Warwik Hjertensfryd (2008-)

Brewed by Warwik Bryghus
Style: Bière de Garde
Varde, Denmark

Draught. Low but lasting white fluffy head. Hazy dark brown body. Mild oranges spicy honey aroma. Light biltter honey malt flavor with a short aftertaste. OK but not my idea of a Christmas beer.

Tap @ Esbjerg Festival, 2009. Pours cloudy orange with a small creamy white head. Sweet malty. Caramel and fruit. Orange peel and a bit of alcohol. Flavor has an unpleasant citric and vegetable like note.

Dark golden with a lasting off-white head. Weak fruity aroma with hints of undefined spices. Dry fruity and malty flavour with hot alcohol, that gets a little in the way.

Draught. Amber red colour. Aroma is sweet with spiced, dark malts and caramel. Good mouthfeel. Sweet dark malty fruitish spiced softly bitter flavour.

2009-edition. Draught at Jyske Øldage 2009. Clear orange coloured with a medium sized off white head. Sweet aroma of caramel, butterscotsch and diacetyl. Fruity flavour of caramel, butterscotsch, spices and diacetyl. Buttery finish.

Hazy amber with a tiny beige head. Sweet malty aroma with floral hops. Hoppy flavour with malty and caramel notes. Picked up some pine as well.

Bottle 50cl. @ home.
Light unclear medium red amber color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, orange, light to moderate yeasty, spicy - carnation, wood notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090204]

Moderate malty aroma. Fully diminishing longevity. Clear red brown body. Moderate sweet flavor and moderate sweet finish flavor. Light to medium palate.