3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 allmyvinyl (75) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - MAY 20, 2013
Pours hazy gold with a quickly fading white head. Aroma is bready and zesty. Taste has spice, bread, citrus and honey, but dry. Complex flavours that change with each sip. Good stuff.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 annunz123 (629) - Taunton, Massachusetts, USA - MAY 3, 2013
Full disclosure, I’m drinking this on a Friday after a very hard week at work, so rubbing alcohol would rate pretty high right now. With that said, this is a really, really good beer, with a spicy, fruity, caramel/toffee flavor and a nice, dry finish. This is halfway between a white beer and a standard Belgian strong ale, and that’s a good thing.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20 knickskicks (496) - - APR 14, 2013
Pours golden, white head, tons of floaties. Nose is orange, other light fresh fruits, sugar, spices. Taste is spices, light fruits, Belgian yeast, white grape juice. High carbonation, fuller mouthfeel, than expected, a touch spritzy.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20 Lilja (952) - Malmö, SWEDEN - APR 12, 2013
Smak och doft av belgisk jäst, gröna äpplen, vitkål. Veteölskaraktär, lagom söt med lätt beska.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 adnielsen (6200) - Fort Collins, Colorado, USA - MAR 23, 2013
Bottle in Mesa. Pours a murky, brownish golden appearance with a thin white head. Somewhat spicy, bready yeasty, lightly fruity, papery aroma. Flavor also shows some signs of age with notes cardboard to go with some chewy malts, light spice, and herbal hops. Would have loved to have tried this fresher but I’m not sure I would have enjoyed that much more.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 Belgianpat (3) - /, BELGIUM - FEB 14, 2013 does not count
Nice sweet hoppy taste but my first was taste a bit too bitter. Think i’ll give this a 2 years in the cellar then try give it another go. Overall sweet beer
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20 Pyrmir (1211) - Westra Aros, SWEDEN - FEB 11, 2013
330 ml bottle, from old tasting notes. Pale gold colour with white head. Aroma of citrus, coriander,bananas and some toffee. Taste: oranges, coriander, yeast and fruits
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 madmitch76 (9867) - , Essex, ENGLAND - FEB 9, 2013
18th January 2012 Hazy gold beer, tiny white head. Light crisp palate, semi dry. Minerals. Sweetish malt. A little sweet fruit - but watery. Semi dry finish. Okay but a bit thin in the flavour department.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 iammarc (380) - Inverness, SCOTLAND - JAN 31, 2013
330ml bottle from Tomlinsons. Aroma: Bursting with orange style smells. Appearance: Lively pour, light orange, clear with a slight white lacing. Taste: Unmistakeably Belgian Abbey - citrus, packed with wheaty goodness. Palate: Tingly, lively, and fairly long in finish. Overall: Yep, it’s a good ’un. Having earlier finished a double IPA this makes me appreciate the complexity and diversity that beer brings to the table.
4.7 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20 corkyrory66 (232) - BELGIUM - JAN 31, 2013
Assez rare pour être signalé, une blanche avec un vrai travail de brassage.
D’abord selon le brasseur il s’agit d’une « blanche double », et c’est vrai...
Ensuite elle est élaborée avec 3 céréales : orge, froment (logique) et avoine.
Voilà une belle conception de la blanche, qui doit être avant tout rafraîchissante,
mais pas nécessairement limitée au froment...
Enfin, nous avons un niveau alcool respectable pour une blanche de 6% abv,
ce qui n’est pas inconciliable, et bien vu également.
Couleur blond foncé à ambre clair, là aussi différente.
Clarté diaphane, mais sans le grand voile brouillardeux habituel.
Bulles très très faibles, bizarre... pour un exemplaire à date limite en mai 14.
Mousse beige qui vient à plat et laisse un petit voile maigre !!
Odeurs de prune, figue, poire, massepain, miel de tilleul, pain gris.
Texture liquide.
1er goût de céréales (il y en a 3, nous le savons) avec de quoi mâcher, et une
arrière-bouche fraîche et houblonnée.
2ème goût de céréales toujours, avec une pointe de poivre et muscade.
3ème avec fraîcheur et robustesse du contenu. Arrière-bouche maltée.
La longueur est constante.
La levure bien faite, un rien salée, poivrée.
L’alcool plus que correct pour le genre.
La finale laisse une bouche pleine mais est pourtant fraîche.
Conclusion : beaucoup plus riche que beaucoup de blanches...
A rapprocher de la St Bernard blanche pour la classe... et pour la cote.
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