3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ Kerstbierfestival 2006 in Essen, BE. ( Alcohol 7.8%) Hazy yellow amber color with a whte head. Aroma is spicy, coriander, candy, herbs. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
33cl, exclusive brew, last tasted at KBF2008, not complex, yet easy to drink, balanced, hazy, good head, nice X-Mas brew
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
75 cL bottle, Kerstbierfestival 2007 in Essen/Belgium. Pours golden and clear orange with a lacing white head. Aroma is slight yeasty spiced and a malty. Flavour is sweet malty with a slight dry woody/malty note. Has a slight bitterness mixing in with a solid malt flavour and some slight yeasty spiced note. Finish is light spiced with a slight herbal touch. Nice brew and a mild finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled@Kerstbierfestival, Essen. Deep golden colour, small white head. Aroma is mild alcohol, sweet malts & hops along with some alcoholic sweetness. Flavour is fruits, alcohol, sweet malts and some slight grassyness.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Bottled@Kerstbierfestival 2007, Essen) Clear amber with a small head. Toffee, diacetyl in the nose with evident alcohol. Toffee-malty flavor with some buttery diacetyl and acidity, and low bitterness. Almost medium body with low carbonation. A not that clean Belgian.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle Kerstbierfestival 2007: Copper with a off white head. The aroma is a cereal grain with spice. The taste is sweet with more of that cerealness and some alcohol. The age of this beer did not do it well!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Amber with a good off-white head. Sweet and fruity aroma, hint of strawberries. Sweet maltiness offset by slight fruity sourness as well as some bitterness. Interesting berries flavour without turning acidic. Well-carbonated, medium body. A rather complex blonde Belgian ale.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
[Sampled at Stockholm Beer Festival 2005 - old bottle] A hazy orange beer with a huge light brown head. The aroma is very yeasty and slightly acidic - it bears notes of being old. The flavor is malty with notes of roasted malt, and lots of yeast, combined with a dusty straw note, and again signs of being over the top. I believe this has been a great beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Botle 33 cl) Beautifully amber coloured beer with a pretty, tall and very dense head which unfortunately does collaps. Very full-bodied and malty - almost reminiscent of an abbey dubbel. Refined hoppy finish. Comes rather close to the same brewery’s "Oud Zottegems". 110798
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle brought back from Belgium. I have no idea how old this is - the bottle was covered in dust when I picked it up in Belgium this past September and the label was filthy. All the time I’ve had this it’s been sitting upright in a cool, dark place but the sediment never really compacted down. Even the slighest movement of the bottle sends large chunks that have settled at the bottom flying around the bottle. Poured into a Duvel glass the chunks come out in the liquid and look horrible. On the dark side of gold with a suprisingly tight and creamy head. Aroma is rather fruity, malty & a little sour but does smell very old. From the look of it and the smell of it I am a bit worried about the first sip..... not as bad as it looks or smells but it does have a weird flavour to it. Mostly malt and fruit, but the floaties are very off putting!
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