Dow Vintage Port 2004 Quinta do Bomfim #2 (2021)

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This vintage port comes at a alcohol percentage of 20% in a 375 ml glass bottle.

Taste notes right after opening and decanting

Clear and deep red in the color. Heavy curtains on the sides of the glass.

Powerful dark aroma with spices and dried fruits. Complex composition.

Soft tannins with a good dried fruits taste. Medium strength and with more dried fruits in the after taste.

Drink now.

Intermediate rating 89 / 100

Taste notes 3 hours after decanting

Much more balanced tasting experience.

Overall rating 91 / 100

Quinta do Infantado Vintage Port 2007

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Estimated cost of this Quinta do Infantado Vintage Port 2007 bottle of 375 ml is ? Euro.

Quinta do Infantado has been a estate-bottled port producer since 1979. Until that time, all exported Ports had to be shipped in bulk to Vila Nova de Gaia.

Taste notes right after decanting

Clear and deep red in the color, with purple notes. Light curtains on the glass.

Light aroma with a fruited darkness.

Light in the taste, very fresh. However also with a thin feeling to it. Very dry.

Intermediate rating 84 / 100

Taste notes 2 hours after decanting

Much more balance in the taste, the different taste notes come together and is more powerful.

Overall rating 88 / 100

Quinta do Grifo Vintage Port 2011 (2020)

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Tasted on 23-12-2020.

Taste notes 1 hour after decanting.

Clear, but thin red in the color with hints of purple.

Powerful and spicy aroma, with a good fruit to it. Some alcohol, but not dominating.

Medium tannins, somewhere between fresh grapes and dried fruits. Young, but not that potent.

Overall rating 81 / 100

Duvel – Belgian Strong Blond

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I bought this small, but powerful, Belgian Blond at the price of ? Euro, at a local wine shop in Denmark. It comes in a 330ml glass bottle at 8.5% alcohol. That certainly illustrates the STRONG!

This beer is bottle fermented.

Beautiful hazy yellow and very consistent. Great big head of foam.

Sweet fruit in the aroma and it comes off with a good strenght.

Powerful CO2, good balance in the taste between the full bodiedness, huge sweetness and slight bitterness in the after taste.

Overall rating 85 / 100

Ærø Bryggeri – Økologisk Pilsner

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Ærø Bryggeri got its name in 2020, but has a long history behind it. In the small village of Rise, on the island of Ærø, the brewery have made beer from 1926 up to 1961. It was first reopened in 2004, as a new stock based cooperation.

I bought this beer from tap, on the Island Ærø, Denmark. Local beer bought where it is produced. The price was properly around 8€ for a 500ml glass at 3.9% alcohol.

Good looking yellow to orange in the color. Slightly hazy and no foam.

Fresh and light hops in the aroma.

Okay CO2 level, lots of hops and slight bitterness. The bitterness gains more power in the after taste.

Brewed like a German pils and is non pasteurized.

Overall rating 82 / 100

Lowlander – White Ale

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Lowlander is a brewery located in the Netherlands. Lowlander brews with botanicals, meaning they put a large range of herbs and fruit into their brews. Founded by Frederik Kampman in around 2017 – 2018, as age of brewery is only given in years on their website, who knows?

I bought this 330 ml bottle at 5% from a wine shop in Odense, Denmark at the price of 4 Euro.

Light yellow in the colour with a white tone to it. There is a few big chunks of sediment, be careful with drinking bottoms up.

No head or very little foam.

Medium strength aroma that has a sweet and fresh fruit aroma, good balance with the hops.

Okay CO2 level, dominating wheat in the taste with notes of sweet fruit, just a slight hint of citrus and bitterness. Good balance.

Overall rating 75 / 100

Bryggeriet Frejdahl – Fjalar

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Frejdahl is the brand result from a cooperation between brewer Christoph Behnke and designer Jim Lyngvild. The beer is brewed at Bryggeriet Vestfyen, located in Assens, Denmark. Bryggeriet Vestfyen has been in operating since 1885.

I bought this wheat beer from a wine shop in Odense, Denmark at the price of 3.5 Euro for a 330 ml bottle at 4,8%

Hazy yellow without a glow to it, comes off with thoughts about sewers in the colour.

No foam head on the top.

Fruited wheat that is dominated by a flowery hops in the aroma.

Good CO2, wheat and hops in the taste and after taste. Not a bitter ending, but still with a dominating hops.

Overall rating 74 / 100

Thisted Bryghus – Thy Humle Økologisk

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Thisted Bryghus was founded in 1908 where it bought up the broke Thisted Aktiebryggeri that had existed for a mere 10 years before it had to close. The brewery is mainly owned by local people holding shares in the brewery. Thisted bryghus is located in Thisted in Denmark.

A friend brought a case of different Thisted Thy beers to a dinner and we got through a lot of them. This is a 330 ml bottled biodynamic hops ale at 4.6% alcohol.

Dark yellow in the color of this clear filtered beer. No head or foam.

Weak hoppy aroma.

Powerful CO2, hops and darkness in a fine balance, aftertaste in dominated by the bitterness.

Overall rating 79 / 100

Thisted Bryghus – Thy Pilsner Økologisk

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Thisted Bryghus was founded in 1908 where it bought up the broke Thisted Aktiebryggeri that had existed for a mere 10 years before it had to close. The brewery is mainly owned by local people holding shares in the brewery. Thisted bryghus is located in Thisted in Denmark.

A friend brought a case of different Thisted Thy beers to a dinner and we got through a lot of them. This is a 330 ml bottled biodynamic pilsner at 4.6% alcohol.

Light yellow and golden in the color of this crystal clear beer.

A expected light pilsner aroma.

Okay CO2 levels along with a pilsner taste in good balance. It feels good.

Overall rating 83 / 100

Thisted Bryghus – Thy Classic Økologisk

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Thisted Bryghus was founded in 1908 where it bought up the broke Thisted Aktiebryggeri that had existed for a mere 10 years before it had to close. The brewery is mainly owned by local people holding shares in the brewery. Thisted bryghus is located in Thisted in Denmark.

A friend brought a case of different Thisted Thy beers to a dinner and we got through a lot of them. This is a 330 ml bottled biodynamic lager at 4.6% alcohol.

Dark brown with red notes in the color. No head or foam.

Slightly dark caramel notes in the aroma, comes off a bit too artificial.

Low CO2, malty and nothing more special happening.

Overall rating 73 / 100