 Ungstrup (15258), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jun 4, 2005 [At Københavnske Øldage 2005] A red-brown beer with no head. The aroma is sweet and slightly spicy. The flavor is quite roasted and malty with hints of chocolate and with a dry end. I can’t tell the seaweed, but I like the spicyness and roastyness.
Reid (1090), Salem, Oregon, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jun 4, 2005 Poured from the bottle the beer is a nice dark brown, almost verging on black, smallish bubbly tan head, good lacing down my glass.
Fine chocolaty/salty aroma, coffeeish.
taste is rather odd..its mostly of dark but with an odd salty tinge underneath..maybe from the seaweed, I am not sure, but the salty thing make for a short dry finish.
quite deceptivlly carbonated and light in the mouthfeel department, but for me this works quite well.
I found this an odd beer, but I liked it and found it very drinkable.
GuilTTy (538), Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Jun 3, 2005 I was bracing for another unpleasant experience after sampling a few of the other Historic Ales of Scotland, but this unique brew is actually pretty good. Dark brown with lots of swirling red highlites supporting a fair-sized khaki head. Aroma of roasted malt, toffee (which I didn’t expect), raisins, hops and - yes - sea salt. Surprisingly well-balanced flavors which were almost porter-like with roasted malt, chocolate, brown sugar and a hint of spice. Hops bring up the rear quite nicely and give this ale a crisp finish. If not for the odd use of seaweed, I’d say this was a fair but thin porter or "pale porter". Really nothing odd about the flavor - this is worth picking up if you see it.
ThomasE (5178), Copenhagen, Denmark
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Jun 2, 2005 Brown reddish colour with a small beige head. Dry dark fruit sweet aroma with hints of anis. Sweet flavor with caramel notes. Rather dry finish.
Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
May 30, 2005 Bottle. Black colour with a baige head. Sweet roasted malty chocolat coffee aroma and taste, dry. Medium body and a dry finish.
joergen (8610), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
May 25, 2005 Bottled at DBF 2005.
Black coloured with a small off white head.
Aroma of caramel and dark chocolate.
Sweet flavour of caramel and chocolate.
muzzlehatch (4427), Burlington, Vermont, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
May 17, 2005 500 ml bottle. Pitch-black cola-textured body, large diminishing tan fine-bubbled head...roasty, sweet dark-chocolate aroma, touches of vanilla, somewhat low-impact but inviting...body very, very smooth with just a trace of prickly carbonation to keep the milkiness from cloying...moderately sweet, light chocolaty body with a touch of citrusy acid (is that the seaweed?)...very pleasant, easy-drinking, delightful beer, nothing overpoweringly great but right now I’d like another.
Papsoe (14997), Frederiksberg, Denmark
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 2/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
May 17, 2005 Updated: Jul 3, 2005(Bottle 33 cl) Very dark, almost black. Presumably it’s filtered but pretty much without head. Low in carbonation. Quite smoked flavours - almost burned. But a rather light body. Very aromatic and lovely beer. Not sure if I can taste the added kelp though... 230904
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