2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/2033cl bottle from Traditions du Nord in Cassel. A little disappointing as it comes from the same established small brewery that does Pot Flamand, is bottle-conditioned and claims to be stored / gardé / lagered for eight weeks before bottling. Hops adequate but not great. Its grain body is lacking, tasting as if it has 30% sugar or something.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle
Small fluffy airy white head changes quik into a lacing on top of a hazy orange colored beer.
Aromas of grains, malts, hops, yeast, honey, soap.
Flavours of hops, cream, barleys, bitters, light soap, light chalk, malts, wood.
Aftertaste is grainy and malty bitter, light floral.
Low carbo, soft mouthfeel, medium body and a creamy texture.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Light blond color; huge head. Very nice aroma, a bouquet of flowers, with some honey and rum. Light mouthfeel, quite dry, with a light grassy touch in the front, very light manure and flowers (a real spring beer ;-)
Unfortunately the body and flavor are too weak at the end; correct bitterness. I think that there are some flaws in the brewing process, but that transmit to this beer a touch of originality.
1.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Bottle conditioned, from Fabeers in York. Amber, faint haze,moderate lasing white head and gentle condition. Citrusy and then faintly barnyardy followed by downright shittiness in the aroma. Tangy and yeasty sweet with a mix of fruity turd in the mouth and some suggestion of back-of-the-throat vomit. Low acidic finish with some sweet fruitiness. Kinda like its been the wrong way through your digestive system.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle (from Bitter Virtue). Malty sweet aroma with wood and fruity aspects. Slightly unusual in the mouth, some sweetish caramel a not entirely out of place sourness, more fruitiness and a little funkiness. I wasnt entirely sure how much I liked this but I was interested enough to drink a 750 of it.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Clear orange-amber beer; end of bottle full of protein flocculation; good, just off-white head, leaving some lace. Very fresh-smelling: rosehips, citrus, sorrel. Sourish flavours, vegetable, again rosehips, I’d say, lemongrass maybe. Interesting. I fear a slight lightstroke, but certainly not too bad. Light, a little bit of acidburn, CO²-feel despite very little apparent carbonation. Not bad, but I can’t help but wonder if the sourish taste is really intentional. Then, "vegetable extracts", as the label reads... rhubarb or sorrel, indeed?
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: FEB 9, 2006 Bottle.Amber in colour with a large head,aroma is of wood,yeast and apples,taste is of straw,cork,grass,lemon and pine,dry light acidic finish.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Hazy orange colour with a medium sized white head. Aroma is impressively barnyardy, walking a fine line between rustic (hay, cheese etc.) and shit (in the manure sense). Some fruit and malts in there as well. Tastes a lot like a cider on first inspection, highly carbonated, fruity and quite sour throughout. Light to medium bodied. I think I quite like it.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: FEB 17, 2005 Bottle. Nice pooey nose. Nice farmohouse stench, and some swimming pool (i think i’ve heard motelpogo mentin this a few times with certain beers, but i definitely found it in this one. Soft , lightly acidic, hay and shit and all th rest of it.l Lightly spicy and herbal, really interesting.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Bright orange, big foamy head. Barnyard and sweet hay/grass type aroma. Not as strong or challenging a flavor as expected. Smooth finish.
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