4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle (in NZ). Pours a pale gold with a huge foamy white head. An enticing spicy yeast nose. Funky and very drinkable and a nice and dry finish. Simply complex - if that makes sense...
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
330 ml bottle at Gallows Bird, Espoo. Pours hazy yellowish orange with a thick white head that vanishes quite soon. Has a flowery aroma with notes of sour fruits. Flavour is astonishingly hoppy for a Belgian ale with notes of grapefruit, lemon and many others. Dry, bitter aftertaste. A delightful ale.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
"You might say this beer is Orval with everything turned up to 11, which is exactly what the brewers were seeking."
I actually couldn’t agree more with the description that is given. This is an absolutely gorgeous beer, both aroma, appearance, flavor and palate are impecable.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Best of the 4 way taste test with orval, affligem blond and zinnebir. Dark chocolate aroma’s some strawberries. Taste is bitter chocolate a beautiful marriage between hops and the traditional belgian ale taste. Well balanced carbonation leaves a real good impression.
2.9 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours as yellow and headless as any shitty pale lager. Sweet light aroma. INteresting flavour, doesn’t start until mid palate. A bit sour mid palate, becoming citrus and finishing with a strong bitter hoppy flavour that lingers for a very long time. interesting, but not very impressive.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
0,33 l bottle, bought in Cracked Kettle, Amsterdam.
Nice hazy pale golden body with a lacing, foamy white head.Very floral-fruity hop in the aroma with some honey and spicy citrus, clove-coriander. Medium body that opens with caramel malt firstly but after comes the strong bitterness by floral hop, some fruity pine and citruses. Dry aftertaste. Yes, the beer has a big bitterness.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottled 330ml. -at De Spuyt, Amsterdam. Slight hazy orange/golden coloured, small white head, flowery nose. Moderate malty, fruity and hoppy with rather boring flowery notes. Dry bitter finish, expected much more.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours hazy golden orange with a fluffy white head that lasts. Nose is fairly hoppy and has notes of citrus, honey, yeast and caramel. Flavour also has a strong hop presence which leaves a nice, long bitter finish with a little bit of sweetness as well. This may actually be the hoppiest beer in Belgium but it isn’t anything like some of the super-hoppy beers from the USA. Still a very nice beer and quite sessionable.
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