3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.
Clear medium to dark orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, moderate to heavy yeasty, fruity, riped fruit, yeast. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, candy - fruity sweet, yeasty, riped fruit, apricot fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110624]
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(12oz bottle, courtesy of boomer0813) Pours a clear golden body with a small white head. Aroma of apricot, coriander, clove, toffee, and peaches. Flavor of Belgian yeast, peaches, clove, bread, and citrus.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12oz bottle. Medium off-white head atop particulate-filled dark amber body, great lacing. Aroma is moderately sweet, spicygrass, yeast, some bread, light clove. Taste is moderately sweet, spicy/grass, yeast, some orange, bread, light clove. Smooth light-medium body.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
12oz bottle-pours a retaining light tan head with hazy/cloudy gold color. Aroma is orange, caramel-light/medium malt, yeast. Taste is spice/pepper, yeast, orange/lemon, some caramel/bready-light/medium malt.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours light amber with a three-finger yellowish off-white head. Aromas of citrus and yeast. Medium body with mild carbonation. Flavor is almost tangerine. Very refreshing. Not a great deal of spice or yeast. Smooth and almost mellow. There’s a low level yeast with time. Clean. Refreshing. Definitely has that Belgian yeast/spice characteristic - but quite light compared to many. Drinks moderately well.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Kingdom Liquors. Poured a clear copper color with an average frothy white head that mostly diminished with fair lacing. Moderate tart citrus and yeast aroma. Medium bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. This beer met my expectations.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
An amber ale with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet musty malt with light vinous notes, similar to white wine, dusty notes. In mouth, a chalky sweet malt with light curacao, boring. On tap at Boston Beer Summit, Jan. 15 2011.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a slightly hazy copper bronze with a thin, wispy-lacing white head. Aroma of toasty pale caramel malts and lighty biscuity notes with some oxidized toffee and lemon fruitiness. Starts with decent fullness and a soft biscuity malty flavor with some light coriander and orange zest tartness before a semi-dry smooth bittersweet finish. Could use a little more sweetness and complexity, but an ok Belgian ale.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle thanks to ericandersnavy/boomer0813. Pours with a small white head and a hazy golden body. Aroma of candi sugar, caramel, tea, and faded fruit. Taste is orange, tea, and vanilla. Light bubbles.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
My Bottom Line:
Peach syrup and bitter, spicy hops dominate this plump Belgian-style Ale, putting together a somewhat rough-but-drinkable glass, devoid of refinement.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam covers the cloudy amber.
-The residual sugars are not necessarily harmonious with the esters produced and the chosen hops.
-The body is way too big for this to be very drinkable.
-The peachy sweetness is so overt, it could be offensive to some.
On tap at the brewery tasting room.
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