2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20In short: A sweet fruity orange beer with plenty of wood and a strong vegetal character. Strange unpleasant beer
How: Bottle 750ml, consumed relatively fresh, 3 months after first bottle rating. Bottle from GodOfThunder, go f... I mean.. thanks Jay
The look: Glowing orange body topped by a large white head with low retention that leaves almost no lacings on the glass
In long: The intense nose is one of a kind with lots of freshly cut wood, rustic yeast and that strong organic presence that was like stuffing your nostrils with fruits and vegetables. Really strange and intriguing aroma. Taste has a lot of sweetness, candied fruits, dried fruits, spicy oak, canned fruits juice, more… Overall I had a sensation of sweetened vegetables, or maybe sweetened plants of some kind, really strange, and not entirely pleasant. 9% very well hidden. I really liked the cedar version of this beer, I don’t how this Lemon Wood treatment infused such a vegetal flavor in the beer, but it did, and it wasn’t good. Very hard to drink, I needed help to finish my bottle. What a mess, whenever I open one of those weird CCBs experiments I feel almost as scared for my well being as a Chinese athlete coming back from the Olympics with a silver medal.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sample at CBC 2013.
Hazy yellow colour with a small white head. Aroma and flavour of spice, lemon and wood.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle shared by b3shine. Poured a hazy golden color with an average frothy white head that mostly lasted with excellent lacing. Moderate herbs, wood and yeast aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy sweet & sour flavor with a medium to heavy spice sweet finish of moderate to long duration. I would recommend this to a friend.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Quoi de mieux qu’une Cigar City après une baignade dans l’océan. Dans mon verre (nous étions 4 à partager cette bouteille de 75 cl), un liquide qui présente une robe dorée foncée. Sa tête, blanche comme l’écume de mer, montre une féroce ténacité. Un nez qui fait l’unanimité parmi les convives. Je le trouve bien boisé. Quelqu’un parle de citron vert et d’oranges. J’aime le parfum de gingembre : il est bien dosé. Ma femme trouve qu’elle sent la levure et le poivre. Personne ne capte d’arômes sucrés. Le goût plaît à l’ensemble des invités. Je note encore une fois des notes boisées. Le côté épicé me semble être bien évident. J’entends dire que les céréales sont mordantes : quelqu’un parle, avec raison, de blé et de pain. Je trouve qu’il y a beaucoup d’herbes amères dans cette concoction. Ma femme aime cette légère acidité qui provient des agrumes ou du bois. Encore une fois, on mentionne la levure comme un fil conducteur. En bouche, cette bière a un corps assez volubile. Les bulles sont bien vivantes. La texture huileuse rassure les palais. La finale est un consensus général. Nous aimons tous cette astringence et cette sécheresse qui résultent des notes citronnées, boisées et herbeuses. Les 4 verres se sont rapidement volatilisés. Quelqu’un vient déjà d’ouvrir la bouteille de Mischief. Allez, on continue ce 5 à 7 qui s’annonce très long.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
750 ml bottle shared by b3shine. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a medium sized white head. The aroma was lemon citrus with almost a Pledge type note, caramel, grass, hints of dough and wood. The flavor has a sticky sweetness that reminded me of a couple of the 110K+OT beers (Imperial IPA), caramel, honey, lemon, grass, herbal and wood. Some mild bitterness and starts to dry at the finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sample @ CBC. Nice head with good duration. Color is hazy golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, flowers, citrus, peppery notes, malt and hops.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
750 ml bottle to snifter (shared by me with the group; thanks burg326). Looks good; a cloudy orange with off-white lacing. Smells solid; citrus and lemon wood. Tastes like it smells, but less robust, with an average mouthfeel. Not bad.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle @ CBC. Pours hazy dark yellow with a small white head. Aroma of malt, yeast, grass, light spice, wood, lemon. Flavor of malt, yeast, spice, pepper, grass, light sweetness, wood, lemon. Medium body, lively carbonation, dry finish. The best of the 3 for me. 040513
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours foggy yellow with low white head
Aromas of lemons and wood...
It has a mix of sour sweetness and bitterness. Well balanced but bit sticky
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
750ml bottle pours a hazy gold and orange with a large white head. Lemon and wood aroma. Orange lemon and a bit of a peppery spice.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Gusher. Nice orange color. A little dry but well carbonated. Some nice citrus/lemon flavors. Something slightly off though...could be better. Bottled in December 2011.
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