liinis (722), Helsinki, Finland
| 1.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 1/10 | 2/5 | 1/10 | 1/5 | 7/20 | Apr 7, 2008 0.33l can
for a non-alc. beer ok, but lacks everything but colour. no taste no aroma austone (1039), Turku; Pori, Finland
| 1.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 5/20 | Mar 26, 2008 Dark brown, small lightly tanned head. Nose is malt syrup, with some roastiness and rye bread. Flavor pretty much the same. Starts syrupy sweet, but finishess drier with mild bitterness. Light bodied, soda like carbonation and a bit sticky mouthfeel. mirjukka (705), LOHJA, Finland
| 2.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 1/5 | 9/20 | Feb 21, 2008 can at Opus K blind test
color.dark few bubbles fizzy tiny head
scent:sweet,malts
taste:no hops, watery too light and drinkable TBone (6868), Pori, Finland
| 2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 | Jan 27, 2008 Can (BB 12/2008)
This is possibly brewed in Switzerland as can says in Finnish "brewed for Sinebrychoff", not "by". Dark brown color, small white head. Aroma of rye bread, brown sugar and tobacco. Fizzy, watery, sugary with some plastic flavors. Sugar is used here, not saccharin although "bittersweetness" is similar than in the beers where it is used. Rye bread kvass-type aftertaste with harsh bitterness. Ice gold this is quite harmless as flavors are weak. Decently ok table beer, not at least worse than pathetic alcoholic version of this beer. Tranquillity (1181), Espoo, Finland
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 | Jan 22, 2008 Aroma quite sweet and lagery. Taste bitter and malty, with some beef in the finish. Medium-dark brown colour, small beige head. FatPhil (3507), Espoo, Finland
| 2.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 | Jan 13, 2008 330ml can. Shared by Tranquillity - thanks!
Starts sweet fruity farts, but later becomes beefy - with gravy! Saccharin and lagery taste. Has some bitterness but that might be saccharin. For a 0% I’m positively impressed. raymondwave (882), Finland
| 2.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 | Jan 9, 2008 Can 0.33 l. Clear brown, fizzy and surprisingly thick head. Almost no nose at all, maybe too cold. Pretty strong roasted and dry malty flavor for a non alc. Very balanced overall and doesn’t really feel like it lacks anything. It’s just alcohol free and proud of it. I would say pretty damn good in it’s genre. sayravai (3787), Helsinki, Finland
| 1.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 6/20 | Jan 8, 2008 (Canned) Clear, dark brown with a small and tanned, almost completely vanishing head. Very mild aroma with some grainy-roasty malt, and hints of sugary caramel, rubber and plastic. Slightly sweet-sugary, but surprisingly neutral flavor of lightly roasted malt and some plastic-cardboardy hints. Light, but not watery body with quite balanced carbonation. Not as tasty as Finnish kotikalja, but luckily not as sugary as most Belgian tafelbiers, either. A reasonably clean and remarkably tasteless NA dunkel.
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