2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Gold blond colour, lots of carbonation, small white head. Aroma is hops and malts, some pepper. Sparkling in mouth, hoppy, fresh, but it’s more like a pilsner with a shot of alcohol. Nice finish though, the alcohol is well hidden.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
RBESG 2009 @ the Harlequin. Golden colro with white head. Malty, decnt hops but rather boring and uninspired. Thin body.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
bottle at home .... hazy yellow ... thing white lacing .... soft honey yeasy nose ... bitter fruit hop ... light dry ... not for me ...
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From the Bottle at RBESG Harlequin, Sheffield 19/07/2009
Hoppy aroma. Golden coloured and hoppy with a crisp slightly dry and fruity finish.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
At an mitra in purmerend, bottle 30cl, golden, medium lasting head, some hinds of fruits and caramel, but most boring and malt liquor alcoholboost like.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
After the beer was served in the glass there was found a lasting quantity not wall adhesive white foam collar which was fine and evenly of structure. The beer also contained much carbonic acid in the glass.
The beer has a clear golden color and a sweet taste. The after tast of the beer is hoppy bitter with a fruity touch. This beer smells fruity.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle@Home. To me it tasted like a pretty boring strong lager. Nothing else there but maybe a hint of caramel and some yellow fruits.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
4-way bottle tasting at Arendsnest. Pale gold with a tall head. Slightly citrus nose. Refreshing taste of oragnes, with some bananas notes. Warming finish.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle at RBESG 09 Sheffield. Pale gold colour thin white head. OK lager. Sweetish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 30cl.
I was actually the first person to get this beer outside of the brewery, but it was in a package with the 3 other "echt 2009" beers from local Dutch breweries, which I thought was a shame to ruin, so it took me until now to get my hands on a separate bottle.
Pours a nice clear golden colour with a good size head and nice carbonation.
Aroma has a great balance of several sweet fruits and also has a nice bit of bitterness there to balance it all out.
The taste basically all that the nose gives away, nicely balanced once again.
Goes down with a tiny bit of warmth, too bad this is a one off beer, I think it’s Alfa’s best brew so far!
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