3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught @ Mikkeller Bar, Viktoriagade 8BC, kld., DK-1655 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Unclear medium yellow orange color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, apricot, peach, pineapple, vegetable notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderste to heavy bitter with a average to long duration, sharp, peel bitter, candy sweet hops. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110407]
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at the release celebrating 19,806 rating ;-) but now you are a genuine 20k-club member - welcome and congratulations. A hazy golden beer with a huge white head. The aroma has notes of hops, citrus fruits, and lemons. The flavor is sweet with notes of lemons, spices, and alcohol, leading to a very bitter finish. Must admit that I’m not a big fan of Sorachi Ace.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From tap at MikkellerBar. Pours hazy yellow with a small off-white head. Aroma is peachy, mango and citrusy hops. Smooth mouthfeel. Peachy, pinewood, herbal, slight grassy and mango fruity hops. Dry, slight herbal and grassy finish.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: APR 8, 2011 Bottle 33 cl. Pours a hazy golden with a rich and lacing off-white head. The nose is a fruitbowl of tropical esters, mango, honeydew and passionfruit - and strangely also coconut as I always get in Sorachi Ace. The body is surprisingly light if not exactly thin, but you certainly don’t feel the 10.2% - actually it’s almost sessionable! Very fruity, a little fruity sweetness, again these tropical notes with an amazing and almost leathery and astringent bitterness towards the finish. Oranges indeed, gives me a Fanta burp! A beer to usher in the coming of spring and summer...
The thank yous: To Ryan for creating this beautiful beer, to Shaun for making this happen, To Mahalia for being Mahalia and cooking Korean barbecue, to Ungstrup for helping out, to whoever that created Sorachi Ace, to Garret for introducing me to Sorachi Ace, to Signe for inspiration and last but not least to Hamburglar for loving licks and being the wonderful wee dog you are. 070411
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled (thanks Papsoe). Honeyish golden colour, white head. Aroma is hops, some vanilla, some mild alcohol and some slight maltyness. Flavour is sweet fruits, rather bitter wooden and freshly cut grass. Bitter aftertaste as well.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled, thanks Papsoe! Cloudy golden, small head. Vinous coconut aroma.Sweet and fruity with medium-full body. Buttery withlots of coconut and citrus. Perfumy and quity intense with long bitterness. Not really complex, but with a flavour that grabs you by the horns and frags you away.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at Mikkeller Bar.
Hazy golden coloured with a medium sized white head.
Fruity aroma of citrus peel, grass, hops, soap and candies.
Fruity flavour of citrus peel, hops, soap and grass.
Dry hoppy finish.
Unplesant hop profile, reminds me of dish washer with lemon aroma.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft @ Mikkeller Bar, Copenhagen. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small longlasting white head. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy flavor with weak toasted hints. Has a fruity malty cotrus hoppy finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: APR 16, 2011 Tap @ Mikkeller Bar. Pours unclear orange with a lasting creamy white head. Crisp, dry, fruity and delicious. Peach and pineapple. A bit of candy. Alcohol well hidden. Dry and super crisp hoppy end. What a lovely beer!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
2011-07-13, draught at Mikkeller Bar, Copenhagen, 8-3-8-5-17=41
Cloudy straw-yellow color; medium sized head. The aroma of Sorachi Ace is very strong, it comes with plenty of citrus fruits (bergamot, cedar...), tropical fruits, perfumy soap, cream. The body is lean, the mouthfeel quite dry; good understated dry malt flavor, some sweetness comes through later; strong hopping with a very nice lemony character and notes of cedar; long final. It actually hides very well, the high gravity.
Very good refreshing brew.
2011-04-09, bottle, courtesy of Papsø, 8-3-8-5-17=41
Cloudy deep blond color. The hop aroma is strong; it’s fresh, citrus fruits, bergamot, peach, passion fruit. Good body structure, and luckily the sweetness is very moderate; malt and toffee flavor; the hop is very resiny, piney, with a strong bergamot character.
Very good for the lean profile and the freshness.
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