3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle, ZBF 2005. Gold, no head and low prickle of condition. Pleasant but muted malt aroma, pleasantly sweet and malty in the mouth, slight chalky bitterness in the finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle @ RBESG 2011 Grand Tasting at Dean Swift. Hazy gold colour with lasting white head. Stale aroma. Better in mouth. Pukey finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at the RBESG 2011 Grand Tasting, London. Pours hazy gold with a big, foamy white head. Malt and sugar in the nose. Sweet flavor with a bit of toffee and sugar. Medium bodied with average to lively carbonation. Lively, sweet finish, with dough and sugar. Sweet and fairly basic but quite enjoyable.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled, 250ml from Burg Bieren, Ermalo, Netherlands. Gold with white head. Good clear, light spicy beer, Belgian yeasts to the fore, pleasant lemony note on an easy malty body. Reasonable.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
bottle at RBESG 2011 Grand Tasting ... hazy amber ... soft thin wattery mellon hop nose ... sour fruits ... soft mellon fruits ... sweet suger finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ RBESG 2011 Grand Tasting at Dean Swift, Tower Bridge SE1. Pours a slightly hazy yellow color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
7th August 2011
Dean Swift - RBESG Tasting. Cloudy gold beer, tiny white head. Light soft frothy palate. A little aged malt. Lacto but also mildy sour. Finishes frothy and dry. Nicely joined up but could not drink a lot of it.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Big lasting head. Cloudy yellow. Aroma of alcohol and banana. Airy body first notes are rather earthy. Light banana and yeast notes but they are muted underneath the alcohol. Light fusal notes.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle (RBESGG2011, Grand Tasting)
Simple sweet mashy aroma. Walnutty too. Hazy, but pale. Feels aged. Some lemon and butter artichoke dip. A bit old, but has survived OK, I guess.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at RBESG 2011. Great pastel orange-gold with lace. Hoppy, spicy aroma with orange. Sweet-ass honey flavor, some lemon. Like a typical aged tripel.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Nose is rather heavy rye, banana trace, little sugar, then weak hops, feel is quite broad, carb is medium, taste is early sweet notes, middle is broad wet hops, then leaves, weak sweet finish
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