3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
5/II/2012 33cl bottle around 1990 vintage @ vintage tasting Brugs Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2012-96) Thanks to Franck for the sample!
Clear ruby red beer, no noticeable head, lots of black sediment floating around. Aroma: sweet, vinous, sherry, madeira and port notes, bit sugary. MF: still some carbon, light to medium body. Taste: sweet start, some red fruits, red lace candy, bit sugary, sour touch, red wine. Aftertaste: some red forrest fruits, candy, little bitter.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 33cl. @ home.
[ Trade by MesandSim ]. Clear medium red brown color with a small, fizzy, fair - virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, dark berry acidic and sour, oxidid malt, vintage, old cherry, sour sweet cherry. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate acidic with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. Thanks so much Paul for letting me have this lovely beer ;o)) [20081206]
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Weak raisin aroma. Clear dark brown colour. Raisin flavour, slightly oxidized. No BB date, but probably 3 to 4 years ago.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
33 cL bottle. Pours almost clear and golden deep amber to brown with a fully diminished light tan head. Aroma is chemical to sweet raisin. Malty and slight metallic yeasty with a light acidic touch towards sourish. Fruity towards cherry yet also a bit on the malty side and acidic. Towards dry acidic finish, slight watery.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. Vintage 2003 (or 2004?). [thanks for sharing, Skortila!]
Pours a deep brown with no head. Aroma has caramel and general musky sourness. Kind of flat. Flavour is lightly sour with a little caramel to balance things up. This might be just a year too cellared :o)
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A great beer with only 4.5 % of alcohol. A perfect beer for everyone a little sour and alsoe some sweet things.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ Oud Arsenaal, Antwerp, december 2004. Pours a brownish/red color with an off-white head. Malty and sour aroma with some hints of wood. Fruity malty sour flavor with some nice sweetness. Nice dry tart malty finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Yesterday tasted, but a know this beer since years. Dark amber-brown with beige head.The ale is more fresh and "cleaner" than expected. Fruity sour finsih. A nice sour ale.
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