3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 burilom (12) - USA - OCT 25, 2012Draught at ALEhouse. Easy drinkable pale ale. Small head, light body, light orange color, some citrus in aroma, nice bitter finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Marduk (1326) - Tallinn, ESTONIA - MAY 29, 2013
Tap. Hazy orange color. Small white head, stays. Good lacing. Weak hops, malty, grainy and sweet notes in aroma. Grapefruit, orange peels, fruity, dry hops and mild graininess in flavor. Nice dry hoppy mouthfeel. Very drinkable. Good one!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Rune (6356) - Tromsø, NORWAY - APR 5, 2013
330ml bottle from Riga, kindly shared by Stefan & Elisabeth. Concrete, rocky white head remaining over an unclear, apricot coloured body. Fair lacing. Nice succulent aroma of sweet oranges. Taste of grassy, floral hops followed by citrus shells towards a dry, bitter end. Foamy in the mouth. A pleasant surprise (Tromsø, 04.04.2013).
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20 PotjeBier (1019) - Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS - APR 2, 2013
33 cl bottle @ home. Orange, hazy color. Huge, dense white head, long retention & good lacing. Aroma’s: citrus, biscuity malts, herbal, bitter. Flavor is bitter, acidic. Body is quite thin. Long lasting bitter finish. On the thin side, but tasty.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 FatPhil (7597) - Tallinn, ESTONIA - FEB 22, 2013
Tap (ALEhouse, Riga)
Congratulations, Gordon, on finally getting your commercial venture up and running! Hopefully there will be many more.
Cloudy orange, large spongy head. Pleasant dy hopped bitter aroma. Slightly watery feel, decent carbonation. Bitter hop oriented taste, but a nice breadiness too. Very nicely drinkable, but a little fizzy ona cold winter’s day. Dry attenuation and bitterness in the finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 MaartenRF10 (1197) - Wageningen, NETHERLANDS - JAN 25, 2013
Hazy amber, very small, but lasting white head. Aroma of hop and lychee. Taste is very bitter and dry with some fruit. Bit watery, ok carbo.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20 MrHangover (1155) - Den Haag, NETHERLANDS - JAN 23, 2013
Bottle. Flat pour, no head at all.. Aroma has hoppy influences, but nothing extraordinary present. Flavour is medium bitter, no carbonation at all, very flat and watery mouthfeel.. Not good...
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 Koelschtrinker (8615) - Köln (Cologne), GERMANY - JAN 20, 2013
Milder, etwas säuerlicher und deutlich bitterer Antrunk. Der Hopfen ist vergleichsweise gering, Trocken werdend, dezente Fruchtnoten, weiche Bitterkeit. Im Abgang noch trockener, hell würzig, süffig. Grapefruit im Abgang. 6/9/9/10/9/9
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 Benzai (4435) - Oirschot, NETHERLANDS - JAN 15, 2013
33cl bottle @ home shared with Dutchdrebus. Hazy orange color, small, a bit soapy white to off-white head. Smell malts, hops, lightly pine and a bit fruity. Taste malts, hops, lightly piney, bitter and slightly fruity. A bit thin, but it was poured very cold so that might have to do with it as well. Nice beer though.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20 DutchDrebus (2362) - Oirschot, NETHERLANDS - JAN 15, 2013
Bottle @ benzai. Hazy orange, minimal white head. Smells hops, grapefruit, fresh, sweet, fruity. Tastes overripe fruit, hops, grapefruit, some pine, sweet. Soft carbo, thin to medium body.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20 bierkoning (9033) - La Tropica, NETHERLANDS - DEC 31, 2012
Bottle. Golden color, hazy. Grapefruit, ripe melon and a hint of oily hops in the aroma. Thin, but also a firm almost medecinal grassy hopbitterness, pushing away the tropical fruit flavors. Very low on carbon.
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