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Valhalla Simmer Dim 2.88 25

Valhalla Simmer Dim

Percentile
34
overall
Brewed by Valhalla
Style: Bitter

Unst, Shetland, Scotland

bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
252.92/5.02.88/5.04%36.5English pint
Commercial Description:
Cask; Regular. Also available bottle conditioned.
From the Valhalla Brewery in Unst, comes this light, golden bitter ale. Its name comes from the Shetland dialect words for that hauntingly beautiful twilight time at midsummer when darkness never descends on these isles - the sun sets, only to rise again just minutes later. Simmer Dim is the latest production and was launched in April 2000, at the annual Shetland Folk Festival and temporarily named 'Festival 2000' for that event, but was later named Simmer Dim. It has an ABV of 4.0% and is a light golden bitter.
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 abemorsten (175), Randaberg, Norway
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/510/20
Dec 12, 2009  
Pours hazy yellow golden with a small white head. Unrevealing aroma. Maybe some lemon. Taste is light Sweet, acidic and bitter. Light to medium body. Watery texture and flat carbonation. (9.12.2009 Bottle @ Cardinal, Onsdag^2)


 fonefan (11817), VestJylland, Denmark
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Dec 2, 2009  
Bottle 50cl. @ home.
Clear light medium orange amber color with a average, fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, keller, wood, earth, chlorine - plastic notes, moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, plastic. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. [20090816]


 strings (361), Sydney, Australia
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/515/20
Jun 29, 2009  
On tap at Sheep’s Heid Inn in Edinburgh. Really liked this one a lot, one of the best British ales I’ve tried. No head to speak of. Smells more bitter than it tastes if such a thing is possible, so brown sugar nutty sweetness comes as a pleasant surprise.


 RichardGretton (3153), Leicestershire, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jun 3, 2009  
Bottle. Golden beer with a strong head. The aroma is gently hopped, and the flavour is very bitter, but with a soapy after taste. Overall a bit of a disappointing beer.


 hughie (3068), Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Apr 12, 2008  
Cask at Coventry Beer Festival 08. Gold with a white head. Faint but beguiling sweet aroma: malt and fruit, perhaps. Malty taste and a little bitterness. A bit lively. Reasonable bitter.


 Maria (6299), Thisted, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/514/20
Jul 4, 2007  
Amber with a quickly vanishing head. The aroma has notes of malt, sea and sea weed. The flavour has notes of malts, sea, sea weed, heather, tannic acid, licorice and more - very complex. The finish has a light bitterness and a lot of burnt notes. It might sound like a stout-like beer, but it’s not.


 Magicdave6 (5551), London, Greater London, England
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Jun 16, 2007  
STBF07. Aroma is nutty, caramel malts, grassy hops. Taste is toffee, thin and bitter, hints of burnt malt.


 cgarvieuk (4201), Edinburgh, Scotland
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 15, 2007  
Edinburgh beer festical 2007 ...Light brown red ... musty malt nose ... light malt ... little fruit ... little woody bitter tones.



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