Ayinger Celebrator

Finally a new beer a German double bock. Beers are getting harder to track down now.

Appearance:

 

Rich ruby red with a midsize off white head that stays in the glass

Aroma:

Roasted malt with coffee and a fig sweetness with a hint of hopiness

Taste:

 

Vinous fruits with a touch of malt and big spicy hops. The finish is long with the coffee and figs of the aroma and the vinous fruits being balanced by a good chunk of dry bitter hops

 

Overall:

 

A well balanced beer more bitter than my usual dutch style bocks very easy drinking and perfect carbonation. A nice autumn beer but not something I would hunt out

7.5/10

Rogue Double Chocolate Stout

Today's offering is a substation as I could not get any of the stouts listed in the book so this one will have to do

 

 

 

 

 

Appearance:

Black with the darkest head I have seen which is long and stays

Aroma:

Chocolate chocolate with a small hint malt

Taste:

Bitter hit of high quality chocolate, followed by a little aciditiy of the carbonation and then a touch of roast malt comes through and then a hint of warmth from the alcohol. The finish is long dry and bitter chocolate.


Overall:

This beer does what it says on the tin and despite my thinking it would be sweet it is not, may be a touch of carbonated but a quality product. This said I would buy it again, it is very expensive and still leaves me wanting a beer..........

7.5/10

Carnegie Stark Porter

Today's offering is a Swedish Porter and is the 5.5% offering

 

 

 

 

 

Appearance:

Dark dark chestnut brown almost black with small off-white head that really lasts

Aroma:

Roasted grain mixed with milky coffee and a hint of spicy hops.

Taste:

The dark roast grain comes across first followed by a cake like sweetness balanced by spicy hops. The finish is slightly smokey liquorice and slight vinous fruitness


Overall:

Odd this beer misses a middle in the taste nice start, nice finish but thin in the middle.

6.0/10

Bierra Morettti La Rossa

Today's offering one brought back for me from a friends holidays and better still a beer I had never heard of before

 

 

 

 

 

Appearance:

Dark red chestnut  with very slightly white head that really lasts

Aroma:

Sweet Roasted malt at first that is replaced by a very mild coffee

Taste:

The dark roast grain comes across first and as it fades sweetness follows, and finally some chemical bitterness at the very end of the finish


Overall:

Not one for me, not enough going on, surprisingly low alcohol kick given the 7.2% but I think this is due to the over carbonisation

5.0/10