4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle shared with friends. Slightly hoppy, more malty then anything, but has a certain in your face sugar presence. A slow slipper for sure. Would probably age really well.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours an amber-orange into the glass, with a wispy white head that leaves wispy lace. The nose is spot on for fruits and caramel candies. The flavors contain many fruity sours, of mixed berries, yeasty light sourdough, caramel and toffee candies and some butterscotch to finish the pull. The body is full and very complex to the palate, with lots of "bursting" moments in the mouth. Quite active, yet complex and mature, this is a very nice Belgian from Pisgah. I can’t imagine what some aging would do for this... even yummier just to think about.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
The smell is sweet, honey, spices, fruits, good, and Belgian yeast. The look is clear, golden in color, and has a whitish head. The taste is alcohol, sweet, fruits, spices, and belgian.
3.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft at Salud. Last if the keg. Hazy golden amber color, thick beige head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of lightly spiced caramel. Taste is very boozy and extremely sweet.
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.
|
