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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Pale golden colour. Dry hopped. Pleasant hoppy aroma and flavour, light bodied. Nice refreshment beer with a very moderate ABV.

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Cloudy pale golden colour, low head. Yeasty farmhouse aroma, some pleasant sourish fruity notes. Moderately yeasty and spicy flavour, reminiscent of a Belgian white.

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

Sampled RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Golden colour, moderate head. Very moderate hops in aroma and flavour. Rather boring. The stronger Dahls Jubileumsøl is unfortunately not much better.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Magnum bottle. Hazy amber colour, moderate head. Lovely oaky and spicy aroma, with some brown sugar notes. Spicy flavour, notes of caramel. A little more hops would have been nice.

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. 1.5 liter bottle labeled "Big Chouffe - Achouffe Christmas Ale 2005". ABV was 8%. I presume this is the same beer? Hazy golden colour, low head. Moderately spicy / peppery aroma. Moderately spicy flavour, too sweet.

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

Sampled RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Very pale colour. Minimal aroma, tasteless light lager piss, 33 calories, slightly sweet. Avoid. Oh, well - Venezuela was a new "beer country" for me ...

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Sampled RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting, 44 cl can. Brewed in Stara Zagora. The brewery is now owned by Heineken. Reddish brown colour. Sweetish malty aroma, kind of sickly. Flavour is also (too) malty sweet, moderately roasty, one-dimensional.

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

Sampled RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Golden colour, low head. Weak industrial pale lager aroma and flavour. Pass. (Most Eastern European breweries of some size seem to be taken over by the multinational giants these days - Ariana is one of them).

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Hazy amber colour, moderate head. Lovely hoppy aroma, fruity notes. Enticing hoppy flavour, notes of flowers and grapefruit. Good beer!

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Dark brown colour, low tan head. Very nice roasty aroma with notes of fresh coffee beans, oak and aromatic hops. Fine flavour of sweet coffee, nicely roasted, vinous notes. Very good beer.

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

Sampled RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Cloudy orange-brown colour. Lovely hoppy aroma (Chinook, Cascade and Amarillo). Flavour is also hoppy, on a relatively sweet (too sweet?) malty base.

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Dark brown cloudy colour, moderate head. Roasty and oaky aroma and flavour, with spices. Medium dry. Not a bad effort from this constantly experimenting brewery.

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Golden colour. Moderate sweetish fruity aroma. Weak, slightly fruity industrial pale lager flavour. Pretty bad, but could have been worse ...

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. ABV is 7.5%, malt content is 18%. Sherry colour. Oak and spices in aroma and flavour. Fairly dry. Good to know that the Ukrainians brew better stuff than the usual pale lagers.

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Lithuanian farmhouse ale, makeshift bottled (plastic) at the brewery 2 weeks ago. Hazy dark golden to amber colour. Yeasty aroma with very interesting notes of spices (ginger, cloves, cardamom, juniper berries). Sweetish and mildly spicy flavour, notes of bread yeast. Unusual.

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Cloudy golden colour. Aroma: sultanas, oak yeast. Flavour: yeasty, slightly spicy. Not too sweet. Not a beer that blows your socks off, but nice.

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

500 ml bottle with screwcap, RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. ABV is 6.0%. Amber colour, low head. Moderately malty aroma with hints of caramel and oak. Fairly traditional lager flavour with some caramel malts added, but not sweet. OKish, but no masterpiece.

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. ABV is 5.0%. Batch #26. Pale lager aroma and flavour, slightly flowery. Nothing to write home about, the aloe vera did not make much of an impression on me.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Lovely aroma of sherry and Christmas spices. Flavour is also spicy and vinous, fairly sweet. A beer to go with Christmas cookies rather than the main meal. Another fine effort from Nils Oscar.

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Colour like sherry oloroso, minimal head. Sherry aroma too. Sweetish flavour with pastry notes, quite nice. The Nils Oscar Julöl (Yule/Christmas beers) seem to have a different recipe for each vintage.

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Brewed with Swedish hops. Pale golden colour, low head. A moderate but quite clean hoppiness in both aroma and flavour. Not too bad for a pale lager with an ABV this low (3.5%).

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Aroma: Bakery, oaky and vinous notes. Raisins. Nice. Flavour: Sweetish, moderately roasty, a bit too sweet. Many Polish (Baltic) porters seem to be more on the sweet side than the ones of Scandinavian/Nordic breweries.

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting. Roasty and alcoholic aroma with some initial hints of vomit, gets better. Flavour is roasty and sweet with an acceptable bitterness in the finish. Quite nice.

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

RBESG 2006 Grand Tasting, as Krajan Irlandzkie Mocne. ABV is 6.5%, malt content is 14%. Malty sweet aroma and flavour, bready and pastry notes. Okay, but too sweet and one-dimensional to make me excited.

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

RBESG, bottle. "Brewed by the Pripp Club in cooperation with Grebbestad Brewery". Pale golden colour. Fairly strong grassy aroma, notes of fermenting fruits, hints of vomit. A tolerable pilsener / pale lager with at least SOME hops. Easy drinking.