2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Nose is dried fruit, mediumheavy hay, little barn yard, feel is mediumbroad, carb is mediumhigh, taste is red berries, sweet, ’syrupy’ notes, barn yard, later mediumbitter hops bite
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
murky brown with a small frothy head. Aroma: lemon, dusty, gooseberries, brett, light barnyard, fruity, oak, green apples, rotten apples, aroma is overall very subtle. Taste: light to medium, fizzy, some lemon peel, green apples, fruity sweetnes, light minerals, iron, brett, hay, lemon, fruity lemon peel, bitterness, dryness, wood, overripe pear, sour apple, bitter grape fruit, light sulfur, a quite dry finish,
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: DEC 18, 2011 Pours brown redish color, and very mild, fruity and floral in the nose, with hints of grass, unriped plums, gooseberries and cheese.
The taste is very well balanced, with a citrusy and rasberry feel to it
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Red orange body, offwhite head. Aroma has sour berries, sorbus. Flavour is thin with noticeable hops and sorbus. Some candy can be noted.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
From a bottle poured a dark brown color with a small amount of head. Light sour malty flavor with a lingering finish.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Geringe Säure mit deutlich belgischer Prägung, auch dieses Bier ist leider wässrig. Eringe Bitternoten, leider sind auch diese schwach. Schon ok.. /8/8/7//7
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
375 ml bottle. From Rome, Italy. Courtesy of Brandman.
Red colour with small off-white head.
Red berries and sourness in aroma.
Lots of sourness and red berries with some maltiness in flavour.
Thin. I like Lambic style sourness but this is somewhat thin and one dimensional. Not my favourite.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Star Grocery. Pours cloudy amber with a disappearing beige head and a fruity and oaky aroma. There is a very mellow slightly sour complex flavor with lots of oak and a carbonated finish. Pairs well with salami.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle shared by Marcus. Pours very hazy ruddy amber with a transient beige head. Aroma is tart berry. Med bdy. Flavor is oaky tart berry. What a great ale!!!!!!!!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at Blue Monk - big thanks to Mike! Nose is blueberry, wood, a little cheesy funk & honey. Flavor is wood and dry blueberry/melon fruitiness. strong tannin presence and nice sourness. A bit too much bitterness.
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