Sigtuna Påsk Alt

Serving date: 2009-03-26. Served in large wine glass. Very dark ruby with brown hues. Big beige dense head that looks rather creamy. Good head retention and a decent amount of lacings. Big malty smell. Caramel, chocolate, earth, faint hop aromas, burnt coffee. There is also a kind of strange burnt aroma, like charred wood, that actually seems out of place. At first, the smell seems interesting in a good way, but after a while it gets too much. Plenty of roasted and burnt flavors - toast and charred wood. Smoke. Resin, grassy hop flavors, dried fruits. Light salty flavors. Actually, there is not much going on here until the finish. The finish is quite big but unfortunately, it’s slightly raw and unbalanced. A rather prominent and long bitterness blends with sharp spices, bark, some hop resins and roasted malts. Some alcohol. Medium body, but fuller than expected. At first, when the beer gets in the mouth, it feels rather calm, but then a very lively - almost aggressive - and ample carbonation kicks in. There is something I don’t really get about this beer. Some aromas and flavors seem out of place, and it seems to be pulling in different directions. It seems willful and stubborn in a not really positive sense. Also, the aromas and smell of burnt wood is really not that good. However, it does contain a decent amount of flavors and it shows some complexity. Serving type: bottle (Copy of old Beer Advocate review)

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A powerfull swede. Aroma is malty, sweet, burnt notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and heavy bitter. Dry, syrupy texture.

Bottled (thanks omhper!). Deep hazy ambery brown colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is fruits, some roasted woods, mild earthcellar and some caramel and chocolate. Flavour is spices, some wooden notes, mild anislike stingy notes, some caramel malts and also a bite winelike.

Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Red amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. nutty and other nice stuff. Powerfull excellent chocolate flavor. Long great finish. Smoked and other chocolate notes. Creamy palate. Wonderfull beer.

Bottle. Clear dark amber colour with a medum off white head. Nice complex aroma and taste of roasted malts, chocolate and hops.

Bottle. Beautiful dark amber color with great head. Strong imperial Altbier :-) Hops, roasted malts. Very nice.