 JoeinUccle (902), Brussels, Belgium
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 21, 2007 A bitter, spicy pale ale with a juicy center. 33 cL bottle pours orange-amber with sizable beige head. Big fruity aroma -- apple, pear, tomato -- with grassy hops. Flavor is quite bitter with a touch of sweetness, dryish finish and those hops last into a bitter aftertaste. Classic De Ranke stuff: bitter and lots of depth.
rlgk (3377), Vårgårda, Sweden
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 15, 2007 Bottle. Hazy orange color, quite nice lasting offwhite head. Grapfruit aroma, yeasty, spicy, hoppy and peppery. Spicy, peppery flavor, fruity, hoppy, maybe with some alcohol showing. A good belgian beer, but I cant say its a typical x-mas beer.
DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 14, 2007 Bottle from Capone’s. Turbid dull deep gold pour with 2-finger head. Aroma is funky spicy dry yeast, citrus, hops, fruit. The flavor is malty, with hopcitrus and funky spicy yeast notes throughout.
faroeviking (6023), Republica Vikingo de las, Faroe Islands
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Nov 7, 2007 33 cl. bottle with no wrapping. Bottled January 2005. Pours a nice hazy deep amber colour with a medium mostly diminishing beige creamish head leaving a nice creamy lacing. Aroma of spices and yeast with toasted malt, some caramel and slight citrus. Good mouthfeel. Nice soft caramel and spiced flavour with yeast, toasted malt, fruits, hops, alcohol and bit woody. Dry softly spiced toasty alco finish.
Jerre (1755), Waregem, Belgium
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Oct 20, 2007 Bottle, 33 cl.
Cloudy amber-orange color, with a medium creamy white head that leaves a sticky lacing in the glass. Aroma yeasts, flowery, and fruity. Medium body. Taste hops, fruity, (pear, citrus) a bit spicy (pepper). Dry and bitter finish.
GOOD !
thomat (666), Göteborg, Sweden
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Sep 29, 2007 Bottle from 2006. Hazy, pale amber with a nice off-white head. Lots of spicy and fruity tones. Malt, hops and lots of spice.
Medium body with a bitter aftertaste.
Enjoyit (1708), Vadum, Denmark
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 25, 2007 Amber of color with a nice white head. A pretty fresh aroma, notes of wood, apples, hops and spice. A flavor of spice, hops, bitter and a dry finish.
RblWthACoz (963), Brooklyn, New York, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 11, 2007 Pours a cloudy golden orange with decent head that receeds at a quicker pace. If you pour the sediment in, it is a dark golden brown. Nose is slightly yeasty with the same level (or less) of citrus and overall that Belgian beer nose you come to expect. What an...odd...flavor. Lots of things going on here, but nothing that stands alone. Sweet like honey at first, and then a strike of spices comes over your tongue. Then there is an almost metallic tone that hits the roof of your mouth and takes over- but I think it is from spices, not any metallic influence on the bottle. If you pour the sediment in, it seems to be smoother with a more balanced profile. Feel is standard and heavy with carbonation, but not overdone. Very drinkable, though not highly so because it is such an enigma on the palate.
Overall worth trying I would say. But not because of any particular thing. It is just a very mysterious beer. Here, there, but nowhere. I suggest trying to mix up the sediment in the beer as it seemed to provide a more even and smooth experience.
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