2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle. I have had this one cellared for a while and it was time to bring it out for a tasting! Poured a clear copper yellow color, somewhat like applejuice, with a fluffy whitehead. Ok, so far so good as the look is nice. Sweet aroma of white fruit (apple and pear) with very minimal hop notes. Medium mouthfeel with carbonation. Wow, this is a very sweet beer. Minimal belgian flavors but very syrupy sweet apple, pear, and white grape. Overall, a let down as the sweetness of this was almost too much to keep drinking.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
17th May 2009
Cloudy orange brown beer. Softish dry palate. Sweet malt with an undertone of sweet peach and orange. All this sweetness is well balanced by warming aniseedy alcohol! Finishes aniseed and lightly spicy. Interesting!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled at Nashville Beer Summit 1.22.11 - Tart fruit. Fruity and spicy hops. More hops flavor. Clean and smooth but perhaps a bit lacking for me. A touch overrated from my point of view though very drinkable.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at the 5th Annual Richmond Industry Gathering on 11/28/2010. Hazy orange body with a small white ehad. Big spice and fruit aroma. Sweet fruit, spice and light caramel flavor. Medium light body with moderate carbonation.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(750ml courtesy of moz9!). Pours clear golden with white head. Aroma of honey, grape juice, candied sugar and citrus. Taste is sweet-almost has a feel of 7UP is mixed in with beer. Fizzy with a lemon-lime thing going on here. Medium bodied with sticky texture. Smooth finish. Alcohol is well hidden.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
Very sweet flowery aroma, like hibiscus and honey. I get nothing belgian from this, no spice. This is like a very sweet, honey filled Belgian IPA, like hopslam, but thicker and smoother. I would love to try this side by side with a hopslam.
Shared at the Nashville Beer Summit.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle thanks to my Secret Santa. Poured a cloudy apricot with a white head that dissipated to the edges. Aroma was floral with some citrus and a hay and grain backing. Flavor was quite sweet with caramel, toffee and some sweet bread with a hint of fruit and spice. Didn’t really come together for me.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
750 received in a past trade with GatorBeerNerd. Thanks a lot Donnie!
Pours a slightly hazy golden apricot orange color with golden yellowish hues when held to a light source and a 1.5 finger frothy white head. Excellent retention, only slowly fading over the course of the glass into a lasting cap that leaves sporadic chunks of lacing in it’s wake.
Slightly funky, tart aroma. Earthy with lots of interesting spice, bready yeast and estery crisp fruit notes. I’m picking up some peppermint, clove and cinnamon as well as some cherry, strawberry, raisin, grape and other berries. Thankfully there is no unpleasant medicinal cough syrup notes that are often associated with this style. Hopefully this holds up in the flavor.
Creamy medium body that’s on the fuller end. Well balanced with zesty spice up front followed by a lactic creamy presence and bready yeast presence mid-palate. I’m picking up peppermint, cinnamon, coriander and pepper along with cherry, strawberry and pear. Sweet dry finish. Very well balanced and the alcohol is excellently masked. I can’t believe that this beer is 11.5%. I would have guessed closer to 7 or 8%. This is one of the best examples of this style that I’ve had and I highly recommend it.
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