Arviot
Jordanç B
5 years ago
3.5
WexiLahti
@ Drinks of the World, Geneva5 years ago
3.5
Turbid, dirty dark brown beer with bold, regular-duration carbonation builds a soapy, beige head that initially exceeds one finger but descends rapidly to a lovely, thick layer on the surface. The retreating foam doesn't paint the glass at all.
The nostrils experience quite a multifaceted olfactory package: massive raisin, a good amount of date, sweet biscuit, a tad dough and a huge nutty note.
The taste is powerful and serves loads of oversweet brown malt, sweet biscuit and a generous injection of cane sugar. On the fruity side, I pick a penetrative combination of date, raisin and sugared nut. The sugar is brown. The boozy punch is rather aggressive.
The body is medium-full to full. Again, the oversweet mouthcoating gustatory impression mesmerizes the assessment of the body more robust than what it actually is. The beer ends with awkwardly sweet brown malt, biscuit dough, dried date and fresh raisin. Alcohol doesn't disappear anywhere from the tongue. The aftertaste keeps the tastebuds on the hook over a reasonable period.
The mouthfeel is quite sappy, somewhat boozy, even a tad chemical and tangy. It's also relatively full, quite challenging and aggressive.