Score
6.71
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Canned, from Systembolaget. Gushing. Clear nut brown, rich head. Dank grpefruit and caramel up front. Sweet with full body and dense, rounded mouthfeel. Caramel and pears, notes of salmiak. Minerally very bitter finish.
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Can, from City Hops. Pours hazy reddish brown with large foamy light beige head, caramel, floral hops aroma, high carbonation, medium bitter, spicy caramel taste with grassy hops, thin body, long bitter finish. Interesting brew, winter warmer type.
Draught @ BeerTemple, Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 250, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1012 RR. [ As Caldera South Side Strong Ale ].Clear medium yellow - amber orange color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, moderate hoppy, grass, moderate yeasty, vomit notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, grass, caramel, yeast, sharp. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150923]
Tap at Uiltje Craftbeer Bar. Oddly spiced sweet yeasty brew. Quite nice. Backlog from 2015/03/04. --- Beer merged from original tick of South Side Ale on 04 Mar 2015 at 19:59 - Score: 8
Draught@Beer Temple, Amsterdam. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, some nectary and mild herbal notes. Flavour is resin wood, some floral notes as well as mild sweet malts as well as some alcohol. Balanced and has a nice floral and resiny finish along with mild alcohol sweetness to it.
At the BeerTemple in Amsterdam. Thick, moussy, creamy, yellowish white head over a hazy bronze coloured beer. Aroma of apple peel, smoked meat, hay, orange, hint of caramel; light fruity taste, soft and a bit sweetish, caramelly and later on very toasted maltiness, crisp with a long bitter finish with citrus peel touch and some warming, bourbon-like alcohol. Very solid.
Tap at Uiltje bar. Reddish brown with small off white head. Madeira, marzipan, light roasted malts, sugary, North African spices. Belgian yeast. Medium bodied with a bit thin feel.