3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
[Bottle] Pours a rich amber color with a dense white head. Aroma of grains and caramel. Taste is of hazelnut, sweet caramel, bread, yeast, apple and light plum. Sweet and somewhat sticky finish. Decent mouthfeel. Quite drinkable and well made.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Has a light brown color, with a light hazy appearance. The taste is straight up belgian. A little bit of spicey, a little bit of wheat and barely. Lingers very long on the tongue and has a very long after taste.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Comes out of the tap a pretty clear amber with a fine off-white head. I did not get much, but this was doubtless a product of how it was poured. Sweetish aroma is malty and strong and has a subtle butterscotch undertone. Mouth-filling flavor is yeasty and malty and has a fruity undertone with a hint of butterscotch and a whisper of sweetness. Texture is tingly, fizzy and lively.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
The beer is a very nice amber color with good to moderate lacing. Anyway, the smell is spicy and Belgian. It’s a little muted, but there are good notes of dough, coriander, earth and light fruit, maybe apricots. The taste is quite good and a bit of an improvement on the aroma. Some lemon flavor makes itself known, along with more spicing and some background caramel. The feel is sparkly and nice, but it gets a tad sticky in an odd way. The finish is just a bit watery sticky, rather than full sticky if that makes any sense. I keep trying to like Ommegang more, but this one doesn’t quite have me on the bandwagon as much as I would like.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 ounce bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a hazy glowing amber color with a voluminous head that amply fills my Duvel tulip. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of bread, fruity notes including citrus, apple and strawberry and just a faint bit of yeasty tartness. The taste is bread, banana, strawberry, spice, citrus, mango and like the aroma is midly tart throughout. Medium-full bodied. Good beer.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: MAR 27, 2010
Name: Rare VOS
Date: February 19, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Cellar Stock
Words: age unknown but several years old
Appearance: hazy dark copper, wispy off white head, bits of lace
Aroma: sweet and spicy aroma, lots of fruity esters, hint of oxidation
Flavor: sweet and fruity flavor, light earthyness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Deep cloudy orange with medium head. Very Belgian fruit-n-spice aroma. Sweet with a bit of tanginess. Feel is a bit thin/weak, though, for the style.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Light hazed red orange with oily laced head. Aromas of ginger, slight orange peel, light lemon grass, tart fruits, slight caramel under little alcoholic esters. Flavors of light spice, slight lemon grass, wheat, undertones of caramel. Slightly bubbly on the palate, lightly tart, slight sweetness. Maybe a little to tart for my taste here...I do though, depending on other factors, prefer a rather sweeter more complex Belgian. For the abv I wasn’t expecting grandeur eather....A prime example of a Belgian.
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