badlizard (2344), Berkeley, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Nov 26, 2009 Hazy golden orange with a short lived fluffy white head. Aroma of bread, Belgian yeast, grass, and citrus. Tastes of straw/hay, bread, Belgian yeast, slight orange, and perfume-like hops with a nice crispness and a mild dryness. EricE (456), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Nov 23, 2009 Hazy orange yellow pour with nice carbonation. Funky yeast aroma with hay and hops. Bitter malt flavor with grassy yeast and a bitter finish. Lots o fhops. FROTHINGSLOSH (1986), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Nov 22, 2009 Sampled from an 11.2 oz brown bottle this beer poured a murky orange-amber color with a small tan head. The aroma was tart and bitter with moderate grapefruit. The flavor was tart and bitter grapefruit and pine with noted sugar, a yeasty undertone and a moderate sweettart candy element. The finish was long dry and tart. Medium body. Interesting. Madsnp (620), Odense C, Denmark
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 | Nov 8, 2009 Tap at C4, Odense. Pours clody golden coloured with a nice egg white and staying head. Beautiful beer. Aromas of grass, grapefruit, oranges, lemons and some brett. Dry and hoppy flavour with notes of spices, malt and a touch of brett. Delicious brew! ChristianScheffel (4481), Odense, Denmark
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 | Nov 6, 2009 Cloudy orange with a big and lasting off-white head. Strong herbal hop aroma with fruity yeast notes. A touch of grapefruit and other brett qualities. Dry and hoppy flavour with a solid and lasting bitterness, and again a delicious touch of brett. presario (2956), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 | Oct 21, 2009 Big bottle. Cloudy orange-amber. LIght foam and lacing. Soft restrained fruit aroma. Flavour: pepper notes some Saison qualities, lemon and bursts of orange. Aftertaste leaves a cloud of soft pepper and cherry blossoms in your mouth. Like someone dressed up the XX and told it to behave. Glouglouburp (2815), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Oct 18, 2009 In short: A hoppy (woody hops)
How: Bottle 33cl. Consumed relatively fresh more than 3 years before expiration date
The look: Cloudy dirty orange-brown body topped by a medium off-white head
In long: Nose of Belgian yeast, candy sugar and some spices. Unexpected taste. This is a surprisingly hoppy beer for Belgian offering, and even more so considering this is a so-called Christmas beer. Interesting taste blending crusty bread, dry wood, dried fruits, dirt, woody hops, candy sugar, more wood, a little resinous, light spiciness. I know the beer is sweet but it doesn’t feel like it and it leaves a dry dirty after-taste. Not unpleasant, just very dry and dirty. Overall a decent beer I wouldn’t mind having again if served to me. Just not something I will go buy again. Named after a dude that works one more day a year than my cousin Louis. Suttree (2708), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Oct 4, 2009 Really, really bitter, at least compared to my expectations. I smells crackery, spicy and hoppy, but the flavor is really hop dominated. Some yeasty, malty sweetnes, then a big hoppy finish.
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