Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

September 2014: Sample from bottle at Vecturamesse. Brown colour, Some caramel in aroma and flavour. The flavour is otherwise too bland for an ESB, with too moderate hops. Will re-rate when I get a full bottle.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

March 2013: 355 ml (12 fl. oz.) bottle, will soon be available at Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 6.2%. Golden colour, moderate white head. Lovely aroma of fruity (tropical fruits, citrus) and resinous hops. Distinctly hoppy flavour throughout, grapefruity and slightly spicy notes with a hint of tobacco, but the bitterness is not extreme.

Aroma: 2 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

July 2012: 330 ml slimline can, from the n/a shelf at Vinmonopolet Kvadrat. Pale golden colour, large to moderate white head. Typical n/a beer aroma of over-cooked vegetables, maize baby porridge and unfermented pilsener wort. The flavour is surprisingly decent, I drank the beer a bit too warm, which normally should make a n/a beer nearly undrinkable, but this one was no drainpour. Fairly malty, very moderate hops. Soft mouthfeel. A tolerable drink-and-drive beer.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

February 2012: 330 ml bottle, as Estrella Galicia Premium Lager, from REMA 1000. ABV in Norway is 4.7%. It has the black & red label of the ordinary Estrella Galicia, not the green label of Estrella Galicia Pilsen (which is 4.7% ABV even in Spain). To make further confusion, the label says in Spanish that it contains gluten (which is logical, as the beer contains barley malt), while there is also a sticker in Norwegian, saying that the beer is gluten free. I suspect the Norwegian importer may have misunderstood something here ... At any rate, the gluten content is probably fairly low, as maize (corn) is also an ingredient. Pale golden colour, large to moderate white head, nice lacing. Heineken-like "skunky" and grassy aroma (which I can’t say I find offensive), hints of citrus. Initially a fairly clean and crisp flavour ( I drank it very cold), with a distinct and rather sharp and unpleasant bitterness in the finish, metallic in the aftertaste. Little hop flavour besides the bitterness. Not a great beer, but I’d probably prefer it if the only alternatives were the blandest of Spanish supermarket pale lagers.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

October 2013: 500 ml bottle conditioned, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 6.5%. Deep orange to amber colour, moderate off-white head. Very nice aroma of fruity and piney hops, notes of tropical fruits. Distinctly hoppy flavour throughout, tropical fruits and grapefruit, resin and a solid bitterness in the finish, but not too extreme. There is a decent malty backbone to support the hoppiness - a well balanced IPA in my book, can easily compete with most of its American counterparts.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

500 ml bottle, kindly shared by Holmen1. ABV appears to be 3.9%. Dark brown colour, moderate off-white head. Strong sweetish aroma of caramel malts and mild spices. The flavour has also a certain malty sweetness with caramel, but is not cloyingly sweet. Mild spicy notes again. A fairly decent Christmas beer, despite its moderate ABV.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Feb. 2015: 355 ml bottle, as Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 6.0%. Black colour, low and creamy beige head. Dryish roasty aroma, notes of coffee, hints of woodwork, cocoa and liquorice. Low carbonation. Medium dry and very roasty flavour with a little lactose sweetness present, notes of strong coffee, a little dark chocolate and liquorice. Should not be drunk ice cold, cellar temperature is better.

Aroma: 2 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 3

500 ml can, from EkoMarket, Stavanger. ABV is 0.0%. Slightly hazy pale straw colour, large to moderate white head. "Artificial" (more or less) aroma of mango, hints of vomit, decaying vegetables, dust and grain. The flavour is slightly better, some initial citric notes, quite sweet, with notes of artificial "mango" extract, a hint of vanillin. Low bitterness.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

500 ml can, from EkoMarket, Stavanger. Brewed in Poland. ABV is 4.6%. Clear golden colour, moderate to small white head. Nice aroma of pilsener malts and herbal Czech or Polish hops. Citric mouthfeel. Flavour of quite bitter hops, on a background of bready malts.

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

500 ml bottle, from EKO Market, Stavanger. ABV is max 0.5%. Produced in Lithuania for POLBIOECO Polska. Mahogany colour, small off-white to beige head. Aroma of rye bread, a hint of cola. Sweet flavour, notes of rye bread and caramel, a hint of cola again.