4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20Bottle at Brew Dog Nottingham. Claims to be Belgian style and I’d agree - has that tart, almost lambic bitterness well balanced with sweet(ish) grapefruit and Jelly Babies. Crisp and clean. Clear orange with a nice big head. Nice rough tang to the feel. Citrus aroma. Yes.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Feels like an over carbonated orval with american citrusy hops.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Poured into tulip glass, high carbonation. Funky tarty aroma, sour tasty with a touch of bitterness, once your pallet gets used to this it’s actually very nice!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Unclear light orange with a huge foamy off white head. Strong bretty nose with some tropical fruit beneath. Aroma follows, though not as bretty as expected from the nose, leaving room for fruity notes. Ends a bit abrupt, but good and refreshing. Taste is medium sweet and light/medium bitter. Medium body, oily texture, medium carbonation. Good balance between sweet, bitter and dry makes good drinkability.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Malty aroma. Dark amber appearance. Quite hoppy and floral, but well balanced.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pour slowly, some crazy carbonation going on. Huge banana nose for me. Predominantly banana and clove with lemon and crisp apple also. Nice hops balance this one. Solid
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle Poured into glass. Huge aggressive head. Pour extremely slow! Hazy yellow pour with a huge sudsy white head. Lemon and citrus hops dominate the nose. Taste is lemon and citrus up front that moves into a hot malt body with some brett funkiness and a bitter lemon hop finish. Lots of carbonation. Crisp.
2.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
I can see why people like this beer. I think it is a bit overrated though. I like the sour aroma. There is something soapy I don’t like. Nice to look at. A color that says hops. Grapefruit rind. Can’t say I would want to revisit this again. It gave me a massive headache.
2.2 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
While I appreciate the Belgian characteristics here, it is much too hoppy. The hops just kind of dominate everything and it is not very balanced so it makes me kind of disappointed :-(
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2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Amber color, very white, soapy and lasting head. Marked lace. Yeasty aromas, slightly acid cider-like. This overpass any other aroma. The taste is rough, also yeasty like horse blanket and some hops. Refreshing, well carbonated, but in the overall is unbalanced and hoi-poloi. Forgettable.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle, dated July 2012.
Pours with extremely high carbonation of brilliant white, large bubbles. Colour underneath a reddish-tinted gold. Strong bretty smell of sour funk and green apples. Taste has mild hop bitterness with aggressive Brettanomyces character. More apple-like tinge. Refreshing, though maybe a bit one-dimensional?
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