Danish Beer - Part V (Ærø)

On a trip to Copenhagen earlier this year, I picked up a selection of Ærø beers - that is: beers from Rise Brewery on the Danish island Ærø. For reasons that I can't very well explain I had high expectations - very high.

The stout was the most memorable of them - quite sweet, and very much to my liking. The pale ale and the dark ale didn't quite live up to my expectations (which, as stated, were very high), but the true shocker was the walnut bock - I found it anything but the harmonious that their homepage boasts. On the contrary, the taste had odd elements that would have been much more welcome if I was drinking a herbal bitter of some kind. Proceed with caution.