3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draught (Porvoo BF2009)
Milky and curious aroma - part savoury, part sweet and belgian, and a touch of alcohol. Resiny hoppy taste - meaty retronasals. Big hoppy bitter body. Spicy. Leaves me unimpressed, alas.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Medium light beige head. Hazy opaque brown body. Fruity alcoholic caramel aroma with funky herbal notes. Dry-sweet smoky roasty funky taste with mealy fruity notes. Mid-bodied. Fizzy mouthfeel. Dryish smoky roasty aftertaste with spicy funky earthy notes. Really nice. Subdued smoke beer with Belgian overtones. (0.5l bottle, Belge, Helsinki.)
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Dark bronze colour. Hazy. Small creamy head. Smell of grain. Aroma of alcohol, tar and smoke. Very sweet. Fruity.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle @ Helmi Grilli, Helsinki. Pours a hazy auburn with a large, yellowish brown head. Aroma is dried fruits, spiciness, yeast. Tried to pour without the yeast, but apparently the bottle had been disturbed before it was brought to us. Taste is fruit esthery, spicy, peppery, yeasty, quite sweet with caramel. Palate is somewhat carbonated and full. Pretty alright though maybe a bit too sweet and underwhelming.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottoe. Pours dark brown with minimal head. Aroma sweet hops, spices. Taste belgian hops, vegetables. Not Bad.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
50 cl bottle @ Gastropub Nordic, BBE 12,06.2013
Aroma is fruity and sugary with a feeling of belgian yeast. Flavour is sugary with belgian yeast. Feels like a sweet candy - also a feeling of an aged belgian ale.Nice.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
50 cl bottle @ Gastropub Nordic, Tampere. BBE 12.06.2013.
Pours cloudy amber color with small head. Aroma of ripe fruits, sweetish caramel malts, mild toffee and some mild sour belgian yeast.
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3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sample @ HBF 2010. Originally rated on 10.4.2010. Decent belgian styled ale with notes of fruits, spices and malts.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
500 ml bottle. Finland.
Cloudy copper colour with tiny off-white head.
Dried fruits, sugar, malt and notes of chocolate and yeast in aroma.
Strong flavour with alcohol, nougat, liqueur fills candies, dark fruits, sugar sweetness, malt and some peppery notes.
Interesting brew. Not for everyday use though.
Sticky mouthfeel. Low carbonation.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
courtesy of oh6gdx - cloudy copper-orange colour with a modest foam left; aroma of nougat, yeast, candi sugar and some undefined fruits; pretty sweet and medium to full malt backbone, no bitterness and lot of residual sugars; more fruits, yeast and nougat in the finish
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle sampled at the brewery. The correct name is ’Ceci n’est pas un Belge’ or ’This is not a Belgian’, which a kind of clue. Made in Finland using an American yeast, no spice and a more typically Finnish than Belgian hop recipe. It is not designed to be a small-spice-good-big-spice-better North American also ran. It is more sophisticated than that, standing out from a generally interesting range.
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