2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle (330ml). At Smokeless Joe, shared with blankboy. Poured gold, slightly hazy with a few suspended tiny particles, a small quick-diminishing white frothy head. Very sweet aroma, grain, malt (extract? that’s what I thought, anyway), grape skins, seems almost slightly sour wheaty on warming. Tasted - again, sweet, grape skins, grainy not-fresh malt, long odd sweet finish, just didn’t like the blend of that cheap malt and the grape. Slick, sticky body and mouthfeel, somewhat flat and uninspiring - it’s not BAD, just seems sort of cheaply made - reminded us both of a standard CDN decent macro with grapes ... too sweet!
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle shared with HogTownHarry at Smokeless Joe . Pours a slightly hazy golden-orange with a small diminishing white head. Faint aroma of grain, grape and overly sweet malt is boring and dissapointing. Flavour is quite sweet, a little too much so even, grapey (can you say that? It tastes of grapes) and sugary along with yeast, grain and...not much else -- also dissapointing. Light bodied. I’m being quite generous with my rating as I didn’t even finish my half of the bottle.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bouteille de 330 ml achetée chez LCBO (Ottawa, ONT). Arôme: Odeur très fruité. Apparence: La couleur est légèrement dorée avec une moyenne densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût fruité et sucré. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyenne avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Arrière goût très fruité. (Rating #1378)
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
[299-20070508] 330mL (w/ jerc). Very watery, some yeast and plastic aromatic notes and something that smells like chocolate from a wine barrel. Clear, orange yellow body with a medium-lasting foamy off-white head. Fruity fullness has light plastic flavour. Medium body. Strangely coordinated flavour considering the unpleasant aroma.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. [Courtesy of Papsoe, another great session @ Papsoe] Small fizzy white head that mostly diminished. Spare lacework. Clear sparkling body with a yellow color. Aroma of fruit, caramel, citrus, hint of butter and some herbal notes as well. Light bodied with a soft carbonation. Very sugary sweet flavor. Sweet finish. 31-08-2007
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle: Poured a bright golden color ale with a nice big bubbly head with limited retention. Aroma is very sweet and almost disgustingly so. Taste is quite sweet with some Pineau characteristics. Interesting mix but I think I will keep on drinking my beer without Pineau and my Pineau without beer.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Citrus, malt and yeast aroma, translucent yellow, pours almost no head. Mixed fruit and malt flavour, medium bodied, a zesty fruit sweetness, pleasant tongue tingle, average.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Standard dark yellow, but white bubbly head and lots of streaming bubbles. Aroma is slightly sweet, slightly grassy, not really much there. Surprisingly thick frothy body, the best thing about this beer - this part was really nice. Taste - um, let’s see - I’m not familiar at all with Pineau des Charentes, so that’s no help. But what is here is a standard light ale and one great big pile of sugar. Served slightly chilled out of my wine chiller, it actually wasn’t the alcho-pop/beer I thought it would be. It is simply a serviceable ale that is artificially sweetened tot he extreme. Not near as bad as expected, but 0 reason to buy again.
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