3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle: Brown & ruby colored body with a tan head. Aroma is wood, apple, spice, pepper, tart cherry. Taste is bitter brettanomyces, very close to Rodenbach (as probiere noted), lemon, tart cherry, medium sour. Courtesy of cornboy.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: OCT 1, 2005 Hazy brown with a fairly large tan head.
Sour brett aroma along with some toffee
Tart yeasty flavor with a bit of coriander
and butterscotch. Odd beer but nice and drinkable.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draght @ Moan & Dove Amherst MA: Pours a deep ruddy brown hue. Sourish, malty nose. Butter, grains, wood, sour, light to medium body, slick mouthfeel, finish with faintly bitter hops and smooth sweet malt. An interesting treat.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
amber gold color, lightly cloudy. off-white/tan creamy head. bubblegum aroma, sweet malt too. flavor is sour with funky brett, creamy mouthfeel. light malt backing. faint banana and sour finish. thanks cornboy!
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
750 bottle. I was sitting on this for a while so I finally gave it a try. Not a bad beer. Along the Belgian style of brown ales. Very dark for a brown. Might have been slightly past it’s prime but still a good beer.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Smells vaguely like squash and pasta, and more of nondescript malt. No hops to speak of but some bretty qualities. Holy shit! Acid mania!It’s been suggested that this is somewhat Rodenbachish, but it’s not that balanced, and the acidity is different--it’s lactic and not acetic. Sour milk burp is coming and it’s not appealing. If you dig lactic, you’ll like this, but not my cup of tea. Thanks to cornboy!
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a hazy brown. Aroma of apple, spice, and some general sourness. Flavor is of sour apples, pie spices, and a mild maltiness. Definately interesting.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JAN 30, 2005 Had to rerate, this one is evolving into one heck of an ale. Reminiscent of Rodenbach grand cru at this point, I can only hope this one keeps developing as well as it has so far.
This is one odd beer. The bottle I had had very geuze-like qualities. Seems the recipe has changed slightly from what I read of others experience with it.
Aromas of gruyere cheese, very funky stuff going on with hints of sour.
Taste was very earthy, difficult to explain as it morphed with each sip. Nice sour funkiness up front with a slight malt finish. Unlike anything I have tried before, I enjoyed it except for the smell.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
I just don’t know what to say about this. A belgian, bubbly ale. Good head., good color. Weird flavor.
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