Beast Of The Deep
And Union Drinks Co.
- From:
- And Union Drinks Co.
- Germany
- Style:
- Maibock
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 79
- Avg:
- 3.25 | pDev: 20.92%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jan 04, 2019
- Added:
- Jan 05, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
79
Okay
79
Okay
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Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
4/5 rDev +23.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +23.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Gold; honey granola; lager crunch than sugar, husk + grass; crisp + round.
4 x5
Super lagery - not so sweet for a bock. But clean + German. Well done, overall.
Jan 04, 20194 x5
Super lagery - not so sweet for a bock. But clean + German. Well done, overall.
Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
3.59/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
The Beast of the Deep is alive an well. I picked a bottle up at Bootleggers in Sandton. After a careful pour that resulted in mostly a clear golden with thin white head with no lace. The scent is heavy on the honey. The taste is a mix of honey and alcohol. The mouthfeel was fuller in body with good carbonation. Overall its drinks like a 8-10% abv beer....I'm not overly fond of this beer.
Jun 26, 2016
Reviewed by TobeerAs from Germany
4.47/5 rDev +37.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.47/5 rDev +37.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
The deep fruity nose welcomes the drinker. Nice creamy and malty color. First sip with fruity notes and a velvet-like structure. Long well-balanced finish.
May 22, 2016Rated by mickwin from Ireland
2.86/5 rDev -12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.86/5 rDev -12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
pale gold, not much head, flowery aroma, lemon, pineapple flavours, rather sweet, bland, much too sweet for my taste, would not have this again.
Nov 16, 2015
Rated by Steyn from South Africa
3.34/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.34/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Great tatse. Little thinner than I would normally preffer bit yet full of flavour.
Nov 14, 2015
Reviewed by chogm54 from Australia
3.33/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
I picked up this beer in a splendidly presented bottle while in Port Elizabeth. Im not sure on the origin of the beer - it says brewed in Bavaria, yet imported (and possibly bottled) in Durban. Either way, here goes.
A - initially pours a reasonable 2cm thick head that dissipates rather quickly into a thin white lacing. The beer is orangy brown in colour, and murky.
S - nothing too strong here, faint whiff of mango and apricot mixed with a biscuit odour
T - honey like sweetness up front. Sweetness then battles with a slightly yeasty bitterness , with an aftertaste that lingers for a while. Alcohol warmness is not as prevalent as in other bocks.
m- low carbonation, slightly syrupy texture. Better than it sounds.
O - this beer is a bit all over the place, the carbonation is a bit low, but I really enjoyed the honey like sweetness mixed with the oily texture. Well worth a try if you are in South Africa, especially if you are over the abundant array of cheap nasty adjunct lagers that are everywhere here. But if you like your beer more lively, than maybe steer clear.
Apr 07, 2014A - initially pours a reasonable 2cm thick head that dissipates rather quickly into a thin white lacing. The beer is orangy brown in colour, and murky.
S - nothing too strong here, faint whiff of mango and apricot mixed with a biscuit odour
T - honey like sweetness up front. Sweetness then battles with a slightly yeasty bitterness , with an aftertaste that lingers for a while. Alcohol warmness is not as prevalent as in other bocks.
m- low carbonation, slightly syrupy texture. Better than it sounds.
O - this beer is a bit all over the place, the carbonation is a bit low, but I really enjoyed the honey like sweetness mixed with the oily texture. Well worth a try if you are in South Africa, especially if you are over the abundant array of cheap nasty adjunct lagers that are everywhere here. But if you like your beer more lively, than maybe steer clear.
Reviewed by seydou from South Africa
2.08/5 rDev -36%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
2.08/5 rDev -36%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Pours a honey semi opaque with a really nice sticky clean white head.
No strong smell. Alcohol comes through with a small bit of sweetness.
First sip and -- WOW. Instantly a strong taste that doesn't come close to matching the weak scent. Way too strong, overtly alcoholic, bright, bitter, and distinctly unpleasant. A bit of a slap in the face.
Matches with really bright carbonation and lingering bitterness. I probably won't be coming back.
Jun 10, 2013No strong smell. Alcohol comes through with a small bit of sweetness.
First sip and -- WOW. Instantly a strong taste that doesn't come close to matching the weak scent. Way too strong, overtly alcoholic, bright, bitter, and distinctly unpleasant. A bit of a slap in the face.
Matches with really bright carbonation and lingering bitterness. I probably won't be coming back.
Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
1.87/5 rDev -42.5%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5
1.87/5 rDev -42.5%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 1.5
Pours a pale gold colour, bit of sediment. Head is listless and small. Lace is thin. Yeah pretty bland-looking.
Smells grainy and bland. Generic herbal hop bitterness is subtle and, otherwise, all light cereal with a touch of honey and puffed rice. Fairly bland and generic; not badly handled.
Taste is horribly sweet and syrupy upfront, big honey note with touch of vanilla-cinnamon and puffed rice. Bitterness comes through, giving it a cough syrup mediciney flavour. All over kind of malt liquory, not so heavy but jut a big rocket fuel kind of sweetness and excess for the point of excess.
Decent texture but a bit thick and gloopy, could use more cut through.
Not a fan. Unnuanced, too sweet, weird by-product flavours and unpleasant.
May 15, 2013Smells grainy and bland. Generic herbal hop bitterness is subtle and, otherwise, all light cereal with a touch of honey and puffed rice. Fairly bland and generic; not badly handled.
Taste is horribly sweet and syrupy upfront, big honey note with touch of vanilla-cinnamon and puffed rice. Bitterness comes through, giving it a cough syrup mediciney flavour. All over kind of malt liquory, not so heavy but jut a big rocket fuel kind of sweetness and excess for the point of excess.
Decent texture but a bit thick and gloopy, could use more cut through.
Not a fan. Unnuanced, too sweet, weird by-product flavours and unpleasant.
Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia
2.23/5 rDev -31.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
2.23/5 rDev -31.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
Bottle purchased in South Africa, muled back to Australia by my mum, isn't that nice?
Pours a very pale golden colour, with significant haze and a significant amount of sediment. Head is a very fine but very minimal white. Light body, and no lace at all. Overall, I'm not overly impressed.
Nose is weak and slightly sweet, with a slightly grassy overtone and a butterscotchy, unfermented wort character. Perhaps German in genesis, but it's a pretty amateurish example.
Taste is sharp and slightly keroseney, with a fusel-like solvent astringency, above a buttery but thin sweetness. Some eucalyptus or something fragrant but unpleasant at the same time on the back. Some floury, or yeasty notes finish it off. Blech.
Yeah, this isn't very good. It's not awful, but it's just got nothing but awful flavours—fortunately, nothing is too strong to overpower it, and it just feels pretty bland overall.
Jan 05, 2013Pours a very pale golden colour, with significant haze and a significant amount of sediment. Head is a very fine but very minimal white. Light body, and no lace at all. Overall, I'm not overly impressed.
Nose is weak and slightly sweet, with a slightly grassy overtone and a butterscotchy, unfermented wort character. Perhaps German in genesis, but it's a pretty amateurish example.
Taste is sharp and slightly keroseney, with a fusel-like solvent astringency, above a buttery but thin sweetness. Some eucalyptus or something fragrant but unpleasant at the same time on the back. Some floury, or yeasty notes finish it off. Blech.
Yeah, this isn't very good. It's not awful, but it's just got nothing but awful flavours—fortunately, nothing is too strong to overpower it, and it just feels pretty bland overall.
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