3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
From bottle in a bar in Belgium. Story is that the beer has a new ownership and a changed name. Regardless, this was a very good ale with malty aromas blended with yeast, spice and fruit.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Draft listed as Smisje Oudenaarde 10.5% ABV: Musty currant nose. Cloudy rust, medium yellow head. Soft carbonation. Red currant and crabapple. Not overly tart, nice.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Blek blek. Hazy yellow with a small white head. Nose is yeast and malt. Taste rather sweet, middle body. Herbs on palate. B@H
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
33cl bottle, BB 22/04/2014. Be mindful of the ’bière de luxe’.
Doré&e léger trouble, col blanc crémeux.
Arôme est houblonné, malt pils, amertume fleuri et herbacé, citronné et houblons nobles.
Palais est houblonné épicé, très belge dans l’approche, grains et effervescente, herbacée avec pas mal d’amertume d’houblons typiques pour un style belge. Malt pils-pâle laissant un fini ayant des notes de pomme. Au final, ok, mais on se retrouve avec une autre bière semblable à tant d’autres.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
33cl bottle shared by Dutchdrebus. Hazy yellow color, small to medium sized white head. Smell malts, yeast. Taste malts, yeast, slightly herbs, slightly fruity hints. Pretty boring very standard belgian strong ale. Medium body, medium carbonation.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle @ home. Clear pale yellow with a decent white head. Smells sharp, a bit chemical, malts and yeasty. Tastes watery and malts. Mostly a strong pilsener.. Nothing more. Fizzy carbo, thin body.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
20/V/2012 - 33cl bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ home - BB: 28/II/14 (2012-531)
Clear light orange beer, nice creamy white head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: sweet sugary, syrupy, ripe summer fruits, mainly sweet. MF: good carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet fruity, candi sugar, oranges, pretty hoppy as well, citric bitterness, quite a bit of spices, peppery, some yeast. Aftertaste: grassy bitter, peppery, some alcohol, herbal, little sour.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
33cl, new exclusive brew Anno 2012, from De Hopduvel Gent, complex brew, spicy/bitter and slightly sweet, balanced, cloudy, rocky head, nice brew
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dense, just yellowish tinted head over fully hazy yellow-orange beer. Dry malts nose, alcohol, white candi sugar; finishing faintly spicy, vegetable oil (sesame?). Peppery, bitter/hoppy flavour, much drier than suggested by the nose. Just a tad of sweetness from the alcohol, obviously very attenuated. Somehow, I get nettlecheese, minus the fattyness. Very carbonated, extremely dry and medium bodied at best; full attenuation. Technically probably perfect - but has Jan a soul?
|
