2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
(Draught at Raatskelder, Roosendaal) The beer poured dark brown and clear. Its head was light brown, medium sized and dense. Aroma had malts and caramell. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, banana, sweetness, caramell, mildly hops and low bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet. Yucky sweet mess that looked quite nice.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a five-finger+ off-white pillowy head that takes forever to fade leaving a good lace. Clear amber color despite a ton of yeast left in bottle. Good carbonation and medium bodied. Apple and malt nose. Flavor is sour apple and yeast, not what I was expecting for a winter ale but not bad. Pricey at $18.00 for a 750ml bottle from a Tully’s Beer & Wine Wells, ME.
Earlier Rating: 12/26/2003 Total Score: 3.7
Pours with a two-fingered white head that fades slowly and leaves a good lace. Medium carbonation. Amber color with a lot of chunky bits . Nose is malty with a hint of raisins Starts with malts; finishes on the sweet side with a hint of raisins. Medium bodied.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours clear reddish brown with off white head, aroma has yeast, spices, some fruit. Taste is sweet honey, fig and raisin, yeast and spices with a slightly sweet dry finish. Not bad.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Amber colour with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malt, caramel, spices. Flavour is sweet, yeast, caramel, apple, sugar, brown sugar, dried fruit. Medium body. OK beer.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle poured an amber body with large, fizzy off-white head. Aroma of straw and grass. Flavors of grapes, raisins, and pears with a chalky finish. Nothing special going on with this one.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
In short: A strange sweet and fruity Belgian golden ale
How: Bottle 330ml. Consumed I’m guessing almost 1 year after bottling
The look: Cloudy murky golden body. Lots of small particles. Small persistent beige head
In long: Nose is yeasty and with a weird fruit signature. Taste has candied red apples and candied green apples, pineapples, caramel, light spicy touch, annoying acidity. The acidity here is not a lemony acidity or something like that. It’s like a tiny drop of AA battery acid dropped on your tongue. Body is a bit fluffy and with a typical lively Belgian carbonation. All in all this was a strange little beer. Not a atrocious beer, but not something I need to have again either. I didn’t care for this winter beer. Nothing interesting here. As forgettable as the last forgettable thing I had, and I don’t remember what it was.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
27th April 2006
Warning! Early amateur rating! A red beer with a very frothy head. Soft, rounded amber style beer. Malty aftertaste, no bitterness. Nice!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
330 ml bottle. Amber body with a big, foamy off-white head. Mild aroma of malt, caramel (not exactly caramel, but something similar with a reference to something sweet) and several spices. Flavor is sweet malt, hint of burnt sugar, dry fruit and spices. Not much bitter, definitively drinkable, but to sweet to have much of this.
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