 tnkw01 (107), USA
Apr 24, 2008
Bottle. Best Japanese beer I’ve had to date. Slightly sweet flavor. It has a pleasant spicy aroma that smells just like the description "Orange Peel, Coriander, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, and Vanilla Beans". Highly recommended.
tennisjoel (693), Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
Aug 3, 2008 Pour is thick reddish brown and muddy appearance with spacious bubble structure. An uneven head, which is kinda different and cool. Aroma is saison like with some more spices than typical. Flavors are sour apple, perfumy hops, spice, and overall a nice sweet and sour combo. A unique brew for sure. Like a sugary saison, I think it works here. Definitely some belgian influences in this brew. I liked it quite a bit.
douglas88 (676), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Jul 22, 2008 Bottle from Sams in Chicago. Pours a cloudy copper color with a thick and powerful off-white head. A powerful yeast and spice profile in the nose. The taste was mostly a strong dose of spices; orange peel, cinnamon, and nutmeg, along with some dry yeasty flavors. A full mouthfeel, quite interesting. This brewer does a lot of good work.
JohnQPublic (131), Brooklyn, New York, USA
Jul 14, 2008 Bottle. Pours a hazy dark amber with a big, rocky off-white head that takes a while to settle down long enough to finish the pour. Aroma is interesting - sour vinegar, vegetal, with a bit of spicy yeast coming through. Taste is - wow. Sweet malt at the beginning quickly moves towards citric sourness and vegetal notes with a bit of barnyard in there also; tomato sauce. Finish brings out some individual spice notes more clearly, notably nutmeg and coriander, to complement the sourness. Mouthfeel is largely defined by a very biting carbonation that couples with the sourness to give the beer a notably sharp character. Interesting, completely unorthodox beer.
TURDFERGUSON (1099), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
Jul 6, 2008 Bottle from mgumby. Thanks Mike! Pours a hazy orange amber with a small, champagne-like head that fades fast. Nose is vinegar, french fries, spices, tomato, a bit of sourness, and a whole lot of weird. Flavor is also very interesting. Slightly vegetal, with some nutmeg, and some carbonated fruity sourness. Mouthfeel is way too carbonated kind of irritating in my throat. This beer is all sorts of weird. I would not say it is soothing. This is an interesting beer, but in this time and place, I was not a huge fan.
michael-pollack (1335), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 5, 2008 330ml Bottle: Aroma is sweet. Smells of sour mix, fruit, spices, coriander, and Bretty yeast. Gusher! Poured brown/amber/orange in color with a huge beige head that lasted throughout. Very sparkling. Opaque. Flavor is light to medium sweet and spiced. Tastes of tomato sauce, spices, Brett, yeast, and sour mix. Medium body. Tingly, dry texture. Lively carbonation. Dry, tomato sauce finish. Very over carbonated.
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