Tröegs Scratch 10

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of sweet malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of spices - espeically cinnamon, combined with medium notes of malt. The alcohol leaves a burn in the mouth. Thanks CaptainCougar for coming to Denmark and sharing this.

Thanks to alldeybrewin for this! Pours hazy rusty burnt orange with a very small bubbly head. Aroma is certainly out there with notes of peppermint, bigtime yams, licorice, citrus, and sweet Christmas bread. The spice doesn’t let the yeast shine. Tastes big and sweet with dominate brown sugar, yams, cotton candy, mint, licorice, bitter citrus, and it does not blend together that well. Finishes with yam and sugar saturating the mouth and the gentle sweetened toast finish does nothing to cut through. Carbonation is low and the body seems watery, hot, sticky, and cloying all at once. This is interesting, and it COULD work, but it didn’t this time. Too much spice, not enough yeast presence, too little hops, annoyingly sweet (I usually like sweet, but this beer does not manage its flavors well).

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks to CaptainCougar. Cloudy yellow - white head. Spicy, caramel, nutmeg, toasted, light watery, licorice yeasty, honey, fruity, apples, light watery. OK.

Hazy amber with a tiny beige head. Sweet fruity aroma with candy notes. Flavour was sweet with honey, caramel and spicy notes. Finished sweet,

Bottle and served in my Chimay chalice: Murky amber orange hue with a small fading head, some lace. The aroma has notes of Belgium candi sugar and yeast, juju, peppermint and anise, orange peel and apricot, some heavy soggy malty grains, and a hint of medicinal iodine. The taste starts, well sweet and fruity and pretty much never changes. Minimal depth of palate honestly,Some spice comes about during the interesting finish. The mouth feel is slick and oily with a metallic finish. U know what they say about too many cooks in the kitchen, same thing here, too many components and none make a clear and pronounced arrival. I hoped some aging would help but alas it did not. There are some nice qualities buried under the muddled mess.

a pretty sweet extra from captaincougar, Thanks captain. This one pours a big dark hazy golden with a small head. very sweet. caramel. candy sugar. leaves a sticky mouthfeel, if you know what i mean. Too sweet!

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Miver. Hazy golden with a small, off-white head. Aroma of fruit, yeast and alcohol. Quite full-bodied with sweetish fruit, some yeast and alcohol - quite intense really. Subdued bitterness. 010209

From bottle, blindtasting #11. Pours hazy orange with an almost fully gone head. Dry liqourice/Pernot and spiced aroma. Sweet malty and slight spiced. Mild fruity accent into a dry malty and spice hoppy finish. Quite yeasty impression into the far finish.