3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours reddish brown with minimal head. Aroma of banana and cloves. Sweet and spicy with the classic flavor of a Belgian.
3.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Big glass lacing off-white head on a rich mahogany brew. Very creamy thick beer. Taste begins with spice and ends roasty. Definitely a good choice when the imported abbey styles are unavailable or out of price range.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 9/20
first beer given to us on the tour saturday. again not my favorite style, but a good way to start the day and a tour at new belgium
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a deep mahogany color with dense beige head. Lots of potent ripe banana and toffee notes in the aroma along with some butterscotch and cloves. The taste starts with a bit of caramel malt and banana bread followed by brown sugar, cinnamon and cola. It’s smooth with a lot of malt and dark sugar complexity while not overly sweet. The body has medium-level carbonation and a slightly sweet, bready aftertaste. Certainly one of New Belgium’s strongest offerings.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours light brown and transparent with a quick light brown head. Nose is a bit roasty and un-sweet for a dubbel, with hints of hops and earthiness in it. Flavor is also a little roasty and has an herbal quality, with belgian yeast and brown sugar/fruitiness being almost absent, despite the given style. It’s decent, yes, but this is NOT a dubbel in the normal sense. Finish is quick and dry. Decent beer, yes, but not special.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 oz. bottle. Pours dark copper with a small beige head. Smells of dates, brown sugar, faint citrus, and biscuits dough. The flavor is very sweet, with a very faint bitterness in the middle and a sweet, spicy finish. The palate is light to medium, crisp and effervescent. Overall, a nicely assembled and presented beer. Nothing astounding, just a very good beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Deep, bring amber with pillowy off-white lace. Nose is banana, phenols, figs. Very yeasty, but not too sweet. Flavor is very malty and relatively dry overall. A little bitterness in the finish. Drinkable, but not very complex.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a glorious deep, garnet-tinged amber color, with a thick, creamy, sticky, cream-colored head on top. The aroma primarily features a yeasty earthiness, but there is also a dull, musty hop presence and a bit of brown sugar sweetness. The flavor is satisfying but muddled, with a primary characteristic of caramelized bananas, along with a bid of earthiness and a faint sugary sweetness. The micro-fine carbonation is a bit prickly, but the overall texture is actually quite creamy. Overall, very smooth and flavorful.
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