Hevelius Kaper

Brewed by Grupa Zywiec
Style: European Strong Lager
Zywiec, Poland

Bottle: Hazy dark orange with a white head. FUCK YOU CAPS LOCK KEY!! Alcohol-laced aroma, with some brown sugar, starts and ends sweet. Too sweet. Aroma worsens as it warms.

Frothy disappearing head, clear dark orange body. Alcohol, alcohol and alcohol in the aroma with hints of fruit. Sweet, heavy and alcoholic flavor. Who drinks these kind of beers?

Bottled: Golden/orange coloured. Not much head, but the head thats present is beige or something. This is a pure alcoholinfusion, that totally spoil the beer for me. I simply don’t like it.

Dark amber color with no head. I could never really discern an aroma... just a pinch of malt, perhaps. Slightly malty taste with some obvious alcohol overtones. Okay, but not impressive.

Orange/Brown Coloring. White Ring. Fruity, Herbs, Prunes...Bread Dough... Pretty Beefy for The Lager Boys... Alcohol Isn’t Real Noticeable Given the Content... Pretty Decent Overall.

What a lager should be. It poured a clear golden-amber with a frothy head and plenty of beading. Very pleasant sweet caramel malt aroma, Very full bodied malt flavors with hints of dark fruits. There is an alcohol presence, but fairly neligible. Clean crisp finish.

Deep amber golden. Excellent head--creamy, thick, and leaves a nice ring of lace at the top of the glass. Nose is sweet and lightly fruity at first but further investigation reveals some husky grain flavors. 9.1% ABV is bit strong in this case as there’s not nearly enough flavor to disguise it. Rather dry with a slightly metallic bitterness. Beats the hell out of malt liquor for a strong lager fix but it burns in the belly like moonshine.

Bottle. Poured a deep copper color. Nice big white head. Minimal lacing. Aroma is almost sickly sweet and hints of skunking. Body is medium, smooth mouthfeel. Taste is slightly sweet and malty, somewhat cloying. Somehow this isn’t terribly bad.