Oppigårds Spring Ale

Serving date: 2009-03-04. Served in half-pint glass. Golden orange, very pale and clear. Big, white and uneven head that settles after a while. Some lacings. Very reminiscent of a pale lager. Pleasant smell of plenty of soft hop notes (citric aromas), earth, sweet malt. Very refreshing. In the mouth, there’s caramel malt at first. Then plenty of hops: lemon peel, grapefruits, ripe apples, floral notes, resins. Some herbs, and a taste of tonic water. For a while, a bready maltiness and butterscotch take over. The finish is somewhat dry and surprisingly bitter, has some floral hop notes and metallic maltiness. Not a very pleasant finish actually as the bitterness dominates to much. Plenty of carbonation and a surprisingly light body. Again, the beer is close to lager territory. An ok beer, rather refreshing and very easy to drink. The smell is way better than the taste though. Would have liked bolder hop flavors. Serving type: bottle (Copy of old Beer Advocate review)

Bottle. Color is amber/orange with a pretty white head! Aroma is flowery and fruity hoppy. Taste is a bit friuty and grassy with strong notes of grape. Good!

Bottle. Color was amber, head was rather large. Aroma was wonderfully hoppy. Hops, grape, malt. Easy to drink. Aftertaste was quite long and contained citrus.

Bottle. Nice head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are dominated by bitter hops, citrus and malt, A bit one dimensional, but has a nice bitter finish.

Bottled. A dark golden beer with a huge off-white head. The aroma has notes of hops, brew mash, malt, caramel, and dust. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, hop juice - making it almost chewy, earth, hay, and some citrus. The finish is bitter with notes of hops and hay lingering. Not my favorit hop mixture. Thanks fiulijn for this treat.

330ml Bottle (Thanks Gnoff) - Amber with a small head. Hoppy aroma with grapefruit, tea and pineapple. Bitter and hoppy taste with hints of grapefruit and caramel followed by a bitter, hoppy and slightly fruity finish. Extremely enjoyable.

Bottle 33cl.
Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to light lgiht heavy hoppy, grass, orange, flowers notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy shell bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090404]

Flaske 0,33l fra Systembolaget i Kiruna. Gylden farge. Stort kremaktig skum. Kraftig fruktig aroma: Appelsin i forgrunnen. Smaken i samme retning. Glir over i en tørr, fruktig bitterhet som varer lenge. Godt!