3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap. Pours hazy copper with an average, fizzy white head, short retention with light lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, caramel, hay, toasted), light hops (floral), and average esters (fruity) with notes of alcohol, dates, and honey. Flavor is heavy malt (cookie, caramel, toasted), average hops (floral), and average esters (apple/pear) with notes of wood, alcohol, dates, and honey. Full body, high warmth, medium carbonation, and low creaminess with a dry and biting finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at the Triple Rock Sour & BA Fest. Pours cloudy blonde with a nice beige head and a fruity aroma. There is a sweet malt flavor with some banana and a mustard-like finish. The alcohol is well-hidden.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hazy yellow with a fizzy white head. Earthy grainy aroma and taste with a hint of mustard seeds.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
330 ml bottle a dark golden yellow amber colored beer with a white head aroma fruits lemon and spices taste malts some sweetness fruits spices and some hops
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
pours hazy golden with a decent head. grainy and malty, with a nice yeast spicyness profile, hint of mustard seed - still is hardly perceptible. interesting style. good overall BSA structure.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: FEB 20, 2011 Bottle, Melchior Old Ale, Vintage 2005. This is a great beer... Pours rich orange color with absolutely no head or lacing. Sugar cane, light apricot and candy in the nose. Sweet fruits, smooth on the front side of the tongue, yet mild bitterness on the backside. Such a smooth sip - almost no carbonation, but delivers a moderate, yet balanced alcohol feel in the aftertaste. Very nice.
Earlier Rating: 12/20/2010 Total Score: 3.8
Bottle. Rich red, with minimal head, lacing or carbonation. The sip is nice - mellow, slight hops, moderate alcohol, somehow fruity. Enjoyable!
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hazy yellow pour with a small off white head. Aroma of yeast, caramel malt, floral and spicy hops, and a hint of mustard seed. Lightly sweet flavor with mild spicy hoppiness and a hint of mustard. Interesting.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from my brother for Xmas. Malty, slightly tangy aroma, with honey, spice (mustard, maybe!). bread, lemon, rather funky. Glowing amber-orange witha thin, fine head. Strong, bitter,slightly tangy flavor with brady malts, honey, mustard, orange, berries, caramel, leather. Thin body. Weird stuff. Quite tangy, somewhat fruity, with a very bitter finish. very original, for sure, though not great.
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