SIERRA NEVADA «Oktoberfest 2017» (6,1%) 4/6

I’m always a bit exited when it comes to trying a new beer from Sierra Nevada. The brewery has since I first tried their «Pale Ale» and later «Torpedo» as well as «Celebration» + a few others, surprised me with a supreme quality in the whole selection, even though it’s a brewery of their size. At hand this time we have their «Oktoberfest», which would be their interpretation of this famous seasonal brew. Together with them on the team is the German craft brewery Brauhaus Miltenberger, in order to bring the level of expertice to an even higher level. Light and crisp with golden colours, this fine brew is pretty malt-driven with several layers, together with a quite complex fruityness from the hops and with a very fine bitter adjustment at the end. No dissapointment, pretty far from. A right beer for the fest!Oktoberfest2017

STEDJA «Stedji» (5,3%) 2/6

StedjaIn looks, we’re confronted here with a light brown beverage, which by the looks of it contains close to no carbonization. The node is… HORRIBLE! At first at least, that is. There’s some old Apple juice/molten berries in here, infused with a tad of honey. Tastewise, it’s a completely different story; it’s got hints of liqourice, and a hard-to-describe fruityness. Still some honey in it. The aftertaste evolves into more sweet landscapes. Interesting is my conclusion with this awkard Joe.

PORTSIDE «Portside Sour Lager» (8,2%) 4/6

imageNot what I expected as far as lager goes, this beverage is close to black. Actually, dark ruby in colour with a nice head. Nose is highly fruity/berry-like blend with powerful maltbody. Now, let’s get to the most essential aspect, taste… This is at first sweet with hints of raisin and huckleberries, before transforming into somewhat comfy sour delicacy. This is a magnificent beer that easily can be enjoyed all around the year, and will go exeptionally great with mature cheese. The only thing I miss a little is a longer-lasting aftertaste, but for a lager to be, this is a quite breathtaking one.

Real ale brewing «Hans Pils» (?%) 2/6

imageStrong aroma of typical pilsner. The taste is also very much just in that German pilsner- vein, and for those whose favourite is this kind, it must be said that it’s spot on- you’d probably love this. Lightbodied, and pretty bitter, with detectable pilsnermalt.

Cobra 2/6

CobraA very mild aroma, underlinded by the taste. Classic lagertaste, although with a very subtle hint of hops, followed by sweetness of an equally low caliber- but more than anything: The taste of lager. A little weak but goes down well with hot’n spicy indian curries.

Eastrella «Daura» (5,4%) 1/6

What can I say about this one… Except that it smells & tastes like your average pilsner. Let there be no secret that I’m no fan of the kind, but this is plain boring.

Efes «Pilsener» (5%) 2/6

A really mild pilsner is what we’re dealing with here. Rather mild but good, golden in colour and a very clean impression. Fine – balanced and sweet. I’d say surprisingly good for pilsner to be.