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Brewed by Black Raven Brewing
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Redmond, Washington USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle from Malt & Vine. No. 232 out of 480. Pours a lightly hazy orange cold with a good fluffy off-white head. Aromas are soft light fruits, banana ester and some yeast/spice. Medium body with very mild carbonation. Flavor is fruit of all kinds. This is the first beer where I’d buy bubblegum as an aspect. It’s mildly astringent, starting towards sweet, ending towards dry, with a lot of hot bits in the finish. Not much heat. The fruit confusion ends mostly on a light stone fruit note. Fairly clean, definitely refreshing.

Thanks to Alex for another random one. Bottle 383 of 480... Pours a very light gold with not much head, blah... The aroma is light honey and malt, boring... It tastes like honey water, easy to drink and hides the 9% fantastically. A touch to light and boring.

Bottle:   Golden hued straw, slight haze, moderate to thin sudsy white head, sparce lacing.   Big barnish malty/hay like aroma, slight corn/mealy like tinge.   Comes across as an aroma of a Belgian Ale with some Pale Lager aspects.   Very much the same on the tongue, malty, cereal, corny...   Its very much a cross between a pale Belgian beer and American Pale Lager.   Yeah, sweet corny aspect is the main thing for this beer.   As it warms it seems to be more of a Pale Lager than anything.   Yeah, big time mealy, barnish, corny malt like flavors.   For some reason I thought this was going to be more of a Belgian Strong Ale.   Body and mouthfeel are moderate... perhaps the malts make it feel a little thicker than others.   Still comes across as a BIG Pale Lager.   Its clean, enjoyable, but at nearly $15 a 750ml I probably wont buy any more, and certainly not age any additional bottles.   Not bad, good summer sipper, but just not that memorable nor big to be one of those where I go... Ohhhhh, I want to age this one and/or buy several to share with friends.   Not bad, just a little let down with the simpleness of this beer, not to mention the price for such a concoction.

Bottle. Hazy golden with a creamy white head. The aroma is coriander, caramel, citrus and fruit. The flavour is sweet malty, caramel, spices, fruit and banana. Quite sweet finish.

Bottle 750ml.

Clear medium orange to yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light to moderate hoppy, citrus, spicy, moderate yeasty, fruity, wood. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, light acidic and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20101122]

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma has notes of fruits - especially peaches on a malty background. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, fruit, and alcohol, leading to a dry finish.

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Clear golden/amber - white head. Sweetness, sulfor, candy, yeasty, apples, grapes, fruity, peppery, medium hoppy, light phenols.

Bottle at Papsø. Hazy yellow colorued with a small white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel and spices with notes of marzipan. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, spices and hops. Spicy and hoppy finish.

75 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is yeasty and slight herbal. Sweet caramelish and slight yeasty. Lingering sweet and phenolic into the finish.

hazy yellow , small white head. mild yeasty aroma, slightly spicy. flavor is spicy belgian beer, dry,dry malty, alc. works well.

Bottled. Golden coloured. Unclear. Dense offwhite head. Aroma of sweetness, spice, fruits and yeast. Flavour of ripe fruits, spice, spice, alcohol. Medium bodied. Fruity and alcoholdense end with a psicy touch.