3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 75cl @ Zythos Bier Festival 2008, Sint Niklaas, Belgium. Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, pepper. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (010308)
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. A golden beer with a bit of sediment floating around under a nice off-white head. The aroma has strong notes of yeast and fruits, as well as medium notes of dusty hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, peaches, dusty hops, alcohol, and yeast, leading to a dry yeasty and fruity finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Bottle 75 cl) Pours a very hazy golden with floating impurities and a tall, frothy shaving foam-style lacing head. Aroma of yeast and fruit - very Belgian - and add to that quite some hoppiness. Quite full-bodied with sweetish malt and fruit and a fairly dry and bitter hop finish. 050908
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAY 25, 2008 ZBF2008: From bottle, 8.5%. Pours clear and pale yellow with a collapsing white head. Light spiced and orange fruity aroma. Flavour is sweet and subdued citric with a light hops flavour. Slowly growing towards the finish. Light spice note intermixing and with a smooth/mellow yeast note.6-3-7-4-14=3.4
Århus2008. 75 cL bottle, re-rate as this beer for a periode had two entries, 8%. Pours clear and golden orange with a lacing white head. Yeasty and mild spiced aroma. Flavour is solid spiced yet not overly so. Yeasty phenol flavour following. Dry and mild hoppy to bitter into the finish.7-4-7-4-14=3.6
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled (thanks sayravai!). Golden colour, mediumsized white fluffy/foamy head. Aroma is acidic fruits, some sweet grass, yeast and fudge. Flavour is grass, hops, some yeast, spices and herbs along with rather acidic notes.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Clear golden with fair sized airy head. Rich grassy resiny hop aroma. Sweet with medium-full body, dense mouthfeel. Fruity with some warming alcohol and almondy yeast. Resiny bitter finish. Good and with lots of taste, but more powerful than elegant.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at ZBF 2008.
Clear yellow coloured with a white ehad.
Fruity aroma of vanilla and candies.
Fruity flavour of vanilla, candies, hops and grape fruits.
Dry hoppy finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUN 12, 2008 Bottle at ZBF08. Very dark brown colour. Small , small white head. Quite bitter. Long bitter aftertaste, rather rough. Sweetish and strong alcohol flavour. Some sweet alcohol and hop notes. 7 3 7 3 16
Bottle, 8% at ÅBF08. Wet hop aroma. Pale golden colour. Big white head, bubbly and plasticky. Quite hoppy flavour, bitter and freshly hoppy. Actually gets a bit sour from the hops. 6 3 6 3 15
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Corked bottle at Ølfestival 2008, Århus
Blond color; poor head. It smells like a poor lager. It has a very dry mouthfeel, spicy, alcoholic, and without any interest; strong bitterness. I can’t like it.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: JAN 17, 2009
Date: September 19, 2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: opaque dark yellow, lasting dense creamy off white head, thick patterned lace
Aroma: sweet bready aroma with lots of spicyness and floral hops
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of balancing bitterness, spicyness adds character to the bitterness, hop flavor is well blended with the spicy phenolics, nice lasting bitter finish with a peppery edge
Date: January 08, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
maybe a bit hoppier in the bottle, otherwise unchanged,
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4
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