 ChrisPants (317), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
| 1.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 1/5 | 9/20 |
Mar 2, 2005 Flat light orange-ruby body, head dissipating into mere memory in under 30 seconds. Aroma is cardboard, flavor is soapy, mouthfeel is flat with approximately 6 small CO2 bubbles per large gulp. Reminiscent of crappy expired Spitfire cask swill a London pub was trying hard to give away five years ago.
BeerAteHer (384), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
| 1.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 3/10 | 2/5 | 3/10 | 1/5 | 4/20 |
Feb 11, 2005 Lack of sufficient carbonation is really a downfall here. Tastes like soap and vinegar got into it or something. Aroma and finish differ in no respect. Look is rather lackluster copper-ruby color. This brewery puts out plenty of fine, sometimes avant-garde brews. My personal tendency would be to ignore this one, though its overall rating is obviously otherwise. In all fairness I will sample some other representatives of this style to see if it will lead to a revision of this rating.
JPDIPSO (4928), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 19, 2004 Amber to copper color with a smaller light beige head. Light caramel aromas with a touch of celery. Mild toasted malt flavors. touch of bitterness. Quite boring.
robertsreality (2460), Minnesota, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 12, 2004 Brick Red Coloring. Good Head. Some Hops Aroma. Purchased in Bottle with Badgerben. Mild Hops. Not Overpowering.. Decent Brew.
badgerben (3605), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 8, 2004 Copper color with a medium head. Hops and caramel on the nose. Definitely tasted of Saaz hops. On the drier side than I’ve typically had for a Helles. This is available in bottles now.
beermatrix (1497), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
| 2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 7/20 |
Feb 29, 2004 Softly clear light caramel amber brown color, thin but solidly built white head that fades off quickly, some spotty glaring lace sticks. Aroma is a uncouth medley of slight sweetness, slight grains, a bit vinous, some fresh celery tops, and hard mineral water. Taste is a bit plain, some nudges of slight sweetness and malty grainyness. Has a strange mineral-like taste with tannin-like effects overall. Feel is a bit flat and watery with some tinny and dulled acidic tones. A disappointing lifeless bomber by Viking, why oh why did this go out?
Slick (1962), Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 8, 2003 MABR-Nice light color small head that faded quite fast. the aroma was malty with a slight hop presence.With the taste being malty semi-sweet with a little hops present inthe taste and after taste with malt be the dominant flavor.Pretty decent brew.
heykevin (1269), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jun 17, 2002 Similar in character to the vienna woods, without some of the caramel sweetness. The sourness is a little more prevalent here, and not quite as enjoyable. Still not bad though.
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