3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap. Poured a medium and hazy golden color with a small sized head. Aromas of citrus, some spiciness, and a little fruity. Tastes of fruitiness and some citrus. Light tart finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A hazed blonde ale with a thin creamy white head. Loads of Brett in aroma, flowers, sweet milk, very smooth. In mouth, an Orval like offering, with light lactic notes, mildew and Brett, light fruity notes, black pepper, really nice and balanced. A supeb beer. Tasted with Diogene, GRM, Probstk, and Grant, May 19 2010.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap at Barcade. Cloudy yellow-golden brew. Aroma is quite leathery and bretty with an underlying brown sugary sweetness. Interesting cologne/muskiness behind the sweet light wheatiness. The aroma is really quite lovely as it begins to warm up. A light honeyed sweetness playing around behind the spicy/cologne brettiness. Flavour is lightly sweet as well with some light earthy hoppiness and a lingering funky/musky flavour. A bit of berry and lightly smokey flavour on the back as well. It’s pretty solid, especially for these guys.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a transparent deep golden bronze with a small, frothy white head. Aroma of dry toasty biscuity malts and grassy hay with a touch of cheesy funk, earthy hops and floral spices. Body starts slightly effervescent and fairly full with a good light sweetness and some drier, bready, funky character toward the finish. Doesn’t have much tartness, which would give it better balance, but is still pretty complex and drinkable.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours with a small, fizzy white head that goes quicky. It leaves behind a murky, but bright pinkish cream colored body. A bit of lacing left by reminants of the head. Aroma is complex funkyness with currants, lemon, butter, figs, spices, green apple, and lavander. Taste is strong of hay, horse blanket and some plastic. Not a drain pour, but not amazingly inviting. Some honey and dark fruits NOT mixing harmoniously with the brett. That said it is pretty easy to drink, and the pepper comes on strong after a couple of sips. Dry mouthfeel with lively carbonation.
Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a bad beer, but it lacks anything interesting enough to justify it as anyone’s anniversary beer.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
In short: A sticky, perfume heavy mess of a Belgian beer, with little of the promised brett character.
Poured from a bottle at the Brickskeller Lupulin Reunulin, it has a lightly hazed amber hued body with a small off-white to white head. Nose of perfume and potpourri spices is overwhelming at first, but turns downright offensive in short time. Notes of black pepper, perfume, soap, overwhelming coriander, and some sort of musk all converge into an aromatic trainwreck. Reminds me of Troegs Scratch 8. Taste is exceedingly sweet, in pure Avery fashion, and the body is regrettably dull, with unnecessary thickness and carbonation higher than needed. Hibiscus, sure, white pepper, I can see that, but brett? Are you kidding? It’s an estery, perfumy, syrupy mess that will make me cringe every time I see the bottle in stores for the next six months.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
My Bottom Line:
Masterly brettanomyces spreads throughout the floral hibiscus and sweet cereals in this very approachable and almost crisp Wild Ale.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam covers the hazy straw blond.
-That brettanomyces continues all the way to the finish.
-The cereals are quite chewy yet do not hinder drinkability.
-There are lots of ingredients to be getting such a delicate and straightforward result, but in any case, this is beautifully drinkable and very pleasant.
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3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
660ml bottle (Pikkulintu, Helsinki, American Weeks 2009) - shared with oh6gdx - thanks!
Soft sour aroma - quite like orval. Now I know it’s there, I can also detect a touch of the white pepper in the aroma too. Taste follows the orval theme, but with more peppery hops. Palate is crisp and biting, those hops are excellent. It’s uplifting with every sip. There’s clove in the finish, rather strangely.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
5th January 2009
Cloudy gold beer, no real head. Immediately reminded of Deus - with an aromatic sweet water chesnut. This beer also has a sweet undertone and a sourish main. I fancy the sweetness is the hibiscus. Crisp palate and with spicy (white pepper) kick in the dry finish. Unusual.
2.5 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Well, a wild ale is a good description of this below-average saison. The horse smell was an impediment to enjoyment. It is however easy drinking and there is some mild spice in the aroma. Bottled in April - I cannot say in two years the aroma will dissipitate, bit perhaps the taste will be more interesting.
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