3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampled at Avery. Pours a nice looking orange color. Aroma of wheat, potato bread, sourdough, and grapeskin (or rotting/sour grapes). Light bread flavor with a nice yeast character coming through along with some wood. Finishes dry and funky, and fairly light. Very drinkable, like an APA with a Belgian yeast. This isn’t meant to be a beer of strength, but it’s good "hotter season" lighter beer.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Has the yeast, spice and sweetness of a light Belgian aroma. Singel. Something of a stone fruit undercurrent. Poured clear amber with a humongous frothy white head that laced. A bit thin bodied. Floral hop. Fruity spice. Not as sugary as the dubbels or tripels. Not as alcoholic either. The finish is relatively dry, and it seems to leave hop bitter all over the mouth. Really good approach.
2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Junedale Beer Klub - June Beer Tasting ("Fruity" Beers)
5/30/2007: Avery Karma Ale pours a clear, golden yellow color with a medium foamy ivory head that leaves some foamy lacing. The aroma is bland malts and initially has some sweet orange and hint of corriander (similar to a Belgian Wit). The flavor is like that of generic beer with a vegetable-like backend. The alcohol is also somewhat obvious and the thin, overcarbonated palate. This is a weird brew.
12 oz bottles shared by supa.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
this is supposed to be a belgian?....bah!tasted like orange iced tea with a slight bit of hops. very nondescript...
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pour was a light gold with a thin one tan white head. Aroma of burnt malt. Tastes like a sad attempt at a Belgian. There are American brewers who can pull it off but not this. Carbonation is too weak, and taste is too subdued.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pours a copper color with a smallish head. Aroma is slightly fruity , but mostly yeast. Flavor is slightly bitter, and very thin. Not a bad beer, but nothing special, and definitely not true to a Belgian ale.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle pours golden/brownwith a small head, aroma is of mustard! The flavor is sweet, malty, and very mellow. It tastes like a happy beer. Finish is sweet and malty. Where are the hot dogs!? This is a cookout brew!
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Clear, dark golden with a decent head. Aroma of caramel malts, undefined spiciness and anise...they aiming for Kwak? Sweet, somewhat uneventful palate with a little spiciness in the finish. Never was into the whole "Belgian pale" thing.
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