2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
75 cl bottle shared kindly by Sigmund. Short lived, white head on a sparkling golden body. Grainy and alcoholic nose. Sweet, acidic, alcoholic, light spicy and bitter flavors. Light to medium body.
1.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20
Bottle (from the november 2005 RB-tasting at Dixens place - notes have been damaged by flooding of my basement, but this was such an insane tasting for me as I was new to such massive tastings, so I gave up on the detailed notes quite early). Acidic in a not so pleasant way. Vague flavour, slightly acidic. All I could read...
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Shared bottle, thanks to Sigmund. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Aroma of citrus, malts and yeast. Taste is more malt oriented, grainy with a nice spiced hop addition, good dry end.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
750 ml corked bottle, as Abbaye de Vaucelles Bière Blonde Artisanale, from Voldby Købmandsgård, Denmark. Front label says 7.5% ABV, rear label says 7% ABV. Golden colour, pours rather fizzy, large to moderate white head. Moderate aroma of malts, hints of spices. The flavour is fairly malty with a moderate spiciness, which saves the beer from being really boring - but the hops are too moderate.
2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20
22nd March 2009
Clear gold beer. Wheaty malt, smooth and a little creamy. The beer near stands for a few minutes to let off some unpleasant and pronounced soapiness! A subtle touch of peach near the finish, otherwise it is all wheaty malt. Odd.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 750ml. @ home.
[ As Abbaye de Vaucelles Biere Blonde ].
Clear medium orange amber color with a average to large, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting - diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity, earthy - damp stain notes, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average to long duration, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light metalic notes. [20100919]
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Thanks for the gift Faroeviking. Golden body with a medium white head. The aroma is fruity, light spicy, chlorine and caramel. The flavour is hay, light peppery, light fishy and fruity. Bit weird.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
I am never sure about the pedigree of Choulette beers, though unlike some they have not fully cowtailed to the tatste of the gray mass. 6 months beyond the sell by date this copper-blond ale from a 75cl shouldered bottle had intact body and some presence, though some of the gunkiness implied below (from ageing) and no great individual character.
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