3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Had a few times- latest shared by Eclectic. This time eclectics bottle seemed a bit more clean than previous tastings where I have noticed more dirtiness, garbage, dms and tons of diacetyl on occasion. Aroma here is cleaned up- sweet still, brown sugar, candi sugar, caramel sweetness, honey light apple and acetaldehyde and light funk. Flavor is sweet, but not quite too sweet even for the style, light funk, some acids in the background, honey, green apple, light dms, caramel, and brown sugar- with a fake syrupy sweetness- slightly slick finish. I dont like Faro, but this wasn’t that bad for a bottled version.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours deep chestnut coloured with a creamy off white head. Musty aroma with notes of spices, sour fruit, wood and sugar. Spicy balsamic flavour with notes of wood and sour fruit. The finish is a little thin and watery. Overall a decent faro - not as sweet as a feared.
1.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
On tap at In de Wildeman as Platte Faro. Clear dark amber colour with a soapy white disappearing head. Aroma of blue cheese and dust. Flavour is blue cheese, some malts, acid, some brown sugar. No carbonation. Another visitor said it tasted like old monk’s sweat. I have to agree. It’s just god-awful.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle @ WSF. Dark coppery amber with lasting beige head. Aroma is slightly oxidized, earthy, fuzzy, musty, moldy, and woody. the palate is gentle but with pretty high carbonation. Odd flavors include lots of wood, some apple core, and earth. Not very sweet, and has lots of funk. One of the least sweet, least faro-like faros I have encountered.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at the Rake: Nice hints of sourness but nothing more. Surprisingly malty. Weird fruits. Not as refined as I would like. A good introduction to lambics?
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Source: Bottle purchased at the Rake in London.
Glass: Poured into a Rodenbach stem glass.
Appearance: Dark amber with a one finger beige head.
Aroma: Sweet malt, brown sugar and molasses.
Flavor: Hint of vinegar with sweet malt and brown sugar.
Palate: Medium/light body with solid carbonation.
Overall: Another tick...not a bad beer either.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Tap @ Bier Circus. Pours tea-brown and still. Aroma of burnt sugar. Taste is odd with the sugar and sourness. A good deal of acetone in there. Finishes yeasty. Not into this at all.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours clear amber, heavy carbonation. White head that becomes thin after a while but still is quite long-lasting. Somewhat acidy aroma of good lambiek with some caramel and some coffee in the background. First taste bitter-sour with brown sugar. For a faro this one has a very nice palate:some sour from the lambiek,some sweet sugar, but also some bitterness in the aftertaste. Very nice faro!
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