2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pours an unassuming clear amber with a big fluffy white head, dwindling to a handful of big bubbles and thin white film. The nose is really sweet, too sweet. A cloying sticky (stinky?) caramel predominates. Almost stomach turning in terms of sheer sweetness. The palate is fairly decent. While the body isn’t very heavy, the carbonation is just lively enough to imbue this not watery brew with some volume. The flavor is a step up from the aroma. The caramel sweet cloying stickiness is still there, but not so extreme and there is a bit of "Belgianness" and even some Saaz-like hops to balance the flavor. Beyond the sweetness there lies an allmost peppery element, particularly in the aftertaste. Of course, the sweetness lingers far too much as well.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pretty sweet tasting brew. flavour was sweet, very different from what I think of amber ale. Bit of a creamy texture. Too sweet for me.
2.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Started great then went south. Nice pour with a long lasting frothy head. Original flavor reminds me of a French amber. Then it all goes away leaving sweet laundry water.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
330 ml bottle a amber colored beer with a white head aroma malts spicy and hops taste malts spicy some fruits and hops
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
I really don’t know what to make of this. The sourness almost smacks me of a lambic but the rest of it consists of a wet palate and way too much carbonation. The aroma isn’t bad but has a downside-sour apples dipped in paint?
1.7 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Bottle from beer store in McKinney. Pours a deep amber/brown with a ruin off white head. The aromas are old musk, bread, stale clothes. The mouthfeel is water and bland with a light body. Cheers!
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Didn’t really work so much for me. It’s a bready, slightly yeasty amber, with an unpleasant harshness in the finish. Not a belgian I would search out.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Not as strong in flavor or kick as I like Belgian ales to be. Decent all the same. Would have been a great beer had it had a bit more spiciness to it. The finish was a bit rough although bearable.
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