of other red wild fruits. Excessive presence of yeast, piquant tone. Low presence of hop and malts.
Palate: light body and low carbonation.
Not advisable.
(sorry for my english)
mullet (798), Melbourne, Australia
Jan 26, 2005 Nice darkish red-purple colour, clear with bad head retention. The cap had a weird grey-yellow deposit where the liquid had touched it. Did not look good. Aroma of grainy chocolate, sour cream, diacetyl, vague Ribena. Something is wrong - my guess is a phenolic infection but it’s unlike anything I’ve known. It’s kind of like wood-plastic-hair I guess. There’s something like a megalager in there too. Tastes sweet, like dark grape juice with an acrid roastiness, bandaids and astringency. At least it’s good to know it’s not just Aussie micros that have QC issues.
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