Apolinar
King's Brew in Rijeka, Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia 🇭🇷
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
6.62
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Designed to lean onto the wine tradition of the island Krk, so the food pairing is as with the local red wines: oily/pelagic fish, dark meat, olives and potent cheese.
Križanac između Belgijske i Škotske pivske tradicije, Apolinar dolazi kao nedostajuća karika kvarnerskoj vinskoj kulturi. Najtočniji opis bi mu morao biti upravo - kvarnersko jako pivo. Mnogo okusa, gotovo bez gorčine kako bi mogao uskočiti pri onim jelima koje za društvo traže nježno crno vino. Obožava sir, maslinu i pogled na more.
Kermis (23414) reviewed Apolinar from King's Brew 2 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy amber brown with an off white head. Aroma of yeast, candy, orange, apple and light malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Hrabren Dobrotić (5220) reviewed Apolinar from King's Brew 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A bottle thanks to Andrea and Brewtiga. Shared with Ogi and Marko at the 6rand ta2ting 2021. Amber to dark amber, small off-white head. Sugary candy, banana, caramel, dried fruit, glue, cherry kompot, ripe apple and green apple. Sweet, caramel, dried fruit, not very rich. Light body, soft carbonation, light finish. Yeasty element taking over.
Marko (16006) reviewed Apolinar from King's Brew 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle, thanks Hrabren! Clear coppery body, no head pretty much. Aroma... Caramel, with yeasty bubblegum esters, candyish. Similar taste, way more Belgian than Scotch (or Belgian Scotch). Caramel, malty oxidation, tired esters, apple. Smooth, sweetish. Okay overall, not more. Warming though. Not sure if it's different otherwise, but the yeast overtook this so much everyone agred it needed to be moved from Scotch Ale to Belgian Ale.
nathanvc (5920) reviewed Apolinar from King's Brew 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
13 August 2018. At King's Caffe Food Pub, Rijeka. Cheers to Anke!
Pours clear copper with a lasting, small, foamy, white head; lots of lacing. Unusual aroma of hay, red fruit (cranberry), grapefruit peel, slightly expired fruity yoghurt, earth & wet leaves, leather, brett, bread too, a bit stale. Medium funky sour onset, quite fruity, balancing red berries & lactic acid, wheaty accent in the back, perhaps sourdough; light grassy bitter in the middle with a sweetish hint of bread & caramel. Bit tart finish, faintly herbal hoppy, lingering (red) fruit & yeast. Medium body, slick texture, lively carbonation. I contacted the pub about this one afterwards, as I couldn't get to talk to the owner that night. Apparently this was intended as a Scotch Ale: in any case it's lacking a sufficient amount of maltiness to really fit the style. As for the 'Belgian tradition': my guess is they were aiming to incorporate elements of a classic, Flemish 'Oud Bruin' - which explains the link with the local red wines. With that in mind, I would conclude that their attempt hasn't been completely succesful (a tad too sour), but at least daring and interesting.