2.3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
The aroma is like paint with plastic, yeast, sour fruit, and spices. The appearance is hazy gold orange with a HUGE head. The flavor is like the aroma. The palate is thin but smooth. Overall a bust.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle (33 cl) from Ølbutikken, Copenhagen, Denmark. An enormous white head fills the glass to 95 % at the first pour. When it slowly fades away it reveals a hazy golden beer. Aroma is delicately fruity with spicy and yeasty notes. Medium bodied with soft mouthfeel. Very well balanced with a dry edge. Nothing crazy about this beer, rather very delicate and subtle.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Stockholm, 31 Oct 2007) Golden yellow colour with huge, white head. Fruity, slightly tart nose with apricots and lots of spicy hops. Fruity taste with notes of apricots, citrus and loads of spicy hops in a long, bitter finish. Starts sweetish, turns drier towards the end. Lovely beer with impressive hop character.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
$4 Bottle from Hi Time. Explosive head with an entire pint glass full of foam. It took me 10 minutes to pour the beer as I waited for the foam to settle. Small bubbles settling to microfoam, eventually dissipating completely. Does it have a Brett finish that has eaten too much sugar? Cloudy amber liquid. The aroma has corriander, and a little sour Brett aroma, and I think a little sour in the taste as well, but the beer is not dry, but leans toward the sweet side. A little bit of green apple, and black pepper spice. Pretty nice. Fairly drinkable, but best with a soft cheese. I would derate the appearance for the blossoming head, but it was quite interesting, which brings it back to average.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Courtesy to SoLan for this sample. Pours a large fizzy head with random lacing. The color is analogous with unfiltered apple juice. Huge nose of sour yeast, vanilla, and crisp green apples. Flavors continue with more sour yeast, apples, iceburg lettuce, black pepper, clove, and a slight alcohol astringentness to finish out. High carbonation/ full body. This was a little too carbonated for me, but after letting it simmer down, Arabier proved satisfying.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
a little dissapointed in this one for a De Dolle. Maybe it was just a bit off - will have to try this one again.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled(330ml). -Hazy dark orange coloured, medium to big lasting white head, spicy nose. Very spicy, mild hoppy and alcoholic taste with notes of yeast and fruits. Rather alcoholic finish. 8.0%ABV.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
The head is massive with enormous bubbles, takes some time to settle. Finally settles to a fluffy, white, lasting head with random lacing; body is murky and orangey-gold in color. Nose is spicy, yeasty, hoppy, and fruity; spicy and herbal hops, pepper, doughy yeast, corriander and light apricot. Flavor is similar; hops are prominent being spicy and somewhat herbal, other notes of spicy alcohol, doughy yeast, and supporting fruit notes of banana, apricot, and corriander. Palate is medium, soft to lively, and soft feeling with definate warmth. Finishes warm and spicy and a bit dry with lingering herbal notes and the moderate bitterness presenting itself fully. The dry hopping is an interesting twist on the light BSA bringing nice spicy notes in the nose and flavor. Good but not great.
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