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

Konig Ludwig Dunkel

Today's offering is a big two fingers to Munich Oktoberfest (Munich breweries did ban this brewer from the party as he is a little unorthodox; dry hopping and turns 80% of the malt sugar into alcohol). It almost impossible to find the dunkel in the Netherlands I had to cross the boarder for this one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appearance:

Mid chestnut  with very slightly off white head that really lasts

Aroma:

Roasted malt at first that is replaced by a very mild coffee a touch of figs and a spicy hop note.

Taste:

Dark roasted grain at first which get increasingly fig and vinously fruity as time goes on. The finish is long a slightly coffee like bitterness and slightly sour balanced by the vinous fruits


Overall:

Ok this beer is hard to get out side Germany as it is so good, I really like this beer it has sweetness, sourness and bitterness a classic beer that I wish was more available.

9.0/10

Kostitzer Schwarzbier

Today's offering is a Germany black larger

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appearance:

Very very dark chestnut almost black with slightly off white head that lasts

Aroma:

Smells grassy at first followed by some bitter plain chocolate which has a touch of roasted malt in the background and at the end the book says figs and I see what they mean but I would add earthy figs.

Taste:

A first a burnt grain but is chased out by malt loaf flavour which gets creamier as the taste goes on. The finish is bitter roasted grain with plain chocolate and a touch of spicy hops. Oddly enough the flavours are slightly muted I think it could do with being stronger by 1-2% abv.


Overall:

Close but lacks a really depth to the flavours to make it really nice beer for me, carbonation is excellent however.

7.0/10

La Choulette Ambree

Today's offering is a biere de garde

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appearance:

Dark Russet with a off white head that did not last

Aroma:

Low amount of aroma with soapy coriander with a hint of sweet malt and earthy hops in the background.

Taste:

A first a burnt grain starts but soon is overpowered by sweet spicy vinous fruits which is just kept in check by the bitter hops as to be not overpowering. The finish is complex starting with a spicyness which is slightly dry but the vinous fruit comes back with malt in the background.

Overall:

Prove that there are good beers in France. It does remind me of a Belgium dubbel but slightly less thick and more refined. Not a beer you can drink a lot of but still a nice beer.

8.5/10