3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Rune (9535) - Tromsø, NORWAY - FEB 10, 2015
500ml bottle bought at Ship in a Bottle. Clear dark amber coloured body. Rocky off-white head. Pale and brown malts on the nose. The taste character contains moments of honeyed caramel, bread and dried fruits. Drying finish. Soft on the swallow. Pretty nice (shared with friends, hotel room, Liverpool 01.02.2015).
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Zekada (427) - Helsingborg, SWEDEN - JAN 4, 2015
Bottle from Ship in a Bottle, Liverpool. Aroma is very malty and has a tone of bread. Pours amber with a small white head. Taste is very sweet with malts and dark bread. Palate is a bit too thin for this beer. Overall a nice surprise, one of the better that Ive tried in this category.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 DanielBrown (4166) - Birmingham (via Leicester), West Midlands, ENGLAND - SEP 2, 2014
Bottle as a gift from cousin - thanks Chantelle! Ruddy colour. Malty - very much maltly. Rather harsh in its dry, malty, flinty, wood chippingsy taste. Better when warmer, but difficult to merrily swig. Some sweetness, but rather sapping.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 flying_pig (1209) - SCOTLAND - MAY 12, 2014
500ml Bottle as a gift from Liverpool:
Medium strength on the nose with a sweet base of caramel malts & toffee. Brown sugar & treacle feature with ripe fruits too. Toasted notes, plenty of sweetness & a tiny hint of hops round things off.
Reddish to caramel amber with a 0.25cm head that is made up of fine bubbles & disappears completely after a couple of secs.
Sweet like the nose with some malts & caramel initially. The sweet fruits from the nose are present here too & slightly stronger with the dates most noticeably. There is some sugar coming through as well alongside a good amount of toffee.
A clean mouthfeel to this one with a smooth, medium to light-medium body and a crisp finish that is also quite sweet. The beer is an easy one to drink and has quite a lot going on. Carbonation is about medium and there is a good balance throughout.
A terrible appearance but things quickly picked. The beer seemed to have more depth than a 5.2% abv. beer usually has & there was a lot going on with a good sweet and fruity base. A very good beer and one well worth grabbing if you are in the Merseyside area and happen upon it.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 leaparsons (8984) - Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND - NOV 29, 2013
Bottle. Amber brown with an off white foam. Aromas are toffee with caramel and blackberry. Hedgerow with light cola and honey and lemon lozenges. Flavours are toffee with lemon cheesecake and red, earthy berries. Lemony yeast with medicinal notes. Pretty good.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 Cunningham (5946) - Halden, NORWAY - JAN 8, 2013
Appearance: Ruby brown color with an off white head. Some lacing. Aroma: Slightly sweet caramel malty. Palate: Medium body. Slightly sweet, and a fine bitterness. Smooth carbonation. Taste: Mild round caramel malty and fruity. Overall impression: Nice and tasty. Hoped for a little bit more powerful flavor, at this alcohol range. To dominant caramel malty flavor. Maybe they tried to hard to make it like Mersey river. Location: Bottle Magne brought with him from The Ship in a Bottle in Liverpool, England
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