Faxe Royal StrongType of beer: Lager
Container Type: 500 mL can
Alcohol by volume: 8.0%
Country of origin: Denmark
Rating: 73% (see below)
Number of times I've had this beer: 3rd
Cost: $2.60
Tasted on: 8/1/09
Colours of label: Black/Gold/Red
Drank From: Glass
Label Reads: "Danish Export Beer".
website: www.faxe.com
Best for: Practising your Carl Malden impression
Ratings:
Taste: 14/20
Flavour: 15/20
Buy again: 13/20
Aroma: 8/10
Satisfaction: 9/10
Complexity: 7/10
Intangible: 7/10
Handwritten notes: The thing about stronger beers is that they are usually sickly-sweet. There’s ways to combat the “sickly” part, by bombarding the beer with hops, by bombarding it with other flavour(s), or by making it acidic or sour. This beer, by design or by spoilage, has gone the acidic route (a kind of crab-apple flavour), and I appreciate the uniqueness. Rather than playing down the sweetness, this approach utilizes harmony, what the Chinese would call the yin – yang, bing-bang, ring-rang, rama-lama-ding-dang.
---------------------------------------------Taste: 14/20
Flavour: 15/20
Buy again: 13/20
Aroma: 8/10
Satisfaction: 9/10
Complexity: 7/10
Intangible: 7/10
Handwritten notes: The thing about stronger beers is that they are usually sickly-sweet. There’s ways to combat the “sickly” part, by bombarding the beer with hops, by bombarding it with other flavour(s), or by making it acidic or sour. This beer, by design or by spoilage, has gone the acidic route (a kind of crab-apple flavour), and I appreciate the uniqueness. Rather than playing down the sweetness, this approach utilizes harmony, what the Chinese would call the yin – yang, bing-bang, ring-rang, rama-lama-ding-dang.
Beer #255 of 3,652
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