De Ranke Père Noël

bottle from World of Beer - just not one of my favorite Belgian at all! Malty but taste was abit off for me - hard to explain

Pale orange-brown colour and a musty aroma. Very dry and bitter taste with some maltiness.

Bottle@Oud Arsenaal, Antwerpen. Cloudy amber with a great lacing offwhite head. Hoppy nose, grassy. Good malty base, but grassy hops shines through. Very bitter, reminds me of Hommelbier. Well-carbonated, medium to full body. A nice one.

330 ml bottle, from BevMo LaJolla. Hazy amber-pecan color with a moderate creamy head that leaves stringy lace. Fruity malts, with apricot, lemon bread, spice and clover, floral hops, honey, alcohol hints and a touch of phenols. Nice sweet/tart/spicy flavor, hawaiian breads, orange peel, quince, lemon, peach herbs, coriander, clove and brown sugar. Medium body, light and smooth carbonation. On draft at O’Briens. Arrived clear bright copper color with a fluffy off-white head. Aroma of yeasty spiced bread, light fruits and floral notes. Flavor is similar to the aroma, with the addition of figs and some earthiness. Medium body and tickling carbonation. Quite nice.

Comes in a paper wrapped, capped, corked 750 ml. green bottle with a best before date, 11.2010, and a bottling date, 11.2005, on the paper wrapper. Poured a cloudy reddish orange with a frothy, rocky white head that settled into a thin, sudsy, creamy lacing, minimal amount of sticking. Aromas of tropical fruits, minerals, earthy and musty, and pepper spicy hops. Good, slightly fizzy, carbonation and a crisp, dry, slick, smooth medium bodied mouthfeel. Tastes of peppery, herbal, grassy hops with a soft bitterness, a soft tropical fruitiness, some earthy muskiness, a flash of alcohol flavor towards the end, and a dry herbal, musty, sweet malty finish. A pleasant holiday seasonal, interesting taste, easy drinkability, not bad.

Bottle. Pours to a hazy orange body under a frothy white head. Water melon rind, thyme, and light cornflakes in the aroma - appetizing. The flavor brings in green pepper spice and leaf hops over light pale malt. Finishes with a dry toastiness. Interesting spicy hops in this guy but overall not that original.

Thanks Kevin. The beer pours to a really hazy dark orange body with a tall frothy white head and awesome lacing. The aroma is bitter and Biere de Garde-ish with grassy hops and musty basement smells. The flavor is also very bitter with sour-ish musty cellars. The palate is extremely dry and bitter. As such it feels really thin.

Thick off-white creamy head. Nice cloudy copper body. Peppery hopped biere de garde earthiness in the aroma. Flavor has some of that too... interesting dry dusty cement-like malt. Old tasting, good.