4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
For sure one of the best beers in the world - prefer it with a bit of age but is awesome whatever the age.
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 20/20
UPDATED: NOV 4, 2011 Bottled 11/17/2010, this makes it almost 1 year old. Pours a cloudy amber with a ridiculously large head. I pause to reflect upon it, this miracle in a glass... I wonder, do the monks (or whoever makes this) know how many people’s lives have been changed for the better by drinking this beer? As this thought passes my mind, I throw caution to the wind and pour the entire bottle into the glass, dregs and all. I get two dark brown lumps on the top of the pillowy head... one for me and one for you. Now it is down to just me and the beer. I swirl the glass ever so slightly and place my nose as close to the head as I can without touching it, and what I smell is just...magical. It is like God’s perfume. Citrus, apple, hay, funk and yeast make up this magical medicine. I raise the glass to my lips expecting the world to end once I taste this elixir and... well the world can just go on turning without me because I have fallen in love with this sweet, indulgent fluid. Words cannot describe what has happened here. This could be the best beer on the planet.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Color ambar con espuma ligera aromas a levadura con un final sutil a lupulo, clasico entre las trapistas.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
October 21, 2011; 11.5 oz. bottle. Amber pour, creamy head. Aromatic, fruity, dry, bitter. Lovely (if pricey!) Belgian ale.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Got this after my friend unwittingly bought a round of Jupiler, and boy, does that showcase the difference between a lager and a proper beer. Pours slightly foggy brown with small head. Fruity/malty aroma, taste is malty with a quite lively carbonation. Good, but not fantastic.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Young bottle dated June 2010. Colour is somewhere between straw and amber, with an impressive, well-retaining white head. Enticing bouquet: Peach, citrus, apple and perfume alongside wilder, mustier aromas of barnyard and straw. Unique amongst trappist beers, but also unique among Belgian sours I’ve tried - unlike sweet Flemish reds and browns it is bone-dry, and unlike lambic its brett sourness - while being undoubtedly present - is kept on a leash and isn’t allowed to overwhelm the other flavours. Carbonation is heavier than usual, which helps carry the unusual sour qualities. Medium body. A bit drier than my usual taste, but a must-try.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from corte ingles, lisbon. Great beer. Beautifully balanced, easy drinkable and yet, very rich.
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours clear/hazy light copper. Extremely intense head. Doesn’t look really think, though. Good retention.
Aroma is mainly yeast -- apple esters galore! -- and herbal hops. Taste is more balanced than what aroma suggests : much more malty, actually. Really dry -- a summer trappist, actually?
Problem is : never, ever drink this one cold. Extremely thin body + a cabonation that seems to kick a lot at cold temperature makes if for an extremely bland experience. This is a beer that’s better drank over 10 degrees, and, really, dont waste time drinking it cold. So, a good hour after the first sip... much better, but still a bit too thin for my tastes. Overall --- it’s good, but I was disappointed.
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