3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
very refreshing, quite true to style. lots of citrusy hints and a light yeastiness.
and that owl is just the cutest...perhaps i was sumbliminally drawn in (i collect owl knicknacks)
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hazy yellow body with quickly diminishing head. Cardamom dominates the aroma with citrusy undertones. Sweet and spicy citrus flavor -- quite tart, even slightly sour. Aftertaste gets a bit too sour, detracting slightly from a very solid (and rather unusual) beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A surprisingly good beer from Japan. Nice fruity Belgian flavor that is fairly complex, with nice wheaty flavor as well. This one is quite nice.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: DEC 24, 2003 Not bad. Aroma had a bit of skunkiness to it. I didn't taste all the orange that most did, just a very slight citrus flavor. It was refreshing.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAR 8, 2003 This was a really good white ale. Very clean tasting with a hint of orange. A very cool label also. This is a great summer beer.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: JUN 20, 2005 I’m deleting my old rating, in which I proclaimed it disgusting, with its overly strong musty orange flavors that reminded my Floridian friend of eating over-ripe nearly spoiled oranges off the tree. While that unpleasant reaction may have been due to the surprise of this unusual beer and perhaps my palate not being ready, a second more controlled rating revealed this to be far less disgusting than previously thought. That’s not to say I think its particularly great, only finishable compared to drainpour. The orange flavors are still quite strikingly and borderline unpleasantly strong. There’s an interesting spicy component that I can’t quite pin, but it seems more like hops than coriander to me. Palate is soft, appearance nearly correct for witbier, slightly more golden than some.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Very clear, not a lot of head. Great orange peel and coriander flavor. Medium body. Very refreshing and pretty close to style.
1.2 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 4/20
Light-bodied, cloudy pink grapefruit and weizen color, creamy white foam, sour, acetic yeasty aroma, this is nowhere close to Blanche De Bruges or Celis White. No brightness, spice or body. Foul.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
You’ve just gotta respect this sake brewery’s effort to come up with a beer that doesn’t taste like Sapporo. I give them points just for effort, though the beer has a tad more spice than suits me. Try this.
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