Scopey (21884) - Oldmeldrum, SCOTLAND - JAN 9, 2022UPDATED: JAN 9, 2022 Bottle from Beer Moth. It pours clear dark brown with a decent khaki head. The aroma is sweet and cakey, brown bread, toffee, caramel, dried fruits, glace cherry, raisin, fruit cake, molasses and malt loaf. The taste is initially smooth, bitter - sweet, dry earthy roast, nutty, chocolate, praline, brown bread, malt loaf, dried fruits, raisin, fruit & nut chocolate, fruit cake, burnt toast, touch alcohol, caramel, toffee, toasted spice and cacao nibs with a dry, toasty finish. Fulsome body and moderate carbonation. Like the balance to this. Moreish.
Nordcore (3009) - Lyngen alps, NORWAY - JAN 2, 2022UPDATED: JAN 2, 2022 Dark Amber, clear with a medium white head. A sweet malt, caramel and bread aroma. Some bittersweet with a malt, bread and dark fruit sense at the ending.
Cunningham (12125) - Halden, NORWAY - NOV 24, 2021UPDATED: NOV 24, 2021 A quite solid and powerful bock
Deep nutty pour and a fine head
Ok intensity in the aroma
Ok sweetness for a beer like this. Also a fine carbonation level
Easy to drink
Toffee, nutty, bready and fruity flavor
[Bottle at Kokkekollektivet in Halden, Norway]
Kavu (8891) - Helsinki, FINLAND - SEP 11, 2021UPDATED: SEP 11, 2021 0,5l bottle shared @ Tahvonsaari. Pours clear deep amber with a medium head. Aroma is sweet toasted malts with some grains. Flavor is sweet toasted malts, alcohol, hops. Nice.
RobertDale (10041) - Lansing, Kansas, USA - AUG 28, 2021UPDATED: AUG 28, 2021 On tap. Comes a somewhat murky brown with an average beige head. Aroma of malt, grain, and caramel. Taste is malt, grain, caramel, and dark fruit. Decent.
riggsfc61 (1724) - Franklin, North Carolina, USA - JUL 18, 2021UPDATED: JUL 18, 2021 Found out of bottle from a restaurant in Bielsko-Biala, Poland. Pours runny for a dopplebock. Not that enjoyable. Light for the style. Mild malt aroma as well.
zacgillbanks (7949) - Tyne & Wear, ENGLAND - JUL 2, 2021UPDATED: JUL 2, 2021 500ml Bottle from Rehills, Newcastle.
Dark copper coloured with a thin light tan head of foam. It has a rich dried fruit flavour with chocolate and liquorice notes followed by plum and smooth, spicy fruit and more chocolate on the finish. Excellent!
jjsint (6133) - Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND - JUN 17, 2021UPDATED: JUN 17, 2021 500ml bottle delivered from Beers of Europe and drunk at home. Light to mid-reddish brown with a small beige head. Sweet caramel aroma, molasses, slight scent of stone fruit. Sweet taste, lots of malt, lots more molasses. About halfway through there's a bittering balance with some earthy hops more detectable in the finish. Toffee and cola nut in the aftertaste. A great rendition of a great style.
arsol (2318) - Sørumsand, NORWAY - MAR 4, 2021UPDATED: MAR 4, 2021 Rated mars 2018
Mørk brun med beige skum. Karamel, sjokolade preg i lukt og smak
jamesie1857 (2480) - Sheffield, South Yorkshire, ENGLAND - JAN 23, 2021UPDATED: JAN 23, 2021 500ml bottle from Mitchells Wines at Meadowhead - Deep mahogany body, short 'lived off white top. Nose is caramel, some dark fruits and a lot of malt. First note of taste is the caramel, very sweet and toffee-like, bready, Soreen malt loaf and prunes. Bit thin, but sound enough.