3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 330ml.
Clear medium amber orange colour with a large, frothy o creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, oxidide notes, moderate plum and prune. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration, oxidide, overriped fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily and sticky, carbonation is soft. [20101202]
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel aroma. Sweetish malty fruity caramel flavor with hints of dark fruit. Has a sweetish malty caramel finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
330ml bottle from Pigs Ear Beer Festival, day 3 on 2 December 2010.. Batch number 100510. Best before end January 2012. Amber colour. Very lively pour. Seemed a bit woody and a bit oxidised. Lasting bitterness. Rather astringent aftertaste.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours hazy amber with a huge fluffy beige head leaving lacing. Aroma is fruity, sweet fudge, malty, a bit yeasty, alcohol, fidges and some saffron. Fullbodied sweet yeasty mouthfeel. Crispy sweet, alcohol, fidges, almonds and saffron flavor. Tart sweet palate - suprising. Finishes dry fruity with a longlasting tart bitter aftertaste. Quite different and very nice beer indeed.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
23rd December 2010
Cloudy brown beer, large off white head. Dry palate, a little crisp. Dry and somewhat soft malt. A little brandy and a trace of fruit. Dry finish with some minerals and the malt turning a little creamier. Some characteristics of a Tripel. Not bad - a little heavy.
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