4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Golden Rose Batch 14 bottle shared by ajm. Ages like a champ. Pours a dark amber color, like a barleywine, with a trim beige head. Awesome sediment. Brimming with brown sugar. The yeast is so subdued I can’t believe this is a tripel. Tastes like the best caramel apple you’ve ever had. Dope.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a nice slightly hazy straw color with a thin head. Aroma is of sweet malt. Flavor starts out sweet with some fruitiness, but then the peppery flavor kicks in and lingers around for quite a while. This is a bit too peppery for me, but not bad overall.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Batch # 40. Pours an orange amber color with a forthy long lasting off-white head. Aroma is a bit floral, but there’s some nice Belgian action going on there as well. Flavor is pretty robust, some floral notes, some spiciness, a good yeast kick, but the mouthfeel is a little watery for some reason. And the finish is just a touch on the boozey side. Interesting tripel though.
2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 7/20
Yellow straw body with small gently fading head. Lots of sediment. Smells okay with some citrus and sugar plus a little alcy. Taste is mostly alcohol though with some white sugar and a hint of apple and maybe unripe plum. Ddin’t really care for this one.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Sam at the Stuffed Sandwich - Batch 14 opened in 2009. Poured not golden, but like an actual rose color - like Lucky 13. Nose is very mellow - no trace of yeast or wheat. Very sweet malt profile, this is the overriding favor. Also notes of slight wood and brown apple flesh. The sediment was like the powdery dark flakes that brake mechanics know well.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Poured yellow with a white head. Aroma of fruit and candy. Candy and fruit throughout.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Clear golden-orange in colour with a long lasting and large white head, excellent lacing. The aroma is of yeast, apples, orange citrus and some light spice. The flavour is peppery, very smooth, yeasty, some must, candy sweetness, light alcohol, light spice. Lightly bitter mouthfeel, medium body, high carbonation. Finishes long with lots of warmth and spices.
Fantastic stuff, I’m really glad that I waited to open this bottle. It has aged perfectly.
355ml bottle obtained in a trade with 5000, thanks Andre.
Opened on June 30, 2008.
Batch #38.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle shared by shigadeyo.
Poured clear brown color with an averaqge frothy white head that lasted with good lacing. Complex spicy fruit and yeasty aroma. Medium body with a sticky texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy fruity sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate to long duration with a small alcohol bite.
This is a good sweet beer.
2.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
UPDATED: MAR 3, 2009 12oz bottle. $3.75 Village Wine & Beer. Light orange color with some cloudiness. Very little head but continued fizz from the bottom of the glass. Aroma of flowers. Taste of honey. This one is very unique though not really one that I’m into.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cloudy goldenrod color with a nice white head. Lots of esters and phenols on the nose; dehydrated stone fruits, clove, some berries, nuts? Also a big floralness. Taste is yeasty with mealy fruits and peppery alcohol. Dry, astringent, and hot. Weird beer, sort of heavy, not very drinkable.
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