3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Little yeasty, cloudy gold color. Vanilla notes, big hop bitter. Spicy, peppery end. New Word hops? Thinish, Crisp.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the brewpub in Seattle. Pours a clear golden color with a large white head. Lots of lacing. A fruity nose of PNW hops. The flavor is rich with spicy hops, earthy yeast, lots of fruity rich hops. Nice.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Big Time Brewing Company--Hop de Mensonge Belgian I.P.A. 6.80% ABV. 70 IBU’s? Seattle Beer Week 14 oz. Draft @ Alehouse. Lacy white head. Hazy bright gold color. Belgian Cascade hop front. Zesty crisp fruit ester earthy IPA body. Tangy Belgian citrus hop spice end. Spicy satisfying rich IPA. (4.0 / 5.0) Sampled 5/14/2010.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pint – Eastside Club Tavern – Olympia, WA
Nice light IPA aroma good malt backing. Amber in color, hazy. This was a malty Belgian yeast IPA flavor. Interesting and with a good balance. Easy drinking this was a surprise for the night.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
growler - thanks to riverside to the AK for sharing this; pours light yellow with fizzy white head; slight bitterness on the nose mixed with the sweet belgian yeast; nose reminds me of the stone cali; a little spice from the yeast, plenty of sweetness and a fresh, crisp bitterness; a very nice, subtle belgian IPA
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft at The Dray. Pours a murky and burnished medium coppery amber. Dense creamy tan head. Sweet watermelon, candi sugar, banana, and belgian yeast on the nose, along with some fresh and lightly citric hops. Creamy medium body with firm carb. Watermelon, biscuit, oranges, mangoes, bubblegum, and lemon on the mid-palate. Kind of all over the place but likable just the same.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On Tap in Seattle: nice hazy orange color with a small head on top. Orange/Grapefruit taste - mediocre - medium long lasting.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Lots of floral hops in the aroma along with some nice fruity yeasty esters. Cloudy orange with no head. Yeast up front, banana, clove, and the nice floral hops come through in the finsh. The finish is long, rather bitter, and dry. Interesting.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at Big Time night at Brouwers 12/08. Low head, golden and tense amber. lots of candifruit and apricot. very nice. bit sweeter and less carbonation than Id want in this style.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Medium orange with a small head that fades fairly quickly. A sweet, bubble-gum note augments the hops on the nose. I coined a new term to describe this one – a hefetripel. It has the sprightly, fruity characteristics of a tripel, but the bubble gum sweetness of a hefeweizen. Somewhat like the Houblon from La Chouffe, but sweeter. Somewhat like Stone’s Cali-Belgique, but without quite the refinement and true Belgian qualities. Still, entirely enjoyable.
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