3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Orange-golden; collapsing, dense, very white head, leaving lace. Very alcoholic nose - even jenever-like - rather surprising at 6%ABV; cookies and roasted flakes. Scorched sugar/caramel taste, on the verge of bitterness. Rapidly diminishes to a more conventional sweet malt taste. Mouthfeel is amongst its best traits; fresh sparkling water-texture gives a good fight to the scorched caramel. Kastaar is a recreation of a beer, softly killed-off in the eighties-nineties. Now it’s around again, and the brewery seems hesitating between the traditional homely "Kastaar" and the very ’trendy’ name "K-star". I would be the happiest of people if they did the same for the much regretted Special 6-gueuze. Kastaar is OK, but not really in the star-category.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
33cl bottle.
Too much fizziness. Hazy blond pour. Too sweet.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Poured hazy gold with white head. Nose was pale yeasty malt, spicy hops, some mild fruits. Tasted tart and hoppy with a crisp spicy finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
rotten eggs, bubblegum, grass, cereal, orange, minimal head, medium sweetness, lightly bitter, medium sourness, medium body, sticky, astringent,
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From backlog
Head: white, firm, large
Colour: hazy gold
Smell: malts , yeast, bitter, bit sweet
Taste: along the line of the smell , not a bad one i think so myself ...
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Hazy gold with a large white head. Aroma of lemon, berries, white wine. Taste is sweet with caramel, berries and grapes, balancing herbal bitterness in a dry finish. A bit odd, but refreshing.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Clear, light yellow, really thick foamy head. Aroma is strawberries and other fruit mixed with a wine funkiness. Taste is tart with some spicy white wine flavors. It is a very strange tasting beer but quite good.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Standard yellow golden pilsener color, very white average head. Not much smell. A bit watery. Taste a little sweet. Low to medium body and carbo.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
(bottle, 33cl) Hazy, pale golden colour with a medium-sized foamy white head. Discreet aroma of pale malt, a yeasty and restrained fruity touch. Moderately sweet flavour, light to medium bodied with a moderate carbonation. Pale malt-character with traces of honey and fruits; sweet and slightly bitter finish. No revelation. 05.VII.11
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Noel Cuvelier’s, in the attic of the Recour, Poperinge. Bright gold, filmy with the bits in. Lemon curd on crackers aroma with toasty, Asti-like wood and fruit. Lemon sherbet spritz dunked with Crunchie and crackers; dab of butter on clean, white toast malts. Refreshing, delicately lemony, honeyed with a good yeasty sparkle. Very pleasant Belgian sessions.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
2 year old bottle. Pours gold with a large fizzy white foam. Aroma of chardonnay, wood, toffee, cheap scotch, and apples. Flavor of apples, tequila, wood, apples, and hay. Finishes earthy, again like cheap medicinal scotch. Light bodied, fizzy mouthfeel. Very strange beer with tons of off-fruit and medicinal characters. Pretty bad.
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