2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Murky amber with a medium head. Nose is honey, earth and crazily yeasty. The flavour is honey malt and funky yeast. Either it’s an old bottle or perhaps fermentation issues but it just isn’t right on any level. Very sweet finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
oro buona schiuma persistente note fruttate mielose in bocca attacco piuttosto morbido dolce poi il finale è decisamente amaro
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottiglia da 75cl divisa con due amici (tra cui il birraio della mitica Wiggs Kezzyer) in uno spuntino notturno a Brescia, dopo essere passati in birrificio. Wiggs non ne sembra molto soddisfatto, così abbiamo fatto uno scambio: la sua me la sono presa io in cambio di due bottiglie (di Fom e di Alba). Sì perché questa qua costa veramente tanto, 8.50€ la bottiglia da 75cl. Ma secondo me è valsa la pena, dal momento che si tratta di un’ottima birra al miele; il sentore mieloso è più pronunciato che in una ale corposa come può essere la Erika del Baladin, ma meno stucchevole che - per dirne una - nella Miele di Busalla. Direi che anche a livello di raffinatezza siamo in una media fra le due: si tratta di un prodotto prezioso ma non pre(ten)zioso. Soddisfatto appieno dal mio acquisto, e anche dall’assaggio in 3. Wiggs ha accettato il mio affare, la seconda bottiglia se la vuole la passo al mio socio se no me la bevo me.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Hazy honey coloured. Honest white ring. DMS laden aroma. Vegetal dominance hides the honey far underneath. Cabbagey, sweet corn notes running rampant. Chaotic cereals. Not as attenuated as most honey ales. Bready tartness from the yeast. Hopless. Not pleasant.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Nice golden with very lasting creamy head. Scent of honey, flowers, but very yeasty.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
My Bottom Line:
Yeast phenols crowd the honeyed sweetness, as earthy tones and fruity tartness attempt complexity. This bottle-conditioned example was probably not as clean as it should have been.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam tops the cloudy golden.
-There was probably too much yeast in the bottle to not affect the flavor profile much.
-This yeast seems to be of the weizen variety, as its phenols and esters recall cloves and plantanes.
-A light vegetal character (DMS?) emanates from the ubiquitous yeast.
-A cleaner bottle, with less yeast presence, would surely have made the honeyed sweetness more present.
Bottle at Flaveurs Bières et Caprices festival.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draught at Artebirra 2006 Honey is strong in the aroma (quite good) and a bit more subdued in the mouth, with a bittersweet finish
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: SEP 13, 2007 Draught at the brewpub.
Honey beer.
Compact and of good fulness head, optimal resistance. Beautiful golden color, light hazy and with a good and fine fizz. Amazing and most pleasant scent: immediate notes of honey, pear (lightly) and hop. Much flowery and perfumed with a small bitter tip. Lively taste but not excessive prickly. In mouth it’s sweet and soft with determined and balanced notes of honey and sugar contrasted from a modest bitter train on the end. Light perceivable alcohol. Optimal experiment.
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