3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle: Poured copper orange with an off white head. Aroma is metallic, hops and fruit. Taste was copper metallic hops with some fruit and malt. Way past its best by for sure.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle thanks shig! pours orange with perfect head that retains through all the beer. aroma of spice hops and orange. taste is very dry crisp, some apple and citrus from the hop
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours light amber in color with a tall white head. Really a dead nose. Some faint hops, maybe a little citrus and floral hops on the back end. A little bit of sweet pale malt to go with all the fine faded hop flavors. Really sort of bland. Medium body and carbonation.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle consumed at a recent DC area tasting. Served in a SAVOR snifter.
Pours a light golden color with good head formation and some good lacing throughout. It was interesting to see that this was once dubbed as a fresh-hop IPA after taking the first whiff of this. The hops are completely behind, but what’s left is a pretty damn good Belgian Strong Pale. The nose is a bit more tame than the flavor, but carries a really nice bit of Belgian yeast along with some mild spice. The flavor really brings some factors together in a nice way. There’s some yeast and light fruit plus a bit of mild grain. Some warming alcohol in the background. Good carbonation and a mildly-spicy finish. This one has aged out quite nicely and seems like it will continue to improve.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 03-31-2011
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hazy orange, thin white head. Animal cracker and lacto nose. Pale malt, banana, light sourness in milk and lemon. Bit thin, astringent. Obviously not what it once was.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours gold with a big white head. Aroma of old cheesy hops, citrus, fruity belgo yeast. Flavor is slightly tart lemons, citrus hops, white pepper. Comsumed past its prime but was still enjoyable.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bottle, thanks MrChopin. Medium off-white head, cloudy amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit, some bread, spicy/funk. Taste is just what aroma suggests. Fairly smooth medium body. This was pretty tasty a couple of years out, but I would have loved to have tasted this fresh.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
651mL with a big thanks to MrChopin!. Quite an odd beer going on. Obviously meant to be consumed three years ago, it has turned into quite the funky saison. A dirty, yellow pour erupts with a giant, white head leaving massive, sheety lace. Aroma is celery, fresh orange, peach, caramel, dirty esters, funk. Really similar to my intentionally infected hoppy Saison (with a little less celery than mine). Taste is spicy, bitter, light celery, lots of stone fruits, fresh orange, weird funk. Has gained quite an interesting infection that is not Brett but just some random bug. Works out okay though. Would have loved to try it fresh.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dirty lactobacillus notes in the nose, some cotton candy. Taste is lightly sweet, lightly bitter, some light citrus, light lemon a bit of hay, some funk.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle courtesy of MrChopin, thanks! Hazy golden color, medium off white head. Aroma of slightly sour lemon lime and wet cut grass. Taste is slightly funky, white pepper, straw. Nice.
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