3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
The pour was a virtually clear golden color with an ample white head and decent lacing. The aroma was spicy clove, sweet malts and a bit of yeast. The flavor is sugary sweet with clove spice, rich buttery malt and some yeast. The mouthfeel is thin and almost slick. The spice lingers on the finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a rich amber/gold. Slightly thinner head than the 9, and also less persistent. A surprsingly full nose. Green cider apples, with yeasty sourness, and a serious hop background, in a Duvel/Derniere Volonte style. Star Anise, fruitcake, rye bread, tart strawberry, and marmalade/seville orange rind are present in the nose as well. Palate shows a Christmas cake character, with a brandyish spirit character, with orange syrup, a grapefruit sharpness, and a pretty, spicy finish. A little bit boozy.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a hazy orange with a fluffy white head. Aroma is intense. Green apple, hoppy citrus notes, anise, green strawberries, bread, soft fruit, yeast and floral notes. Tastes very nice. Sour apples, citrus, plums, anise seed and a nice spicy finish. Carbonation is decent, not great. Good beer, but it’s a Belgian...
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
11.2 oz bottle. Foggy golden brown with a sudsy white head. Nose is banana, lemon, candi and yeast. Kind of syrupy with moderate carb. Taste is yeast, perfume, toffee and green banana. Finishes dry, grassy and metallic. Overall a bit harsh.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cool heavy weight 11.2 oz. bottle into trappist glass. Bready, yeasty, spicy aroma. Lovely, softly hazy, medium golden colour, with gloppy mounds of white foam, leaving some wispy lacing. Sharp malt taste, surrounded by notes of pear, clove, and slightly burnt toast. Rich, gooy mouthfeel that makes me smack my lips. The alcohol is noticeable in the warm feeling that has engulfed me, but its effortless quaffability belies the 10.5% hammer. Tiver me shimbers-arghh!. Piraats are your friends.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours with a massive head that laces, flavor is complex. Hints of fruit, malts. Palates well, armoma is slightly sweet. Put this one on your list to try
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Poured into a chalice. Significant head and lace. Aromas of fruits and yeast. Initial taste of malts and ended with a bitter sweet taste. The body was just right. It is a memorable beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
pours rich golden colour with significant white frothy head. Reminds me of a triple. Some slight fruitiness on the nose, taste was a mix of yeastiness with some slight pineapple sweetness. Was well balanced and reasonably easy drinking for 10.5%. Wouldn’t seek it out but would try again
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