Salvator
Paulaner Brauerei

A: dark ruby brown lager, two fingers of tan head

S: mild fruits like dates and raisins, dark brown breads and molasses-sweetened malts

T: nice mellow fruits up front, modest spice and brighter fruit impressions; mildly sweet like watery molasses

M: medium-light, smooth and soft, barely perceptible carbonation

O: a well-crafted doppelbock that hits the marks you'd want from the style - a good frame-of-reference beer, and for fans of the style, no doubt a solid go-to lager

 

 

Lightly hazy orange-amber with a khaki foam head of moderate height.

Buttery caramel meets a leafy, bitterly herbal finish.

This is crisp yet substantial.

 

 

This has always been too sweet for my taste. It’s a really well made and very distinctive but it’s just a little too syrupy. I don’t get any hops on the finish. It’s all Carmel.

 

Ruby brown with hardly much head at all. Aroma is caramel and bread crust. Taste is a lot of caramel, molasses, and some spicy hops in the finish. Body is medium and fairly flat with a kind of oily feel.

I haven't had this in years. I used to love it; I still like it, but the lack carbonation keeps this from being an excellent beer.

 

 

 

 

 

Bottled in 0,5l of dark brown glass and purchased at Beers of Europe by ISBF creator Jim
Poured into quarter sized stein to be topped up to reveal a caramel coloured body with no head
Aroma is toffee apple
Flavour is candied peel & carob

 

caramel and bready malt and a hint of vanilla; balanced by a slightly bitter, boozy finish.

Paulaner Salvator

Poured from bottle into a goblet glass.
Super excited to try this one, relatively rare to find where I’m from.

Look: Copper-orange, dark orangey hue. Poured a nice head that dissipated quickly to about a half-finger layer covering the beer. Most likley the fault of the bottle. I would expect it to look better on tap.

Aroma: Sweet, lovely pleasant malty sweetness. Ever so slightly boozy. Yeasty, doughy, bready like sugary dough. Very slight notes of vinous dark fruit.

Taste: Starts sweet and malty with slight notes of honey. Finishes nicely bitter, with a slightly boozy alcohol taste on the finish.

Mouthfeel: Not very carbonated, though I didn’t really expect a lot for this style. Medium body. Slightly warming.

Overall: Very pleasant beer overall. Lovely sweet aroma malty, caramely, with touches of honey. Nice bitter finish keeps it from being thin. I would definitely have it again. Pretty refined flavors, nothing overly forward on the palate.
Main takeaways: sweet with a bitter finish, not cloying, smooth. You wouldn’t really tell it’s almost 8% ABV. Very good beer tasty and easy drinking.

From a bottle poured into a goblet.
A medium mahogany colored pour.
Unfortunately the server did a slow pour, so zero head/lacing.
Malty nose and flavor, nicely caramelized, moderate bitterness, slightly boozy.
Smooth and enjoyable.

Im not a man for bitter beers, nor am I a man that likes high ABV's, but this was nice and drinkable. I could taste the alcohol alongside the bitter flavor, which while I normally wouldn't like was offset by how smooth it went down.

Not my personal favorite, but defenitley a good brew for those who like bitter beer.