Virklund Dark Brown Ale

Brewed by Virklund Bryghus
Style: Brown Ale
Virklund, Silkeborg, Denmark

Bottle. Pours a hazy, dark brown with a big light brown head (after it had stopped gushing a good deal of the content out on my table). Weird aroma; smoked but with an off-note which I can best describe as dusty play-doh (without being sure that that’s what it is). As it warms the notes turns a bit more in the direction of a dry whisky, but I still can’t shake the play-doh feeling. Flavour is sweet and malty with lots of smoked whiskey notes. I like the whiskey part, but the smoked part isn’t that inspiring, as it feels a lot like cigarette buds – especially in the finish. As it warms the sweetness is turned up, and becomes a tad cloying; notes of dark fruits also appear. Lingering cigarette-grassy notes in the finish. Way too much carbonation. Overall it feels like the beer doesn’t know in which direction it wants to go; a lot of different notes are just thrown in there in a big pile, and they don’t complement each other very well. I guess it could work, but not in this beer. And seriously – cigarette-like smoked notes are just not they way to go in my book. 17-11-09.

Bottle @ Bakken. Pours dark brown with a small creamy head. Lots of caramel, fruit and liquorice. Sweet taste. Overall lots of flavor for a 5,8% beer. Reminds me of a light Quad. Smooth and well balanced.

dark brown, small yellow head. faint grainy, malty mild aroma. falvor is sweet caramel, faint licorice, brown sugar.

Bottle. Dark brown colour with huge creamy light brown fully lasting head. Aroma is roasted malt. Smokey flavor.

Heavy smoked and malty aroma. Huge, frothy, light brown head. Excellent lacing. Mostly lasting longevity. Dark brown body. Moderate sweet and very smoked flavor. Medium palate.

Bottle. Dark brown colour with a huge beige head. Rich aroma and taste of light roasted malts, caramel and bitter chocolate with some unexpected sour citrus notes.

Bottled. Dark brown coloured. Huge brown head eksploding out of the bottle. Aroma of light caramel. roast, light chocolate, sweetness and some coffeeish notes. Flavour is smooth and rounded. Fruits, caramel, chocolate, light herbs and again some sweetness. Medium to full bodied. Quite dry. Nice light roasted bitterness in the end. Quite good in my book.

Bottle. Clear medium to dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lancing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, coffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Bitternes is malt bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (160508)