3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
11.2oz. bottle served in a Duvel Tulip. Poured a slightly hazy gold with a couple of fingers of white head. Plenty of carbonation. Bottle conditioned. Citrus hop aroma with an earthiness that seemed a little off IMO. Sweet malt up front with a fair amount of hop bitterness for a Belgian beer. A little Belgian yeast profile. Fairly drying finish from the hops.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This is a very unusual belgian beer. The aroma is green fruits and earthy. It has lots of bitterness and a nice spiciness, perhaps from the belgian yeast. It finishes dry and very refreshing. Excellent!
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bright golden pour with a woolly head and plenty of lace. Fresh bread and crackers and an earthy, lightly funky yeast are prevalent in the aroma. Besides that there is a sweet noble-hop spiciness, some lemon rind and a faint hint of apple. Certainly plenty more hops than the average Belgian beer, with loads of spice in the finish and assertive bitterness. Tart and pleasantly dry. "Belgian" and "hoppy" aren’t two words that fill me with excitement when they appear together - but this is a remarkable beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle was a serious gusher...lost about 1/3. Pours a hazy pale yellow...like lemonade...with a huge very foamy white head...great lacing and retention. Aroma is very hoppy...citrus and spice...with a bit of soapiness and funk. Flavor has some nice funk to go with very bitter herbal hops...tastes like a super hoppy saison. Mouthfeel is light and silky and the finish is bitter with a bit of funk.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Very good beer. Bitter and Spicy together. Tasted this as part of a bigger lineup of 11 beers. Came out 2nd
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Smells of cereal; pale golden, hazy, frothy white foam; very bitter, lightly sour; light body, thin feel, lively, bitter; overall a pleasing beer for those of us who like heavily hopped beers.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Den här ölen imponerade inte alls på mig, jag uppfattade den som en besk lager. Men det handlar nog mer om besvikelse än dålig öl, kanske.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
33 cl. bottle. Hazy, golden-orange colour with a white, rocky head. Spices and yeasts in the aroma with small hints of fruits and something sour. Everything you would expect in a Belgian ale. But then: A big surprise: A lot of hops, bitter hops! Like a good IPA the taste is medium to heavy bitter, with a full body and a creamy texture. Long lasting, bitter finish rounded by Belgian yeast characters and a little bit of acidity. A very nice fusion of two beer styles. However, I still like beers in their original styles more.
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