2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
When you pour it it comes out all head and no beer, once the beer settles in, it gives a special taste of spicy cloves and herbal hops . tastes like strong alcohol not too much like beer. Decent.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
The aroma is spicy and yeasty with malt and grassy hops. The appearance is amber gold with a LARGE head. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is average for the style. I think it’s OK.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
11.2 oz bottle and served in my NB Worthy glass: Hazy amber hue with a HUGE frothy head and excellent lace. The aroma has notes of fusel alcohol, big grassy hops, biscuity malt, slight apricot esters and some hop spice as well. The taste indeed is bitter but not over the top with some acidity and spicy interplay. The malt and yeast are very much a background elements in this brew. Some medicinal and metallic off flavors on the finish. The mouth feel is very sprite (too carbonated) and the alcohol is noticeable (too much for an 8% brew). Some parts of the beer are nice but the overall package is just too muddled and lack any sense of direction.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: APR 14, 2008 Strange yet pleasantly surprised from the taste of the beer. Was taken back from the amount of head to the point of being annoyed as I awaited a chance to have a taste. The glass was overloaded with a white frothy head that seem to last forever but emanated a nice array of fruity smells with a medium light sweet taste. I don’t think I’ve ever complained about getting to much head till now.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
(2/28/08) Bottle sample at PreZBF@Alvinne in Heule. Hazy orange with a white head. Aroma of floral hops, some fruitiness and some malt. A dry and fruity flavor with hoppy bitterness, some grapefruit and notes of yeast and malt. Nice bitter-hoppy finish. A decent hoppy Tripel.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Foam Rangers tasting. Golden with small white head. Decent spices and hops on the nose. Flavor was similar, but with a bready quality.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
initial pour - 20% beer 80% head ... 6 minutes to settle down ... hoppy but not bitter .... nice flavor with a light hop bitterness in the finish ... caramel, malts and yeast ... bitter after taste ... yeast is out front with the hops ... complex but different ... filtered and fresh may work better for me with this one
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottled.
Hazy amber with yeast particles.
Rubber and solvent. I guess it was too spicy for me...
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