4.8 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20 Jjg226 (32) - Staten Island, New York, USA - JUN 19, 2013
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange with a huge white head that settles into a lacy cap. Complex aroma of yeast, caramel and funk. Earthy with a hint of hoppiness and some barnyard. Medium body with light carbonation starts and finishes bone dry. Super complex and superbly crafted, though I would expect nothing less from one of the worlds great beers!
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 JLDC (15) - NETHERLANDS - JUN 19, 2013
Colour: Amber/orange with a thick foam head. A bit too much for me.
Nose: Very spicy and earthy, with some leather and herbs. Dry and crisp. Some fruits like citrus and apple. Very complex.
Flavours: Bitter, dry, fresh with some orange peel and (again) citrus. Additional dry-hopping is well noticeable. The bitterness slowly makes way for some yeasty flavours and some candy sugar.
Finish: Long and intense. Bitter-dry, fruity-fresh and malty-sweet. Complex finish.
Verdict: Unique among the Trappist beers. It takes some getting used to, but once you do, you’ll embrace it with open arms. Amazing beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 lukin (342) - Ontario, CANADA - JUN 18, 2013
bottle. Pours cloudy orange with sediment and huge head. Aroma of citrus, bubblegum, yeast. Taste is banana, earthy, bitter. Interesting, but a little watery and does not stand up to its trappist cousins.
4.7 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20 5avageNach0 (63) - Shanghai, CHINA - JUN 18, 2013
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4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20 reberiii (113) - Pennsylvania, USA - JUN 17, 2013
From bottle. Floral in aroma, bitter flower on the tongue. Full bodied and complex. Superb representation of the style.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20 CarloOG (6) - Austin, Texas, USA - JUN 15, 2013 does not count
Big, off-white, frothy head. Citrus, earthy, basement aroma. Dry with a spicy, maybe pink peppercorn taste to it. There’s not much I can add that most dont already know. This is a great beer! Thank you, Walt for introducing me to this years ago.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 DuffLover (73) - Hoboken, New Jersey, USA - JUN 15, 2013
Was excited to try this. Pours amber with a huge head - looked very appetizing. However, it seems to be lacking in flavor. Maybe I had hyped this too much in my head, but I am somewhat disappointed now. Glad I tried it but would not go out of my way to get this again.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20 chalicemaster (45) - Ohio, USA - JUN 14, 2013
Delicious, but not as special as Rochefort. Mild hops combine with wood and yeast flavors to make something very ’classic’ tasting and enjoyable. Truthfully, perhaps a little overpriced when compared to similar tasting beers but still very good.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 XmnwildX12 (1623) - Farmington, Minnesota, USA - JUN 14, 2013
Bottle from AV3, nice orange pour with a full glass of head, too much carbonation. Aroma is great, some tart fruit like a sour, grapes and other vinous notes. Taste is like a dry sweet wine with some earthiness, not bad. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20 toxichop (176) - South Gate, California, USA - JUN 14, 2013
S: Earthy bret, stone fruits and grapes. P: Has a big thick white foam and a brown golden color. T: It strikes with bananas but quickly goes into spices, earthy musk, grassy hops, and just a bit of cloves. M: light to medium body, nice soft carbonation. O: Solid
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